Background
Bibhu Bilas Bhowmik was born in 1907 in Shyamnagar, West Bengal, India.
Bibhu Bilas Bhowmik was born in 1907 in Shyamnagar, West Bengal, India.
Bibhu Bilas Bhowmik was Visiting X-ray Engineer of Hospitals and Visiting Lecturer, High-Voltage Engineering Applied Physics Department, University of Calcutta. He was the President, Engineering and Metallurgy Section of Indian Science Congress (1956).
Bibhu Bilas Bhowmik was a pioneer designer and manufacturer of X-ray engineering equipment. He collaborated in designing the famous Pauthenior high-voltage generator and worked on different models of Van de Graaff generators. He developed a Faradaic precision electromedical instrument and other machines for physiotherapy for the first time in India. He produced high-voltage transformers with indigenous materials, which led to the foundation of X-ray industry in India.
