In 1884, an article in a widely circulated Indian nationalist newspaper expounded on the value of a technical education for Indians who were being denied such opportunities by the colonial British state. Even though MIT was barely more than two decades old, the author pointed to the Institute as a model of technical learning for the colony to aspire toward. In ensuing decades, despite strict immigration laws in the U.S., an increasing number of South Asians came to MIT, which was one of the most international universities in the country….
