Visvesvaraya

Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvarayya ( in the notations of M. Visweswaraiah, Vishweshwariah or Vishweshwarayya ) ( born September 15, 1861 Muddenahalli village, Kolar district, Karnataka, † April 12, 1962 in Mysore, Karnataka ) was an Indian construction and hydraulic engineer.

Origin

He was born in the village of Muddenahalli, 40 miles from Bangalore in India. The family was a pious Telugu -speaking Brahmin family of Vaidiki - Mulukanadu sub- caste. His ancestors came from the village in the district of Prakasam Giddalur Mokshagundam in the present-day Andhra Pradesh and were about three hundred years before emigrated to Mysore. His father was a Sanskrit student and an authority in the Hindu Dharmashastra theology, he also practiced Ayurveda.

Youth and Education

Visvesvarayya lost his father at the age of 15 years. The family was at the time in Karnulu and then moved back to Muddenahalli. Visvesvarayya went to school in Chikballapur and then to secondary school in Bangalore. He obtained in 1881 a Bachelor's degree from the University of Madras and later studied civil engineering at the College of Science in Pune, which is today known as the College of Engineering, Pune ( COEP ) is known.

Engineering activity

He took a job in the city administration ( Public Works Department ) in Mumbai and was invited to participate in the Indian Irrigation Commission. He presented an extremely intricate system of irrigation in the Deccan area. He also designed a system of automatic weir closures and had it patented. They were built in 1903 for the first time in Pune at Khadakvasla - dam. The benefits of these closures was to raise the water level at high tide as far as possible to accommodate the flood without endangering the dam. Due to the success of these closures, the same have also been applied at the Tigra Dam in Gwalior and the Krishna Raja Sagar dam in Mysore. The Krishna Raja Sagar Dam was at that time the largest water reservoir in India. - The Tigra Dam ( 1917) and the Khadakwasla Dam ( 1961) have caused later by dam breaks large floods.

Visvesvarayya achieved fame when he designed a flood protection system for Hyderabad. He was also involved in developing a method to protect the port of Visakhapatnam from waves erosion.

Diwan of Mysore

After a voluntary retirement in 1908 he was appointed as Diwan ( First Minister ) of Mysore, one of the largest and most important kingdoms in India. With the support of the Maharaja of Mysore, Krishnaraja Wodeyar IV, he delivered a sofa unprecedented contributions to the overall development of the state. Not only the Krishna Raja Sagar Dam, but also the " hydel " Projects in Shivanasamudra, the steel plant in Bhadravati, the University of Mysore and many other industrial enterprises and public institutions owe their existence to him or her active growth. He was involved in 1917, the Government Engineering College set up in Bangalore, one of the first engineering schools in the country. This institution was later named after its founder, the " Visweshvarayya University College of Engineering". It is one of reputiertesten higher educational institutions in the state of Karnataka.

Honors and Awards

The facilities that were named in his honor are deservedly numerous and include, for example, the Technical University of Belgaum ( Visweswaraiah Technological University ) which will, in Karnataka are affiliated to all state colleges. In addition, in 1960 the " Visvesvaraya Regional College of Engineering " was established in Nagpur, which is now known as " Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology ". As part of the celebrations of the centenary of his birthday the " Visvesvaraya Industrial and Technological Museum " in Bangalore was established.

When he was " Diwan of Mysore", he was defeated by the British for his many contributions to the public good knight. After India became independent, he received in 1955 the highest Indian Orders, the Bharat Ratna.