SEPTEMBER 15 OBSERVED ENGINEERS DAY IN INDIA
IINDIAN'S APPRECIATE TO HAVE THE FIRST AND ONE OF THE FINEST ENGINEER'S ENGINEER SRI MOKSHAGUNDAM VISVESVARAYA WHO WAS AN IDEALIST AND BELIEVED IN SIMPLE LIVING AND HIGH THINKING. HIS BIRTH ANNIVERSARY 15 SEPTEMBER IS OBSERVED AS ENGINEERS DAY. HE HAD DONE CIVIL ENGINEERING FROM COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING PUNE. BEING VERY BRILLIANT IN HIS WORK, GOVERNMENT OF INDIA SENT HIM TO ARDEN TO STUDY WATER SUPPLY AND DRAINAGE SYSTEM.
SRI M. VISVESVARAYA DESIGNED AND INSTALLED FLOODGATES AT VARIOUS DAMS, BUILT BRIDGES AND A NATION. HIS WORK PREVENTED VISHAKAPATNAM FROM SEA EROSION. HE WAS THE 19TH DIWAN OF MYSORE AND WAS CALLED FATHER OF MODERN MYSORE. THE BRITISH EMPIRE APPRECIATED HIS WORK AND THE TITLE OF 'KNIGHT' WAS GIVEN TO HIM BY KING GEORGE V IN 1915. HE RECEIVED THE HIGHEST HONOUR BHARAT RATNA IN 1955. HE LIVED UPTO 100YEARS AND HE IS STILL IN THE HEARTS OF MILLIONS EVEN TODAY
THE GOVERNMENT ENGINEERING COLLEGE IN BANGALORE NAMED AS (VTU) ESTABLISHED BY SRI M.V. IN 1917 IS NAMED AS UNIVERSITY VISVESVARAYA COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING WHERE STUDENTS FLOOD EVERY YEAR TO GET ADMISSION THERE. SRI M.V. ALSO WROTE A BOOK ON POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC RECONSTRUCTION.
GOOD ENGINEERS CHANGE THE WORLD WITH FEW IDEAS .HUMAN PROGRESS WOULD BE INCOMPLETE WITHOUT THEIR INNOVATIVE ZEAL. THE HIGH PRIVILEGE OF ENGINEERS START WITH A PLAN ON PAPER WHICH LATER MOVES TO REAL IN STONE OR METAL OR ENERGY. THEN IT BRINGS HOME TO MEN AND WOMEN AND FINALLY ADDS COMFORTS TO THEIR LIFE.
ENGINEERS ARE CREATIVE. WITH BRAINS THEY CAN CREATE THINGS. BY HEART, THEY FIND PRACTICAL SOLUTIONS. THEY PUT SOUL INTO THEIR PROFESSION AND SURPRISE US WITH UNIQUE INNOVATIONS. THEY NEED TO BE REWARDED FOR THEY ARE THE PROBLEM SOLVERS.
HAPPY ENGINEERS DAY TO ALL THE ENGINEERS.
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