15 September – Engineer’s day – remembering Bharat Ratna – greatest Indian Engineer- Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvarayya – celebrating 160 birth anniversary

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By profession I am Engineer and feeling proud writing about this great day – Engineer’s Day and one of the greatest Engineer of India – Bharat Ratna Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvarayya.

To give real service, you must add something which cannot be bought or measured with money – Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvarayya

Engineer’s day :

Science is about knowing; engineering is about doing. — Henry Petroski, American engineer

• Every year on 15 September India celebrates Engineer’s day
• 15 September as a Engineer day also celebrated in Srilanka and Tanzania
• This day is celebrated to recognize the efforts of our engineers which helps to made our life easy by continuous innovation and ideas
• In India we celebrate this day on remembrance of the greatest Engineer Bharat Ratna Visvesvaraya

At its heart, engineering is about using science to find creative, practical solutions. It is a noble profession. — Queen Elizabeth II

Software is a great combination of artistry and engineering. — Bill Gates, Co-founder of Microsoft

About Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya :

• Visvesvaraya was born on 15 September 1860 at Muddenahalli near Chikkaballapur in Karnataka
• Visvesvaraya popularly called Sir MV. Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya
• By profession he is Civil Engineer
• One of the greatest Engineer of India
• He joined the Indian irrigation Commission
• Appointed Chief Engineer of Mysore State in 1909
• Awarded the Bharat Ratna in 1955, India’s highest honor
• Father of planning commission – author of the 1934 book “A Planned Economy for India“
• His major project /work was
• Krishna Raja Sagara dam in Mysore
  • Chief designer of the flood protection system for the city of Hyderabad
  • Designing the ‘automatic barrier water floodgates‘,  installed for the first time at the Khadakvasla Reservoir near Pune in 1903
  • Served as the Diwan of Mysore, where he founded the Mysore Soap Factory, Bangalore Agricultural University, State Bank of Mysore and Mysore Iron and Steel Works
  • In 1917, Sir MV founded the Government Engineering College – University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering
• One of the most popular person in Karnataka

Lakhs of farmers and common people continue to benefit from the Krishna Raj Sagar Dam built by him”. – Our PM Shri Narendra Modi in his Mann Ki Baat

“Greetings on #EngineersDay to all hardworking engineers. No words are enough to thank them for their pivotal role in making our planet better and technologically advanced. I pay homage to the remarkable M Visvesvaraya on his birth anniversary and recall his accomplishments,” PM Modi said in a tweet.

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