Minu Nariman Dastur | |||||||||
Nationality: | British Indian (1916 - 1947) indian (1947 - 2004) | ||||||||
Death Place: | Kolkata, West Bengal India | ||||||||
Education: | Banaras Hindu University Massachusetts Institute of Technology | ||||||||
Children: | 3 | ||||||||
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Minu Nariman Dastur (18 March 1916 - 5 January 2004) was an Indian mechanical and electrical engineer.[1] [2] His work included working with the government of India on the country's steel development plans.[3] Dastur graduated from Banaras Hindu University with a degree in electrical & mechanical engineering in 1938 and initially worked for Tata Steel.[4] He later moved to the United States and obtained a doctorate in metallurgy from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1948.[2]
He founded M. N. Dastur & Company (P) Ltd in 1955 with head quarter in Kolkata India