Engineer's Day 15 Sept. 2020

Engineer's Day 15 Sept. 2020

   Kautilya Academy    15-09-2020

Nation celebrates Engineer's Day on September 15 to commemorate the birth anniversary of the greatest Indian Engineer Bharat Ratna Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya.


Various engineering institutes and organizations celebrate this day by organizing completions and felicitate students for their remarkable achievements in the field of engineering.

M Visvesvaraya was born on September 15, 1861, in the Muddenahalli village, Karnataka. He completed his Bachelor of Arts (BA) from the University of Madras and pursued civil engineering at the College of Science in Pune.

From 1912 to 1918, M. Visvesvaraya was appointed as the Diwan of Mysore. As a chief engineer, he constructed Mysore's famous Krishna Raja Sagara Dam. During his tenure as a Mysore Diwan, he brought many reforms in the field of education, banking, and commerce, agriculture, irrigation, industrialization. For his contribution during his deanship, he was awarded the title of ‘Knight’ in 1915 as commander of the British Indian Empire by King George V and got the title 'Sir'.

For his numerous industrial, economic, and social projects Visvesvaraya was bestowed upon the highest civilian honor — Bharat Ratna in 1955 by the government of India.


Visvesvaraya designed and patented automatic water floodgates in 1903, which were first installed at the Khadakwasla reservoir, in Pune.
Known as Sir MV, was a renowned precursor of economic planning in India.



In 1917, Visvesvaraya established Government Engineering College in Bengaluru which was later named University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering in his honor.

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