1947. The country became independent. At that time, men were the dominant force in the study of technology. The Bengal Engineering College in West Bengal was then one of the centers for the study of technology. In 1947, the then Nikunj Bihari Maiti Bengal Engineering College in West Bengal opened its doors to women. Two students passed the entrance exam. Both were admitted. But one dropped out of college in his second year. There was a student. In 1951 he passed Mechanical Engineering. He was the first engineer of Bengal. She was the only student in the whole batch. Everyone else was a student.
He is Ila Majumdar. Born on 24th July 1930 in Madaripur village in Faridpur district of present day Bangladesh. Father Jatindra Kumar Majumder was a Deputy Magistrate. Mother was a housewife. Jatindrababu raised his daughter in a free environment from an early age. At the age of 12, Ila could ride a bicycle. He learned to drive a jeep when he was only 16 years old. In Khulna he studied till ninth class. Then in 1945 Ilad's whole family moved to Calcutta. Ila could not be admitted to the school that year. Admitted next year. Passed matriculation in the second division. Then he was admitted to Ashutosh College. From there he passed ISC in the first division.
In the meantime, Ila passed the entrance examination and was admitted to the Bengal Engineering College. The principal forbade him to study civil engineering as he needed a lot of physical work. At the end Ila was admitted in Mechanical Engineering Department. He also got the opportunity to study medicine but did not go. She was the first female student of that college and also the first engineer of Bengal. Although it was difficult to adapt at first, he gradually became friends with the students. At that time there was no separate hostel for female students so Ila Majumdar lived in a room on the left side of the library. Pulin Bihari Ghosh, head of the civil engineering department, stood by his side this time. In college, he was Ilar's guardian.
Ila graduated in 1951 with a degree in mechanical engineering. Then go to Glasgow for training. After completing his training, he returned to India and joined the Ordnance Factory in Dehradun. She was the first woman in India to work in a heavy machinery factory. At that time Ila lived in the staff quarters. After working there for six months, he joined Delhi Polytechnic College as a professor. He was then a lecturer at the Institute of Jute Technology, Calcutta. She was the founder of the first women's polytechnic college in Calcutta. Ila Majumder was the first principal of that college. Impressed by her work, in 1975 she was given the responsibility by the United Nations to open a women's polytechnic college in Dhaka city. At that time the West Bengal government was not willing to release him. Later, however, he successfully completed the work.
Ila Majumdar was an exceptional woman. One striking exception to the masculine structure. Made history.
I pay homage to his memory.
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