WORLD ENGINEERS DAY –SEPTEMBER
15
The Engineering
Community across India celebrates Engineers Day on 15 September every year as a
tribute to the greatest Indian Engineer Bharat Ratna Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya.
"Role of Engineers in a devolping India" is the theme of Engineers
Day 2017.Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya, born on 15 September, 1861, in Muddenahalli
near Chikkaballapur. He went on to become India’s most prolific civil engineer,
dam builder, economist, statesman, and can be counted among the last century’s
foremost nation-builders.
M. Visvesvaraya was
also the Diwan of Mysore from 1912 to 1918. He was the chief engineer
responsible for the construction of the Krishna Raja Sagara Dam in Mysore as
well as as the chief designer of the flood protection system for the city of
Hyderabad. Due to his outstanding contribution to the society, Government of
India conferred 'Bharat Ratna' on this legend in the year 1955." He was
also awarded the British knighthood by King George V, and hence has the
honorific "sir". His birthday, 15 September is celebrated as the
Engineers day. He also designed and patented the automatic weir water
floodgates, first installed at the Khadakwasla reservoir, Pune 1903. He
transformed the Mysore state into what was then known as 'model state'.Known
world over for his contribution to harnessing water resources, Visvesvaraya
was, among other things, responsible for the building and consolidation of dams
across the country. He is also credited with inventing the Block System --
automated doors that close in the conditions of overflow.
Prof. John Kurakar
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