Srirangapatna: Soon, visitors to Brindavan Gardens and the Krishna Raja Sagar (KRS) Dam, which draw thousands of tourists daily, will have the opportunity to admire life-size statues of Rajarshi Nalwadi Krishnaraja Wadiyar, the Dam’s Chief Founder-Patron and Sir M. Visvesvaraya (Sir MV), the Dewan and the Chief Engineer responsible for the construction of the Reservoir…
Mysore/Mysuru: Maintaining that Sir M. Visvesvaraya (Sir MV) did not take credit for the enormous contributions that he made, acclaimed writer and Saraswati Samman awardee Dr. S.L. Bhyrappa said that Sir MV lived like a saint throughout his life. He was speaking after releasing writer D.S. Jayappa Gowda’s translated English work ‘Bharat Ratna Sir MV’…
Mysore/Mysuru: Noted writer H.S. Sreenath said that Sir M. Visvesvaraya (Sir MV) not only served as an Engineer for decades but also worked as a researcher who strived for exploring something. He was speaking at the 56th Engineers Day celebration organised at the Institution of Engineers, Mysore Local Centre on JLB Road here on Sept….
Mysore/Mysuru: Retired Additional Secretary to the Government of India, C.V. Gopinath, said that Sir MV, who was the Dewan of Mysore, is credited with many firsts in the erstwhile Mysore Samsthana. He was speaking at the Engineers Day celebration marking the birth anniversary of Sir M. Visvesvaraya at a programme organised by Mysuru District Kannada…
Mandya: Condemning the release of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu, hundreds of farmers will stage a hunger strike in front of Sir M. Visveswaraya statue in the town tomorrow (Aug. 23). Addressing a press meet in the town recently, Bharathiya Kisan Sangha’s South Rkarnataka Region General Secretary Hadya Ramesh Babu said that there was less…
Bengaluru: “From next year onwards, the State Government will organise the birth anniversary celebrations of Sir M. Visvesvaraya (MV) at all District centres of the State,” said Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Thursday. He was speaking after offering floral tributes to the bust of Sir MV at a function jointly organised by the Karnataka Engineering…
Mysore/Mysuru: “The Krishna Raja Sagar (KRS) Dam which is the most significant contributions of Sir M. Visvesvaraya (MV) is still very relevant and hence, India needs more Engineers like him,” opined former Vice-Chancellor of University of Mysore Prof. K.S. Rangappa. He was speaking after inaugurating a function organised at Institution of Engineers-India (IEI), Mysuru, on…
Museums with rare photos of Kannambadi village to add sheen to statue concept Mysore/Mysuru: Over 80 percent of life-like and life-size statues of Rajarshi Nalwadi Krishnaraja Wadiyar, Krishna Raja Sagar (KRS) Dam’s Chief Founder-Patron and Sir M. Visvesvaraya (Sir MV), Wadiyar’s Dewan and Chief Engineer who built the dam, has been completed and will be…
Srirangapatna: The family members of Bharat Ratna Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya (Sir. M.V.) were touched to hear from the officers manning the Krishna Raja Sagar Dam (KRS) in Mandya that people of Mandya worship Sir. M.V. and Nalwadi Krishnaraja Wadiyar every day as they have transformed their lives by giving them a permanent source of water…
The 54th Engineers Day and birth anniversary of Bharat Ratna Sir M. Visvesvaraya was celebrated at the Institution of Engineers-India (IEI) on JLB Road in city this morning. Picture shows Satyendra O. Devarakonda, Vice President, VST Tillers and Tractors, Mysuru, garlanding the bust of Sir MV as Dr. R. Suresh, Chairman, IEI Mysuru and others…
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