Famous Indian Civil Engineers
Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvarayya
"Father of Indian Civil Engineering"
joined service as Assistant Engineer in Bombay, 1884; served in Nasik, Khandesh and Poona;
services lent to Municipality of Sukkur in Sind, 1894: designed and carried out the water works of that Municipality, 1895;
Executive Engineer, Surat, 1896;
Assistant Superintending Engineer, Poona, 1897–99; visited China and Japan, 1898;
Executive Engineer for Irrigation, Poona, 1899;
Sanitary Engineer, Bombay, and Member, Sanitary Board, 1901; gave evidence before the Indian Irrigation Commission, 1901;
designed and constructed Automatic Gates patented by him at Lake Fife Storage Reservoir; introduced a new system of irrigation known as the "Block System", 1903; represented the Bombay Government at the Simla Irrigation Commission, 1904; on special duty, 1905;
Superintending Engineer, 1907; visited Egypt, Canada. United States of America and Russia, 1908;
services lent as Special Consulting Engineer, Hyderabad, to supervise and carry out Engineering works in connection with the Musi floods, 1909;
retired from British service, 1909;
Chief Engineer and Secretary to the Government of Mysore, 1909;
Dewan of Mysore, P. W. and Railway Department, 1913.
Kanwar Sen
Indian canal engineer
ALTERNATIVE NAMES = Kanwar Sen
SHORT DESCRIPTION = Indian civil engineer
DATE OF BIRTH = 1899
PLACE OF BIRTH = Tohana (District Hissar)
DATE OF DEATH = 1979
PLACE OF DEATH = New Delhi
E. Sreedharan
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Indian Civil Engineer,
CMD of DMRC and Chief of Konkan Railway Project
Degree of Doctor of Science (Honoris Causa) by Mahamaya Technical University,Gautam Buddh Nagar,Noida,Uttar Pradesh on its first convocation(2013)[4]100005966885149@facebook.com
Rotary International for the sake of Honour Award (2013)
Railway Minister's Award (1963)
Padma Shri by the Government of India (2001)
Man of the Year by The Times of India (2002)
Shri Om Prakash Bhasin Award for professional excellence in engineering (2002)
CII (Confederation of Indian Industry) Juror's Award for leadership in infrastructure development (2002–03)
One of Asia's Heroes by TIME (2003)
AIMA (All India Management Association) award for Public Service Excellence (2003)
Degree of Doctor of Science (Honoris causa) from IIT Delhi.
Bharat Shiromani award from the Shiromani Institute, Chandigarh (2005)
Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur (Knight of the Legion of Honour) by the government of France (2005)
CNN-IBN Indian Of the Year 2007: Public Service (2008)[5]
Padma Vibhushan by the Government of India (2008) 51525
D.Lit. By Rajasthan Technical University, Kota, Rajasthan, in 2009
Degree of Doctor of Philosophy (Honoris causa) from IIT Roorkee, 2009.
SR Jindal Prize (honorary) awarded by Sitaram Jindal Foundation, 2012.[6]
TKM 60 Plus award for Lifetime achievement. Awarded during 2013 at TKM College of Engineering by Senior 60 Plus alumni of the College along with 1 lakh cash award
Ratan Tata
Chairman of Indian conglomerate Tata Group
Tata began his career in the Tata group in 1962; he initially worked on the shop floor of Tata Steel, shovelling limestone and handling the blast furnace.[6]
In 1991, J. R. D. Tata stepped down as Chairman of Tata Sons, naming Ratan as his successor.
