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020			_a9780199469871
028			_a: Savera Book Distributors _b: 4754 Akarshan Bhawan, 23 Ansari Road, Darya Ganj, New Delhi _c; 25-26/CRB/1200 _d: 31/03/2026
082			_a620.009 RAM
100			_aRamnath, Aparajith.
245			_aBirth of an Indian profession _b: engineers, industry and the state, 1900-47. _c/ Aparajith Ramnath.
260			_aNew Delhi _b: Oxford University Press _c , 2017.
300			_axvi, 266p. _c: 24cm.
365			_b626.5
520			_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.
650			_aIndian profession
650			_aHistory of engineers
650			_a British engineers
700			_aAparajith Ramnath.
942			_cBOOK
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