An
ode to my Alma Mater – An Engineering marvel, on Engineer’s Day
Roorkee University as we called it, now IIT Roorkee, was earlier known as Thomason college of Civil
Engineering.
One just needs to take a
leisurely stroll in the campus & the Roorkee town to soak in the
engineering design mastery done more than 150 years back!
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| MAIN BUILDING |
The manner in which main building, its lawns & steps are designed taking into account the
natural slope of the land is amazing to say the least. The building slowly unravels itself as
one walks up the steps along the central median, almost the same way as one
sees the Rashtrapati Bhavan on Rajpath. That too 150 years back with whatever
surveying tools they had!
One look at a few buildings around the campus….
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| BIRD'S EYE VIEW OF MAIN BUILDING |
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| HANGAR/ CONVOCATION HALL |
One look at a few buildings around the campus….
And not just the campus, the Roorkee town itself is
witness to such great engineering feats…
Ganga Canal or Solani Aqueduct…
built
in 1856 and still standing after 150 years…
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| 1856 |
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| 2012 |
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| TWIN STATUES OF LIONS GUARDING THE CANAL |
Planned as an engineering college for Britishers in India who were mainly responsible for building canals for irrigation purposes, gave us such wonders of engineering which are to be preserved and also learned from.
Such is my Roorkee…
Though I myself am an architect but still this place
makes me a proud alumni and hence this small ode to the place which has been
giving engineers to our country since 1847…
Happy Engineers day!
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