Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya garu was an Indian civil engineer and statesman and the 19 th Diwan

of Mysore, serving from 1912 to 1919. Sir received India's highest honour, the Bharat Ratna, in 1955.

His birthday, 15 September, is celebrated as Engineer's Day in India, Sri Lanka and Tanzania in
his memory. He was the Chief Engineer of Krishna Raja Sagara dam in the north-west suburb of Mysuru
city, and also served as one of the Chief Engineers of the flood protection system for the city of
Hyderabad.

He implemented an intricate system of irrigation in the Deccan Plateau, and designed and patented a
system of automatic weir water floodgates that were first installed in 1903 at Khadakvasla Reservoir near
Pune. He was instrumental in developing a system to protect Visakhapatnam port from sea erosion. This
dam created the biggest reservoir in Asia when it was built. He was instrumental in charting out a plan
for road construction between Tirumala and Tirupati.

An Engineer
Engineer's thinking arrives at the drawing
Makes design from drawing
Design When comes to field, it joins humanity
Engineer's from here, and preferences begin.

Engineer a true secular, its purpose is relative to humanity

Irrespective of America or Iran
Measure is the same everywhere, this is his religion & faith.

Engineer's passion is Earth, Sky and Sea

Made the possibilities, Everywhere was he
Realities to him, Cannot hide for a moment
That's where he becomes, A machine only
Involved in consciousness, Efficiency becomes everything

Eating, drinking, living

There is no avoiding them
Mountains, plains, sea becomes his home
Vegetarian, non-vegetarian, same for him
Engineer is complete global, where he finds interesting work
Becomes a citizen there.

Written by
Son of golden soil

Courtesy:
 Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya: Model engineer and scholar. Hindustan Times.
 Opinion An unsentimental man of action.
 Visvesvaraya's services recalled. The Hindu. 16 September 2006.
 Sree Venkateswara Ghat Rd, Tirupati,AP Archived 7 February 2016 at the Wayback Machine
 Tirumala to Tirupati ghat road". Youtube.