Every year on the 15th of September, India celebrates National Engineer’s Day to recognise and honour the achievements of the great engineer Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya.

The day is observed to commemorate the great work of engineers and to encourage them to improve and innovate.

It is different from the World Engineer's Day celebrated annually by UNESCO on 4th March.

About Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya:

• Born in Karnataka in 1861, he studied a Bachelor of Arts (BA) from the University of Mysore and then studied civil engineering at the College of Science in Pune and went on to become one of the most eminent engineers in the country.
• He was an engineering pioneer of India whose work was reflected in harnessing water resources and building and consolidating dams across the country.