Sparks from Memory

Opening day:  The results of the  of the first batch of 60 students  for  a three year diploma course in Civil Engineering, admitted at Ajmer Polytechnic in 1958 had been declared. All  students  had passed and   were looking forward for their studies for second year to commence.   The intake for diploma courses in first year … Read more

New Campus of Ajmer Polytechnic: New campus of Ajmer Polytechnic was located on Nasirabad Road, outside the city municipal limits, far from the madding crowds, about seven kilometers from the city centre. The campus had village Makhupura on the southern side and some rural plots and hutments on the northern side. Eastern side was bounded … Read more

Background: Sometimes in late 1957, before I had joined as Principal of Ajmer Polytechnic, Masuda House was seen by a team of officers of Directorate of Technical Education during a short visit of the Chief Minister of Rajasthan to Ajmer. At that time, Masuda House was found to be a suitable place for the establishment … Read more

Getting into the groove: Professional institutions serve as the launching pads for the students, for meeting the challenges of life in the wide open world, where they are expected to rub shoulders with a large assortment of different types of people. The young boys, fresh from the sheltered environment of their homes, keep spinning their … Read more

Lodha Building: We were fortunate to get the possession of Lodha Building in May 1958 for the development of necessary physical facilities for the opening of the first academic session of Ajmer Polytechnic in July 1958. The building had not been in use for some time and was in need of thorough maintenance and replacement … Read more

Looking back: MBM Engineering College was established at Jodhpur in 1951. It was the first college in Rajasthan for running a degree course in Civil Engineering. Overseer’s certificate course was introduced in the institution in 1955 for meeting the growing demand of subordinate personnel in development departments. Subsequently, two batches of short term overseer courses … Read more

Physical features: Rajasthan is the biggest state of India with an area of 342240 sq kms. Rajasthan lies on the north-west border of India between latitudes 230 3’ to 300 11’ and longitudes 690 29’ and 780 17’ sharing a 1070 km long international border with Pakistan. Rajasthan has Punjab and Haryana on the north … Read more

Allahabad to Jodhpur: We were on the move again, log stock and barrel on January 2, 1958 from Allahabad, the green, flowering and leading city of eastern U.P, proudly standing on the confluence (sangam) of holiest of the holy rivers Ganga, Jamuna and Saraswati, to Jodhpur, the desert city of western Rajasthan, which stood as … Read more

Looking back: Hectic days of 1955 to 1957 had gradually turned into a long perspiring march. Some invisible forces were always with us to keep us going. The first batch of students had gone through the grinding for two years under all sorts of limitations and constraints, with unflinching faith in building a fruitful career. … Read more

India in the thirties: Due to centuries of subjugation and exploitation by foreign rulers, India had become a highly impoverished country. With one hundred and fifty years of British rule, India had virtually turned into a captive market of Britain. During that period, industries and infra-structure were in a very primitive state and the growth … Read more