Sir M Visvesvaraya

29 Oct 2024 11:40:09 am

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Why in the news?

The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has remembered the contributions of Sir M Visvesvaraya on the occasion of Engineers Day. He also conveyed his greetings to all engineers on the occasion.

Source: PIB

About Sir M Visvesvaraya (Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya):

He was born in Karnataka in 1861.
He studied Bachelor of Arts (BA) from the University of Mysore and then studied civil engineering from the College of Science in Pune and went on to become one of the most eminent engineers in the country.
His work was becoming so popular that the Government of India sent him to Aden (Yemen) to study water supply and drainage systems in 1906-07.
He served as the Chief Engineer of Mysore State in 1909 and as the Diwan of the princely state of Mysore in 1912, a position he held for seven years.
He was knighted as a Knight Commander of the British Indian Empire by King George V for his contributions to the public good in 1915.
He was an Engineer who had planned the Indian Economy in 1934.
He was awarded an Honorary Membership of London Institution of Civil Engineers for an unbroken 50 years.
He was conferred India\'s highest honour, the Bharat Ratna in 1955.
He died in 1962 in Bengaluru, Karnataka.
He wrote the books \'Reconstructing India\' and \'Planned Economy of India\'.
He was the chief engineer responsible for the construction of the Krishna Raja Sagara Dam in Mysore.
He was instrumental in designing and patenting a system of automatic weir floodgates in Khadakwasla reservoir in Pune in 1903.
After the devastating floods (Musi River) in Hyderabad in 1908, he designed a drainage system to protect the city from these floods in the future.