During the colonial days many educational institutions came up after 1858; Wilson College 1832, Mumbai and Elphinstone College (now affiliated to Dr. Homi Baba Inst) 1823 being oldest in this part.
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| Institute of Science, Mumbai scm.ac.in |
The Institute of Science, a postgraduate education and research institution of Mumbai with ''A'' grade accreditation from the NAAC (since 2014) has since 2019 been renamed Dr. Homi Bhabha State University.
This institution owes its origin in the colonial period under the Raj and was known as the Royal Institute of Science (RIS) established in 1920 by the Royal Chapter. The institute offers PG and doctoral programs in numerous useful and practical science fields.
The institute is housed in a heritage building in the Central Business District of Mumbai right across Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Museum and close to Churchgate station and Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (formerly Victoria Terminus) next to the Oval Maidan (Oval Park), South Bombay. Standing close to the institute are the Elphinstone College and the Rajbhai Tower of University of Mumbai, the famous Indo-Saracenic structures of this big city.
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| Façade, Inst of science, Mumbai.facebook.com/ |
Central hall dome, int. of sciencce, Mumbai.agefotostock.com
Founded by George Clarke, 1st Baron Sydenham of Combe the cost of construction of the buildings was met through private donations. Noted business people of Bombay made contributions - Sir Cowasji Jehangir donated money for the institute's east wing, the construction of the west flank of the main building was met by Jacob Sassoon, and the east flank by Sir Currimbhoy Ebrahim, Bt. Vasanji Mulji donated funds for the library.
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| George Sydenham Clarkeen.wikipedia.org |
Above image: George Sydenham Clarke, 1st Baron Sydenham of Combe, GCSI, GBE (4 July 1848 – 7 February 1933) was a British Army officer and colonial administrator. He served in India as Governor of Bombay between 1907 and 1913. His statue stands at the entrance Institute of Science College which he founded. In 1913 he was elevated to the peerage as Baron Sydenham of Combe, of Dulverton in the County of Devon. After retirement in 1930s he became a radical and supported anti-Semitic and fascist causes and won the ire of a large section of people. ..............................
The construction work was completed in 1920 though the foundation stone was laid 9 years before in 1911. The work got delayed then and there due to paucity of funds and delay in getting donations from private business people. It was designed by none other than popular Scottish architect George Wittet (1878-1926) who was not new to Bombay
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| Scottish architect George Wittet myheritage.com |
then. The Gateway of India, Mumbai is a fine example of his ingenious design style specially adopted for the entry and exit gateway in the Apollo Bunder area. With John Begg, he developed and popularized the Indo-Saracenic style in architecture in this part. His approach to aesthetic and design style of the government and public buildings was very much similar to that of Robert Chisholm who left his indelible mark in Indo-Saracenic style of design in Madras (Chennai, Tamil Nadu ) and Baroda (Vadadora, Gujarat).
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| Institute of Science, Mumbaiiscm.ac.in |
The unique feature of the building is its outer appearance is enhanced by the use of yellow Kharodi basalt stones mined from the district of Thane. The flat central dome of the Cowasji Jehangir Hall and two curving impressive facades on each side appear to be in tune with the 19th century buildings that surround it.
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