Bharath Ratna Sir. M. Visvesvaraya
The *Engineer that I knew - Bharath Ratna Sir. M. Visvesvaraya. *A person who uses scientific knowledge to solve practical problems. Excerpts (from the below reference links) M Visvesvaraya was born on 15 September 1861 to a Kannada speaking Brahmin family in Muddenahalli village, in the princely state of Mysore. After losing his father at the age of 12, Visvesvaraya had to endure a lot of hardship to continue his academics. Some people say Sir MV would walk for over 60kms to attend United Mission School, in Bengaluru and would also sit under the street lamps to study at night. Besides being a world-renowned civil engineer, M Visvesvaraya was the 19th Diwan of Mysore, who served between 1912 and 1918. He was appointed as the Chief Engineer of Mysore State in 1909. Visvesvaraya won people’s attention when he designed a flood protection system for the city of Hyderabad. He was instrumental in developing a system to protect Visakhapatnam port from sea erosion. ...