Calcutta: Mr. M. C. Chagla, the Union Education Minister, today commissioned the first India-made computer in the campus of the Jadavpur University. Christened as “Isijuu” the computer was built jointly by the Jadavpur University and the Indian Statistical Institute.
Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Chagla said that by commissioning of the “Isijuu” computer, India today entered a new era of scientific and technological achievement.
It was one of the most significant and historic events in the country’s scientific developments. It had clearly proved to the world that Indian scientists and technologists were inferior to none in any other countries.
He said Indian scientists and technologists could make miracles provided they were given opportunity and congenial atmosphere under able leadership.