Rajat Kanti Baisya The foundation of Jadavpur University and its origins as a technological institution imagined in a nationalist mould are well-known. What is less explored is the journey that the National Council of Education underwent to transform itself into the Jadavpur University we all know today. As a premier institution of higher learning in India, Jadavpur University has a number of institution-builders to thank for its current worldwide reputation. This volume covers the biographies of twenty-two such professors of the Faculty of Engineering and Technology. Written from the 'technological perspective, the book attempts to trace a history of Jadavpur University through the microhistories of the individuals responsible for its beginnings and subsequent growth. It allows both present students and alumni to reflect upon the past of the institution that has nurtured them, with the aim of bringing a historical thinking to bear on any mappings of its future cours The volume is authored by Rajat K. Baisya, alumnus of the university, and a distinguished scholar, author and management consultant. Publication Jadavpur University Press