Satyanarain Goel

Water Resources Development Training Centre at Roorkee: Water resources development training centre was established as one of the departments of the University of Roorkee in the year 1955 for running field oriented  training programmes, related to planning, design, construction, operation and maintenance of water resources and hydro-power projects for sponsored service personnel of Afro Asian … Read more

Association of Engineers: Jodhpur Railway was a well administered and well developed metre gauge railway of erstwhile Jodhpur State. It had an identity of its own at Jodhpur with its imposing office buildings, workshops, officers  bungalows and staff quarters scattered on both sides of the railway line. After independence and the merger of Jodhpur State … Read more

Background: Since the times of moghul emperor Akbar, the hill areas covered by Jammu and Kashmir were under the control of a number of small princely states. Most of these rulers were hindus, whereas, some of them were muslims. During the decline of the moghul empire and the rise of Sikhs, these states were gradually … Read more

Short term overseer course: With the integration of the princely states and the formation of Rajasthan,  there was a flurry of development activities, leading to sudden spurt in the demand for trained manpower in all sectors and at all levels. MBM Engineering College was established in 1951 and was running  a degree course in civil … Read more

Practicals: Practical in laboratories,   on  the shop floor or  in the field   are essential components of the learning  process, in all professional institutions. Laboratory experiments, workshop jobs and field work  are intended to make the students familiar with the basics of  different processes and operations. They encourage the students to see and to do or … Read more

Physical facilities: The main building of the polytechnic, which accommodated  classrooms, drawing halls, civil engineering and electrical engineering laboratories, library, staff rooms   and other associated facilities  had been completed and was in use. A separate block of mechanical engineering workshops and mechanical engineering laboratories had also been completed and was in use. Two hostels with … Read more

Grounds: About eighty  acres of land was available in the southern part of the campus for development as playgrounds for games and sports. The process of development was gradual, with physical inputs by the staff and students on almost daily basis. Initially, the land was cleared, fields were marked and the students started playing. Subsequently, … Read more

Our residence: Residency, the residential building of the British representative of the erstwhile Jodhpur state,  is a well known landmark in the civil lines of Jodhpur.  Residency road, which runs from east to west,  is one of the main roads of Jodhpur.    In 1962 the spread of Jodhpur town south of the residency road was … Read more

The following is the transcript of a  talk delivered by me on 17 December 1966, during  the winter workshop at Bikaner, for teachers of polytechnics of Rajasthan. It provides  a reflection on the life, that we lived and the threads that we weaved, during the early years of Jodhpur polytechnic from 1962 to 1966. Introductory: … Read more

Background: Before independence, the spread of education in the country was extremely limited. The princely states of Rajasthan had developed excellent educational institutions in their states, but, they were mostly concentrated at the capital cities of the states.  Birla Engineering College Pilani was the first engineering college established in Rajasthan in 1946 with degree courses … Read more