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The birth anniversary of Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya, one of India's finest engineers, is celebrated as Engineer's Day in India every year. Popularly known as Sir MV, Visvesvaraya was an Indian civil engineer, a reputed statesman, and the 19th Diwan of Mysore from 1912 to 1919. He was conferred India's highest honour, the Bharat Ratna, in 1955 and Knighted as a Knight Commander of the British Indian Empire (KCIE) by King George V. MV was the Chief Engineer of Krishna Raja Sagar dam in the north-west suburb of Mysuru city, and also served as one of the chief engineers of the flood protection system for Hyderabad. QUOTES "Science is about knowing; engineering is about doing." — Henry Petroski, American engineer "Architecture begins where engineering ends." — Walter Gropius, German architect "Engineers Like To Solve Problems. If There Are No Problems Handily Available, They Will Create Their Own Problems." ― Scott Adams "When You Want To Know How Things Really Work, Study Them When They’re Coming Apart." ― William Gibson, Zero History #engineer #engineeringislife #engineerindia #engineeruk #engineeringquotes