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     BIO-DATA OF SIR.M.VISVESVARAYA

Important Milestones
15th Sept. 1861 : Born at Muddena Halli , Karntaka .
1871-1874 : Initial Education at Chikaballapur
1875 : Joined Weslian Mission School at Bangalore.
1881 : Passed B.A. in First Class at Central College of Bangalore
1881 : Joined Engineering College at Pune
1883 : Obtained his Engineering Degree with distinction in the whole of Bombay Presidency.
1884 : Appointed as Asst.Engineer in P.W.D.Bombay Government
1884-1908 : Served Bombay Government till he became the Superintending Engineer and took Voluntary retirement.
1909 : Special Chief Engineer in Hyderabad Government
1909-1912 : Chief Engineer and Secretary P.W.D. Government of Mysore
1912-1918 : Dewan of Mysore
1919-1959 : Served India in various advisory capacities
1962 14th April : Breathed his last at Bangalore
Achievements :
1886 : Designed water supply and sanitary system for Sakkur(Sindh province) Nasik,Bombay province
1891 : Established Deccan Club at Pune in Association with Sri.Mahadeva Govinda Ranade and Sri. Gopala Krishna Gokhale
1899 : Designed a New System of Automatic Waste Weir Flood Gate
1901 : Introduced the Block System of Irrigation
1906 : Designed Drinking Water and Sanitary System for British
1908 : Usman Sagar and Himayat Sagar Reservoir project across the river Moosi , Hyderabad
1909 : Prepared a Scheme for Flood Protection work and underground drainage for Hyderabad City.
1912 : Preparation of Project report for Kannambadi Anicut across river Cauvery
1913 : Started the State Bank of Mysore
1914 : Started Mechanical Engineering School at Bangalore.
1916 : Established Mysore University and the State Engineering College in Bangalore
1918 : Approved the plan to establish Bhadravathi Iron & Steel Works and a Number of Other Industries
1927 : Designed and Constructed Krishnarajasagar Reservoir. Public Libraries were established in Bangalore & Mysore
1936 : Automobile Industry Plan was prepared.
1937 : Mahanadi flood control work in Orissa
1941 : Designed automatic Gate for Khadakwasla Reservoir Project Establishment of All India Manufacturers' Organisation and became President.
1942 : Established Sri.Jayachamarajendra Polytechnic at Bangalore
1952 : Selected proper site for a new Railway Bridge to river Ganga in Bihar(Mokame). Promoting Construction of Sharavathi Hydro-Electric Project. Establishment of Mysore Sandle Wood Oil Factory Establishment of Mysore Central Industrial workshop, Chrome leather factory etc. are also the contribution of Sir.M.V.
Honours conferred on Sir.M.V.
1904 : Honorary Membership of London Institution of civil Engineers
1911 : C.I.E.,(Companion of the Indian empire) at Delhi Darbar
1915 : K.C.I.E(Knight Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire)
1921 : D.Sc. - Calcutta University
1931 : LL.D.Bombay University.
1937 : D.LITT . Benares Hindu University
1943 : Elected as an Honorary Life Member of the Institution of Engineers(India)
1944 : D.Sc.Allahabad University
1947 : D.Sc.Andhra University
1948 : Doctorate - LL.D.Mysore University
1953 : D.LITT - Andhra University
1953 : Awarded the Honorary Fellowship of the Institute of Town planners, India
1955 : " Bharata Ratna" Award- Government of India
1958 : D.Sc. - Jadhavpur University Calcutta
1958 : Durga Prasad Khaitan Memorial Gold Medal by the Royal Asiatic Society Council of Bengal
1959 : Fellowship of the Indian Institute of Science , Bangalore

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Works of Sir.M.Visvesvaraya
KARNATAKA
Chief Engineer 1909 to 1912
Dewan 1912 to 1918
1. K.R.S. Dam at Krishnarajasagar
2. Visvesvaraya Iron & Steel Works at Bhadravathi
3. State Bank of Mysore
4. Karnataka Chamber of Commerce
5. Mysore Economic Conference
6. Government Soap Factory & Sandal Oil Factory
7. Century Club & Ladies Club, Bangalore
8. Modern Hindu Hotel
9. Established University of Mysore also Visvesvaraya College of Engineering
10. Mechanical Engineering School
11. Agriculture School at Hebbal
12. Sri.Chamarajendra Technical School , Mysore
13. The Bangalore Press
14. Efficiency audit was started
15. Village improvement schemes
16. Malnad Improvement Committee
17. Civic & School Progress Association.

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BOMBAY
Engineer 1884- 1908
1. Introduced the block system of Irrigation
2. Designed a new system of systematic water weir flood gate
3. Established Deccan Club in Poona

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HYDERABAD
1. Schemes for flood protection and drainage for Hyderabad
2. Remodeling of Hyderabad city

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BIHAR & ORISSA
Engineer 1884- 1908
1. Selected site for a railway bridge to the river Ganga in Bihar
2. Hirakud enquiries
Water supply schemes - for all India ( 21 places )
Ahmednagar Bhavnagar Gwalior Nagpur
Akalkot Bhopal Hyderabad Nasik
Baroda Bombay Indore Poona
Bangalore Dharwar Kolhapur Rajkot
Belgaum Goa Morvi Sangli & Surat

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OUTSIDE INDIA
1. Aden-water supply and drainage
2. Sukur Barage Project Survey
Sri. M.V.'s Guiding Principles
  • Never to use One's Official position to bestow favour on his relatives
  • An ounce of neatness is equal to a ton of efficiency A well dressed person does things in a much better way than a slovenly one
  • That a person who is neat in his dress can be clean and straight in his life.
  • Industrialise or perish
  • Always work hard.
  • Always support a worthy cause at any cost.
  • Nature never excuses Lapses.
  • He never tolerated slipshod work! He wanted things to be precise and not vague
  • He was very punctual and expected everybody to be so.
  • He never lost an opportunity to stimulate drive, action, alertness and hustle in everybody who happened to meet him.
  • Five hours for nature, seven for a very busy man and nine means lazy was his rational budget for sleep.
  • Hard work performed in a disciplined manner will in most cases keep the worker fit and also prolong his life.
  • Every man who has become great owes his achievements to incessant toil.
  • The way to build a nation is to build a good citizen. The majority of the Citizens should be efficient of good character and posses a reasonably high sense of duty.
  • Leaders should be truly patriotic and should believe in rectitude of conduct, Men of Merit and capacity should be the criteria for all special jobs and government appointments.
  • Genius is 10% inspiration and 90% perspiration.
  • Standard of efficiency is not determined by what we wish but by what we cannot tolerate
  • In essentials unity, In non essentials liberty, In all things charity.
  • Duty before comfort was his ideal
  • He believed in the famous maxim "Everything worth doing is worth doing well".
  • Seek opportunities for service without waiting for a call.
  • If we are to progress we have to implicitly enforce the American methods of " Hustle" and German methods of hard work.
  • Remember God helps those who help themselves.
  • He did not like to be under any one's obligation
  • He was punctual not only in keeping his engagement but also in all other respects.
  • The note books and pencils were his inseparable companions.
  • He was in a hurry, in a very great hurry to catch up with the progressive countries of the west on at least with Japan the rising sun of the east.
  • Live within your income, have a purpose to give you any pleasure.
  • He has said that it is worth while in life to make a pleasure of duty than a duty of pleasure.

 
(Extract from : Sir.M.V.'s Engineering Tabloids and Capsules, KEA, Bangalore)

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