Its primary aim was to impart education - literary, scientific and technical on national lines exclusively under national control. To achieve self-reliance, through education. The foundation of the NCE was made possible by the munificence - scholarly as well as monetary - of the likes of Raja Subodh Chandra Mallik , Brajendra Kishore Roychowdhury of Gouripur as well as Sir Rash Behari Ghosh (first President of NCE), poet Rabindranath Tagore and Sri Aurobindo Ghosh.

In 1910 the Society for the Promotion of Technical Education in Bengal which looked after Bengal Technical Institute (which later became College of Engineering and Technology, Bengal) was amalgamated to NCE. NCE henceforth looked after the College of Engineering and Technology, Bengal which by 1940 was virtually functioning as a University. After Independence, the Government of West Bengal, with the concurrence of the Govt. of India, enacted the necessary legislation to establish Jadavpur University on the 24th of December 1955.

Now Jadavpur University has successfully established itself as a foremost Indian University with a vast repertoire of courses offered, an enviable list of faculty members, all the availing facilities for students and has come to be known for its commitment towards advanced study and research.

Great Benefactors

Generous donations for the great cause of national education came from Raja Subodh Chandra Mallik, after whom the road on which Jadavpur University stands, is named, Brojendra Kishore Roy Choudhury, Maharaja Suryya Kanto Acharya Choudhury and others and National Council of Education (N.C.E.), Bengal proceeded with its programme. Subsequently came a princely bequest of Rs13lakhs from Sir Rashbehari Ghosh, the legendary legal luminary.

Calcutta Corporation under the guidance of its Mayor Deshbandhu Chittaranjan Das leased out to N.C.E. the present site of Jadavpur Campus where its Engineering College was shifted in 1924. The Aurobindo Building, now housing the admin1istrative offices, used to be the venue of teaching of the Engineering College.

Placement

• Computer Training

Employment Bureau

The Government has established an Employment Bureau on the campus. It helps in registering the students' names for employment, thus avoiding long queues at the Employment Exchange.

Officer of Placement and Training

An officer, well informed regarding employment market and in constant touch with the employers is there to guide and assist. No doubt his job is easier for Engineering Graduates than those of Arts and Science Faculties. About 100 companies come each year for campus recruitment during pre final year. Rate of placement from campus is around 80 percent.

Alumni Association

Jadavpur is first among the Indian Universities to organise in an Alumni Association in 1921 and the moral and material help of the Alumnisustained Jadavpur in times of need. The Alumni Association has on the campus its own house, the Old Boys Home, having guestrooms which arelent out on demand, and the ground floor which is generously used as the sports pavilion.

The Indoor Stadium, originally known as Recreation Hall, was an Alumni gift to the University. Alumni Association has its branches in all-important cities of India, and these days, even on other side of the globe, the U.S.A., U.K., Australia. The Alumni Association is ready to extend all possible help,to the University Community at large and specially to the young students.
The growth of University is possible with continuous help from alumni who are spread all over the world.

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