02020nam a22002417a 450000500170000000800410001702000180005802801260007608200160020210000240021824501050024226000520034730000240039936500100042352010860043365000220151965000250154165000230156670000230158994200090161299900170162195201400163820260407103451.0260407b        |||||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  a9780199469871  a: Savera Book Distributorsb: 4754 Akarshan Bhawan, 23 Ansari Road, Darya Ganj, New Delhic; 25-26/CRB/1200d: 31/03/2026  a620.009 RAM  aRamnath, Aparajith.  aBirth of an Indian profession b: engineers, industry and the state, 1900-47.c/  Aparajith Ramnath.  aNew Delhi b: Oxford University Pressc , 2017.  axvi, 266p.c: 24cm.  b626.5  aThe Birth of an Indian Profession is the first comprehensive history of engineers in modern India. Charting the development of the engineering profession in the country from 1900 to 1947, it explores how engineers, their roles, and their organization were transformed during the politically tumultuous interwar years. Through detailed case studies of engineers in public works, railways, and private industry, the book argues that the profession, once dominated by expatriate British engineers closely associated with the state, saw an increasing proportion of Indian members, and an emerging emphasis on industrial engineering. In the process, it fashioned for itself an Indian identity.

Turning the spotlight on practitioners of technology and their professional lives, Ramnath explores several themes including the work culture of engineers, their conception of their own identity, their status in society, and their relationship with the evolving colonial state. In so doing, he provides a fresh perspective on the history of science and technology in twentieth-century India.  aIndian profession  aHistory of engineers  a British engineers  aAparajith Ramnath.  cBOOK  c67763d67763  00102ddc4071aSNULbSNULd2026-04-07eSavera Book Distributorsg626.50l0o620.009 RAMp31425r2026-04-07 10:35:08w2026-04-07yBOOK