<h4>History</h4> <p> To trace the history of Jadavpur University is to trace a part of India’s freedom movement, at least from the Swadeshi Movement onwards. It was 1905 -1906 </p> <p> Bengal stood divided. The times were feverish. </p> <p> The hegemony of the British establishment had to be challenged. Education had to play a new role in this changed scenario. It had to become a new form of resistance through which the emergent nationalist spirit could be propagated. With this in mind the National Council of Education (NCE) came into being. </p> <p> Its primary aim was to impart education - literary, scientific and technical on national lines exclusively under national control. To achieve self-reliance, through education. The foundation of the NCE was made possible by the munificence - scholarly as well as monetary - of the likes of Raja Subodh Chandra Mallik , Brajendra Kishore Roychowdhury of Gouripur as well as Sir Rash Behari Ghosh (first President of NCE), poet Rabindranath Tagore and Sri Aurobindo Ghosh. </p> <h4>Aims & Objectives</h4> <p> Founding members of National Council of Bengal, the parent body of the Jadavpur University, in 1906 set the goal "To achieve self reliance through empowerment of Youth by imparting Best of Global Knowledge". </p> <ul> <li> To promote and pursue higher education by linking up traditionally separated subjects in the light of the ever-changing global scenario. </li> <li> To explore new dimensions of academic administration free of bureaucratic impediments. </li> <li> To set up a role model for academic leadership. </li> </ul>