HAPPY ENGINEERS DAY

In India, Engineers' Day is celebrating on 15

September every year.
The day is the birthday of Sir Mokshagundam
Visvesvarayya (18601965), an eminent Indian
engineer from the (University of Pune) and
statesman born in MuddenahalliKanivenarayanapura in present-day Karnataka.

He served as the chief engineer during construction of

Krishna Raja Sagara on the Kaveri River near Mysore.
He also built many dams in the Bombay presidency
(present-day Maharashtra). The dams built by him are
still functional today, a testimony to his engineering skills.
He was also honored with India's highest honor Bharat
Ratna in 1955.

Youth initiatives like "Nesting Ideas" through

Why? Newton conducts nationwide events to
capture engineering stories ('My Engineering
Story') on this occasion. This effort is made to
identify upcoming technologies, business ideas,
promote social entrepreneurship and touch the
emotional part of engineers' college life which
everyone misses during their lifetime.

National level organizations like The Institutions

of Engineers (India) conduct meets and events on
this occasion.IEI are dedicating the 44th
Engineer's Day to "Engineering Preparedness
for Disaster Mitigation".
Sir M Visvesvaraya was the man behind the flood
protection system.