[FSUG-Bangalore] IIT - Nehru - Prison - Freedom - Hijli Detention Camp

[Senthil Sundaram (sensunda)]

hi,
 
the links between techonolgy and freedom - of course for those who want
to see the interconnections.
 
-S
 
 
http://www.iitkgp.ac.in/institute/history.php
 

Pandit Nehru in his first convocation address in 1956 said "Here in the
place of that Hijli Detention Camp stands the fine monument of India,
representing India's urges,India's future in the making. this picture
seems to me symbolical of the changes that are coming to India." 
 
In Sept. 15, 1956, the Parliament of India passed an act known as the
Indian Institute of Technology(Kharagpur) Act declaring this Institute
as an Institute of national importance. The Institute was also given the
status of an autonomous University. From this modest start in 1950, IIT
Kharagpur has been engaged in a steady process of development with about
18 academic departments, five centres of excellence. the vast tree-laden
campus, spreading over 2100 acres has a self contained township of over
15,000 inhabitants. Currently we have about 450 faculty, 2200 employees
and 2700 students on the campus.

 
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