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'''Prof.Dr. Satish Chandra Bhattacharyya''' (1896-1974). One of the pioneers who was instrumental in setting up India's first independent Engineering College today known as Jadavpur Engineering College. After obtaining masters degree in Mathematics Staish Chandra joined Bengal Technical Institute, Maniktala, Calcutta, and completed his studies within two years in Mechanical Engineering as well as Electrical Engineering in 1921. 4 students passed with flying colors were Staish Chandra, Jatindra Nath Bosu, Debendra Nath Chakrabarty and Hemendra Kumar Roy. The condition they imposed upon themselves were that they will teach at this institution at any salary unconditional loyalty. The first three became teachers. The fourth one Hemendra Kumar was released for he was to start the first independant Electric lamp factory "Bengal Lamp". They started working towards the improvement of the college. They moved from Maniktala to Jadavpur where they got a huge campus of 200 bigha (as donation. In 1923, Satish Chandra and Jatindra Nath were sent to Germany for higher studies for Germany was comparatively cheaper, very well known in the field of Machanical Engineering and respectful towards Indians. Language was problem. They crossed all the hurdles and came back to India in 1928 with a Doctorate degree. Needless to say after coming back they started teaching at their very own college. Now Satish Chandra started receiving lots of tempting offers from all over India including Indian Institute of Technology but he did not even drem of leaving his college. When Second World War started, th ecountry needed more engineers; British Government now acknowledged the college. In 1943 College started offering full flegded degrees. After Hiralal Roy and Surendra Kumar Satish Chadra became the Principal, but he did not like the administrative work - he loved teaching. So he gave up his position as the Principal and became Head of the department of mechanical Engineering department so that he could continue to teach.

"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."

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Among some of his most successful students were Dr. Triguna Sen [|Dr.Triguna_Sen], Dr. Gopal Chandra Sen, Dr.Amitabha Bhattacharyya and many uthers.

Satish Chandra received a coveted award "Karma Birottamo" from the Association of Engineers and many more. He wrote two books: Thermodynamica for Engineers and Machine Design. In addition to these he also created a book of Logarithm, Steam and other tables specially for Engineering students. As a teacher he was most saught after. Students have refused to go to another section where he was not teaching. Dr. Triguna Sen introduced him to new comers as "He is my master, Master of Engineering, Master of everything". Before he retired, his class Technical Dynamics - was attented by three other Professors: Amiyo Kumar Bosu, Nirendra Nath Chatterjee and Madhusudan Sengupta - to learn his style of teaching. Other than his subject he was well read and well versed in many other subjects. In 1968 when he broke his leg and had to stay home, just for fun he translated Shaekespear's "Merry Wives of Windsor" (which he never published). He maintained commnication with his friends in Germany throughout his life. His wife's name: Charubala Debi He has four daughters: Renuka, Arati, Anjali and Bulbul. Satish Chandra was a genius in his time who truly believed in plain living and high thinking.