Engineer’s Day 2022: 5 powerful quotes by Sir M Visvesvaraya

New Delhi, Sep 15: Engineers' Day is observed on September 15 to commemorate the birth anniversary of Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya, considered a pioneer in the field of engineering in India.

Sir M V had dedicated his life towards nation-building and he epitomized all the qualities of an ideal engineer throughout his life. Hence, we celebrate his birthday as Engineer's day to honour him and to inspire all the engineers out there helping in rebuilding our nation.

Sir M V's Contributions to the Nation

• Sir M V's contributions have changed the phase of Indian engineering
• He created automatic sluice gates which was later reused for Tigra Dam (in Madhya Pradesh) and KRS Dam(in Karnataka) as well.
• In Hyderabad, he improved the drainage system. In Bombay, he introduced block system of irrigation and water weir flood gates.
• In Bihar and Orissa, he was a part of the building railway bridges project and water supply schemes. In Mysore, he supervised the construction of KRS dam, the then Asia's biggest dam.
• Under his Dewanship Mysore saw major transformation in the realms of Agriculture, Irrigation, Industrialization, Education, Banking and Commerce.

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महान अभियंता, ’भारत रत्न’ डॉ. एम. विश्वेश्वरैया की जयंती पर उन्हें विनम्र श्रद्धांजलि! आधुनिक भारत के निर्माण में देश के समर्थ, प्रयोगधर्मी व ध्येयनिष्ठ अभियंताओं की बड़ी भूमिका है। ऐसे समस्त कर्मशील अभियंताओं को ’अभियंता दिवस’ की हार्दिक बधाई।

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- Yogi Adityanath (@myogiadityanath) 15 Sep 2022

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Greetings to our engineering fraternity on Engineers’ Day. I thank them for their exemplary role in nation building. My tributes to Bharat Ratna M. Visvesvaraya on his birth anniversary. His contributions serve as an inspiration to India’s brilliant engineering talent.

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- Piyush Goyal (@piyushgoyal) 15 Sep 2022

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Remembering Bharat Ratna M. Visvesvaraya Ji on his Jayanti. Greetings on #EngineersDay to all our hardworking engineers who play a pivotal role in realising the dream of an AatmaNirbhar Bharat.

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- Meenakashi Lekhi (@m_lekhi) 15 Sep 2022

5 powerful quotes by Visvesvaraya

1. The way to build a nation is to build a good citizen. The majority of the citizens should be efficient, of good character and possess a reasonable high sense of duty.
2. To give real service, you must add something which cannot be bought or measured with money.
3. Every man who has become great owes his achievement to incessant toil.
4. It is better to work out than rust out.
5. Remember, your work may be only to sweep a railway crossing, but it is your duty to keep it so clean that no other crossing in the world is as clean as yours.