To engineers across India, September heralds the one day of the year – National Engineer’s Day – when their tribe is acknowledged. The centralised air-conditioned railway terminal, named after eminent civil engineer Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya, in Bengaluru. (PTI)Knighted in 1915 by King George V, Sir MV was so admired in his own state that he acquired folk hero status, becoming a metaphor for extraordinary intelligence, rectitude, and discipline. In 1912, Krishnaraja Wadiyar IV appointed Sir MV Diwan of Mysore. (Roopa Pai is a writer who has carried on a longtime love affair with her hometown Bengaluru)SHARE THIS ARTICLE ON

Source: Hindustan Times September 12, 2023 01:03 UTC