Résumé of a legendary engineer...!!

Sir Mokshagundam Visveswaraiah

Educational QualificationS
	1879–1881                                                                                                 Madras University Bachelor of Arts
	1881-1885                                                                                     College of Engineering, Pune     Bachelor of Engineering (Civil)
Work experience
	·         Engineer at Public Works Department (PWD) in Mumbai ·          Implemented an extremely intricate system of irrigation in the Deccan area ·         Designed and patented a system of automatic weir water floodgates that were first installed in 1903 at the Khadakvasla Reservoir near Pune ·                  Implemented similar system at the Tigra Dam in Gwalior and the Krishnaraja Sagara (KRS) Dam in Mandya/ Mysore,Karnataka ·                  Designed and implemented a flood protection system for the city of Hyderabad ·                  Developed and implemented a system to protect Visakhapatnam port from sea erosion ·                  Supervised the construction of the KRS Dam across the Cauvery River from concept to inauguration ·                   Responsible for the founding of, (under the Patronage of Mysore Government), the Mysore Soap Factory, the Parasitoide Laboratory, the Mysore Iron & Steel Works (now known as Visvesvaraya Iron and Steel Limited) in Bhadravathi, the Sri Jayachamarajendra Polytechnic Institute, the Bangalore Agricultural University, the State Bank of Mysore, The Century Club, Mysore Chambers of Commerce  ·                  Worked as Diwan of Mysore for 7 years ·                   Instrumental in the founding of the Government Engineering College at Bangalore in 1917, one of the first engineering institutes in India ·                  Commissioned several new railway lines in Mysore states
achievements and awards
	·         Awarded Bharat Ratna by the government of India - India's highest honour in 1955 ·         Appointed as a Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire (CIE) in 1911 ·          Knighted as a Knight Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire (KCIE) by the British in 1915 ·                   Honorary membership of the International Institution of Civil Engineers ·                  Fellowship of Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore ·                   Awarded several honorary doctoral degrees likeD.Sc., LL.D., D.Litt. from eight universities in India ·                  Awarded honorary Membership of London Institution of Civil Engineers for an unbroken 50 years ·                   College of Engineering, Pune, his alma mater, has erected a statue in his honor ·                  The Visvesvaraya Industrial and Technological Museum, a museum in Bangalore is named in his honor