Jadavpur Univeristy, Its Birth and Rise The unprecedented public indignation sparked by the attempted partition of Bengal in 1905 by the the British, brought about the realization, that an educational system based on nationalistic ideals was essential for the regeneration of the nation. As a consequence, the National Council of Education, Bengal (NCE-BENGAL) was founded on 11th March, 1906 by eminent leaders of the time. The objectives of the National Council though based on the politics of the day were admirable. The goal was to impart education - literary, scientific and technical - exclusively under native control, largely in opposition to and standing apart from the existing system of colonially controlled education at all levels.... and to inspire in students a genuine love for and a real desire to serve the country; to promote moral and physical education; to educate using native tongues; 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 1906, for the teaching of science and the humanities. The Bengal Technical Institute was founded by a different body, the Society for the Promotion of Technical Education on 7th July 1910, and merged soon afterwards with the National Council of Education. The two colleges came to be virtually the faculties of

The Bengal National College was established on 15th August 1906, for the teaching of science and the humanities. The Bengal Technical Institute was founded by a different body, the Society for the Promotion of Technical Education on 7th July 1910, and merged soon afterwards with the National Council of Education. The two colleges came to be virtually the faculties of

By the end of the thirties, war clouds hovered over the western world, and a little later it was evident that the Orient also, would not be spared from its ravages. Though the British Government did not formally recognize the National Council its graduates were absorbed in large numbers in defence related and other industrial jobs. Furthermore, as the war effort of the government required large numbers of technically trained personnel, the National Council also was encouraged to increase its training capacity and money grants were made available for the purpose. With the attainment of independance, the picture changed altogether. Financial worries eased up, and a final enactment by the government brought the Jadavpur University into existence on 24th December 1955. The National Council of Education, in a bold and noble gesture, gave away everything it had to the newly founded Jadavpur University and started afresh with its professed objective of pursuing the cause of National education

Acknowledgements : Ashutosh Bagchi

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