When was jadavpur university established

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Jnan Saran Chatterjee, Prof. Founding members of National Council of Bengal, the parent body of the Jadavpur University, in set the goal "To achieve self reliance through empowerment of Youth by imparting Best of Global Knowledge". It was Bengal stood divided. The times were feverish. The hegemony of the British establishment had to be challenged. Education had to play a new role in this changed scenario. We thank you for pitching in. It also aimed to prepare students for a definite career.

To meet this goal, the Council established an educational institution called the Bengal National College on 14 th August at Bowbazar Street. The college taught scientific and technical subjects through the laboratory method and workshop practice. Its distinguished alumni went on to establish swadeshi industries like Bengal Waterproof, Bengal Lamp, etc. The alumni association of the college, one of the oldest alumni associations in India, was founded in The Calcutta Municipal Corporation offered a plot of about bighas near Jadavpur railway station, while another 92 bighas were later leased by the corporation.

The students of CET also known as Jadavpur Engineering College were much more organized and involved in co-curricular activities than those of other similar institutes. The workshop now one of the largest machine workshops in Asia was installed at the Jadavpur Engineering College to train students. However, the dream of the founding fathers remained unfulfilled, that is, setting up a national university. The first annual convocation of Jadavpur University was held on 24 th December, , where the Convocation Address was delivered by eminent educationist, Dr Zakir Hossain.

Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru also addressed the gathering, which included luminaries in different fields. The National Council of Education, Dr Triguna Sen and Jadavpur University featured on commemorative postage stamps issued by the Government of India The post-Independence period at Jadavpur University is marked by great progress in teaching and research.

In the unprecedented public indignation, that arose as a result of the attempted partition of Bengal in by the then British rulers, was the realization that an educational system based on national ideals was essential for the regeneration of a nation. Some of the objectives of the National Council were:. To impart education - literary, scientific and technical - in national lines and exclusively under national control, lot in opposition to, but standing apart from the existing system of officially controlled education at all levels To promote moral and physical education To promote education through the medium of the mother tongue of the students.

To maintain high standards, educational, intellectual and moral, amongst the teachers and arrange suitable training for the purpose. The Bengal National College was established on 15th August. The two colleges were virtually the faculties of "Humanities and Science" and of "Technology" of the National Council of Education. Several national schools also were founded in this period, at different places in Bengal.

With the passage of time and reduction of patriotic mass emotions, enrolment in the national schools and colleges declined, and by the end of the second decade of the century the schools and colleges were all but dead. The sole exception was the Technical Institute, which thrived and demand for enrolment far outstripped the capacity.

By many batches of graduates from the national institutions were out and established in life. A movement was spearheaded by some of the ex-students to establish an Association of the Alumni of the National Council of Education.

A conference was convened at the initiative of half a dozen enthusiasts, which was attended by some sixty more. From then on, the history of the Association and its Alma Mater are closely intertwined. With the Calcutta Corporation granting a piece of land at Jadavpur and with liberal donations from benefactors, the National Council and the College moved to its present campus in , and the Association moved with it.