Origin and Growth of the Association of Engineers

A.D. 1918. Old boys of Sibpore Engineering College (now known as B. E. College) have come to attend the annual Reunion. Reunion meeting was over and dinner was scheduled at 8 p.m. So, the interval of gay evening was opportune for an informal get-together in the spacious greens of the beloved college. Gossip, tittle-tattle, chat, pleasant retrospection of good old days, reminiscence of chums and teachers, marked the occasion. In one such groups, someone became rather serious or constructive and proposed that they should meet on many more occasions in such atmosphere, to have happy time out of work. He was none other than Jatindranath Banerjee and his proposal received spontaneous applause. Not in mere words but in actions too-Chandrakanta Ghosh at once invited all present to his house (10 Rammohan Roy Road) the next week end, to work out the idea. They met, talked at subsequent weekend also. Number of promoters swelled and financial solvency was attained from donations. A spatial flat in the second floor was rented in Mirjapur Street (now Surjya Sen Street) near college square.