PM remembers Sir M. Visvesvaraya on Engineers Day

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New Delhi, 15 Sept. The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi greeted engineers on Engineers Day. Shri Modi has also remembered the pathbreaking contribution of Sir M. Visvesvaraya on Engineers Day.

In a series of tweets, the Prime Minister said;

“Greetings to all engineers on #EngineersDay. Our nation is blessed to have a skilled and talented pool of engineers who are contributing to nation-building. Our Government is working to enhance the infrastructure for studying engineering including building more engineering colleges.”

“On #EngineersDay, we remember the pathbreaking contribution of Sir M. Visvesvaraya. May he keep inspiring generations of future engineers to distinguish themselves. I am also sharing a snippet from one of the previous #MannKiBaat programs where I talked about this subject.”

Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya was born on September 15, 1861, in Muddenahalli village in Karnataka. At the age of 15, he lost his father, a Sanskrit scholar. He completed his early education in Chikkaballapur and then he moved to Bangalore for higher education. In Pune, he joined the Science College to study Engineering and was ranked first in the Examinations in 1883

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