HOMI BHABHA NATIONAL INSTITUTE
HOMI BHABHA NATIONAL INSTITUTE The Homi Bhabha National Institute (HBNI) was established in 2005 under Section 3 of the UGC Act. HBNI has centres in Mumbai, Kalpakkam, Indore, Kolkata, Gandhinagar, Bhubaneswar, Allahabad and Chennai as its constituent institutions and an off-campus centre in Bhubaneswar. The emblem of the institute has a monogram of its acronym depicted as a butterfly supporting the red glowing rays depicting nuclear fuel rods and crested by a structure of an atom. All these are ensconced in a white border with red outlines carrying the name of the institute in Devanagari and English. The atomic structure symbolises the core domain of the university and the butterfly symbolises transformation, change, rebirth and renewal.