Written by Mehr Gill |Edited by Explained Desk |New Delhi |Updated: September 16, 2019 7:05:26 am
Engineer’s Day: Sir Visvesvaraya’s contribution to nation building
Sir MV’s career spanned 34 years and after taking a voluntary retirement from state service in 1918, he continued work including on the Mysore Iron and Steel Works and established the Sir Jayachamarajendra Occupational Institute in Bangalore in 1943
September 15 is observed as Engineer’s Day in India to mark the birth anniversary of Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya, a civil engineer and statesman. Sir MV, as he is also known, made contributions to several technical projects in his career in Hyderabad, Mysore, Maharashtra and Orissa. In 1955, he was awarded the Bharat Ratna.
No hay comentarios:
Publicar un comentario