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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Indian engineer (1916 – 2004)}}<br />
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| name = Minu Nariman Dastur<br />
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| practice_name = M N Dastur & Company Private Limited <br />
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'''Minu Nariman Dastur''' (18 March 1916 &ndash; 5 January 2004) was an Indian mechanical and electrical engineer.<ref name ="TT">{{ cite web | url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/business/mn-dastur-passes-away/cid/773957|title=MN Dastur passes away| access-date =2022-05-04}}</ref><ref name ="BS">{{ cite web | url = https://www.business-standard.com/article/beyond-business/engineering-metallurgy-doyen-passes-away-104010601020_1.html|title = Engineering, metallurgy doyen passes away| date=6 January 2004 | access-date =2022-05-04}}</ref> His work included working with the government of India on the country's steel development plans.<ref name ="ET">{{ Cite news | url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/pioneer-steel-consultant-mn-dastur-passes-away/articleshow/406706.cms|title = Pioneer Steel Consultant MN Dastur passes away |newspaper = The Economic Times |date = 6 January 2004 |access-date =2022-05-04}}</ref> Dastur graduated from [[Banaras Hindu University]] with a degree in electrical & mechanical engineering in 1938 and initially worked for [[Tata Steel]].<ref name ="IM">{{ cite web |url = https://www.indiamart.com/m-n-dastur-company/about-the-founder.html| title= M.N.Dastur & Company Private Limited - About the Founder| access-date =2022-05-04}}</ref> He later moved to the United States and obtained a doctorate in metallurgy from [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] in 1948.<ref name ="BS"/><br />
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He founded M. N. Dastur & Company (P) Ltd in 1955 with head quarter in Kolkata India<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Iron and steel industry in India]]<br />
* [[Visvesvaraya Iron and Steel Limited]]<br />
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[[Category:2004 deaths]]<br />
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[[Category:Banaras Hindu University alumni]]<br />
[[Category:Indian mechanical engineers]]<br />
[[Category:Massachusetts Institute of Technology alumni]]<br />
[[Category:20th-century Indian engineers]]</div>Davidcza