In 1991, Tata was appointed as the chairman of the Tata group. Under his stewardship, Tata Tea acquired Tetley, Tata motors acquired Jaguar Land Rover and Tata Steel acquired Corus, which have turned Tata from a largely India-centric company into a global business, with 65% revenues coming from abroad. He also pushed the development of the Tata Indica and the Tata Nano. Ratan Tata retired from all executive responsibility in the Tata group on December 28, 2012 which is also his 75th birthday and he is succeeded by Cyrus Mistry, the 44-year-old son of Pallonji Mistry and managing director of Shapoorji Pallonji Group
Anand Swarup
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100005966885149@facebook.com
Indian civil engineer
Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvarayya
"Father of Indian Civil Engineering"
joined service as Assistant Engineer in Bombay, 1884; served in Nasik, Khandesh and Poona;
services lent to Municipality of Sukkur in Sind, 1894: designed and carried out the water works of that Municipality, 1895;
Executive Engineer, Surat, 1896;
Assistant Superintending Engineer, Poona, 1897–99; visited China and Japan, 1898;
Executive Engineer for Irrigation, Poona, 1899;
Sanitary Engineer, Bombay, and Member, Sanitary Board, 1901; gave evidence before the Indian Irrigation Commission, 1901;
designed and constructed Automatic Gates patented by him at Lake Fife Storage Reservoir; introduced a new system of irrigation known as the "Block System", 1903; represented the Bombay Government at the Simla Irrigation Commission, 1904; on special duty, 1905;
Superintending Engineer, 1907; visited Egypt, Canada. United States of America and Russia, 1908;
services lent as Special Consulting Engineer, Hyderabad, to supervise and carry out Engineering works in connection with the Musi floods, 1909;
retired from British service, 1909;
Chief Engineer and Secretary to the Government of Mysore, 1909;
Dewan of Mysore, P. W. and Railway Department, 1913.
Kanwar Sen
Indian canal engineer
ALTERNATIVE NAMES = Kanwar Sen
SHORT DESCRIPTION = Indian civil engineer
DATE OF BIRTH = 1899
PLACE OF BIRTH = Tohana (District Hissar)
DATE OF DEATH = 1979
PLACE OF DEATH = New Delhi
E. Sreedharan
Indian Civil Engineer,
CMD of DMRC and Chief of Konkan Railway Project
Degree of Doctor of Science (Honoris Causa) by Mahamaya Technical University,Gautam Buddh Nagar,Noida,Uttar Pradesh on its first convocation(2013)[4]100005966885149@facebook.com
Rotary International for the sake of Honour Award (2013)
Railway Minister's Award (1963)
Padma Shri by the Government of India (2001)
Man of the Year by The Times of India (2002)
Shri Om Prakash Bhasin Award for professional excellence in engineering (2002)
CII (Confederation of Indian Industry) Juror's Award for leadership in infrastructure development (2002–03)
One of Asia's Heroes by TIME (2003)
AIMA (All India Management Association) award for Public Service Excellence (2003)
Degree of Doctor of Science (Honoris causa) from IIT Delhi.
Bharat Shiromani award from the Shiromani Institute, Chandigarh (2005)
Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur (Knight of the Legion of Honour) by the government of France (2005)
CNN-IBN Indian Of the Year 2007: Public Service (2008)[5]
Padma Vibhushan by the Government of India (2008) 51525
D.Lit. By Rajasthan Technical University, Kota, Rajasthan, in 2009
Degree of Doctor of Philosophy (Honoris causa) from IIT Roorkee, 2009.
SR Jindal Prize (honorary) awarded by Sitaram Jindal Foundation, 2012.[6]
TKM 60 Plus award for Lifetime achievement. Awarded during 2013 at TKM College of Engineering by Senior 60 Plus alumni of the College along with 1 lakh cash award
Ratan Tata
Chairman of Indian conglomerate Tata Group
Tata began his career in the Tata group in 1962; he initially worked on the shop floor of Tata Steel, shovelling limestone and handling the blast furnace.[6]
In 1991, J. R. D. Tata stepped down as Chairman of Tata Sons, naming Ratan as his successor.
In 1991, Tata was appointed as the chairman of the Tata group. Under his stewardship, Tata Tea acquired Tetley, Tata motors acquired Jaguar Land Rover and Tata Steel acquired Corus, which have turned Tata from a largely India-centric company into a global business, with 65% revenues coming from abroad. He also pushed the development of the Tata Indica and the Tata Nano. Ratan Tata retired from all executive responsibility in the Tata group on December 28, 2012 which is also his 75th birthday and he is succeeded by Cyrus Mistry, the 44-year-old son of Pallonji Mistry and managing director of Shapoorji Pallonji Group
Anand Swarup
Indian civil engineer
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