Thursday, September 17, 2009

Engineers Day – Birth Anniversary of Dr Visvesvaraya


Engineer’s Day is celebrated on 15th September of every year in sweet memory of late. Bharat Ratna M. Visvesvaraya. He is considered to be the first engineer of india. One of the finest administrators and engineer india has ever produced. Even the British used to bow before his skills and he commanded great respect amongst his foreign counterparts. He was He was conferred the bharat ratna by Govt. of India.

To remember the birthday of Bharat Ratna Sir M Visvesvaraya, many events takes place in India every year. The Instituitions of Engineers, India organises meets and events on this occasion.

His erudite discourse on economic planning in India titled as ‘Planned Economy for India and Reconstructing India’ is a great document on the planning effort of the country. The document is still held as the parent source matter for economic planners.

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