National Engineer's day
Every year on September 15, India along with Sri Lanka and Tanzania celebrate National Engineer’s Day to recognize and honor the achievements of the great engineer Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya.
In 1968, the Indian government declared Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya's birth anniversary as Engineers' Day. Since then, this day is celebrated to honor and acknowledge all engineers who have contributed and still do so to build a modern and developed India.
Sir M Visvesvaraya contributed significantly to the field of engineering and education. He is considered among the greatest nation-builders who played a crucial role in constructing dams, reservoirs and hydro-power projects of modern India. Sir M Visvesvaraya oversaw the construction of several architectural marvels as chief engineer, including the Krishna Raja Sagar dam in Karnataka and the flood protection system of Hyderabad.
Popularly known as Sir MV, Visvesvaraya undertook many complex projects and delivered remarkable infrastructural results during his career. He patented and installed an irrigation system with water floodgates at the Khadakvasla reservoir near Pune to raise the food supply level and storage to the highest levels know as ‘block system’ in 1903.
For his contribution to the building of India, the government awarded him with India’s highest honor ‘Bharat Ratna’ in 1955 and was also conferred the British knighthood. He served as Diwan of Mysore from 1912 to 1918.
领英推荐
Apart from his engineering accolades, he played an instrumental role in imparting awareness about engineering discipline and also played an important role in the foundation of Government Engineering College at Bangalore in 1917. The college was later renamed after him as University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering (UVCE).
In 2018, Google launched a Doodle on his birthday to celebrate his genius works whose endeavors led to the Tata Steel engineers invent an armored vehicle that was used in WWII and could withstand bullets. Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya passed away in 1962 but his achievements and contributions are celebrated till date.
This year marks the 160th birth anniversary of M Visvesvaraya who was born on September 15, 1861, in the Muddenahalli village of Karnataka.
On Engineer's Day, the nation pays tribute to Sir M Visvesvaraya.
Rated by @Onalytica UK as 19th most influential person in the world in telecom. Carnegie Mellon & IIT Kanpur alumnus.
3 年#EngineersDay #BharatRatnaSirMokshagundamVisvesvaraya #SirMokshagundamVisvesvaraya youtu.be/D3bETloaSPc #RaviVisvesvarayaSharadaPrasad @rvp @7GTech on why Indians were poor at commercialising traditional knowledge. What #MokshagundamVisvesvaraya said about tech innovation.