India observes Engineer's Day on September 15

 


India observes Engineer's Day on September 15 in honour of Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya. His contribution to the field of engineering is unparalleled. Born on September 15, 1860, Visvesvaraya dedicated nearly 102 year of his life in service of the nation, it is only befitting we celebrate him.


Visvesvaraya was brought up in a Telugu Brahmin family and studied in a Kannada medium primary school in Chikkaballapur. After he completed hus bachelors degree, he decided he wanted to be an engineer and thus enrolled for Civil engineering course at College of Engineering.


Sir Mokshagundam Vishveshwarayya,  (15 September 1860/12 April 1962) often referred by his initials, MV, was the first Indian civil engineer, statesman and the 19th Diwan of Mysore, serving from 1912 to 1918. He started his primary education in Bangalore, received his BSc degree from the University of Madras, and then DCE (Diploma in Civil Engineering) from the University of Bombay through its affiliated institution and 3rd oldest Engineering College in Asia, College of Engineering, Pune. He received India's highest honour, the Bharat Ratna, in 1955. He was knighted as a Knight Commander of the British Indian Empire  by King George V for his contributions to the public good. His birthday, 15th September, is celebrated as Engineers' Day in India, Sri Lanka and Tanzania in his memory. He was the Chief Engineer of Krishna Raja Sagara dam in the north-west suburb of Mysuru city, Laxmi Talav Dam near Kolhapur in south-west Maharashtra, and also served as one of the Chief Engineers of the flood protection system for the city of Hyderabad

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