Important Milestones of Sir MV

Important Milestones of Sir MV   15th Sept. 1861 Born at Muddena Halli , Karnataka. 1871-1874 Initial Education at Chikaballapur 1875 Joined Weslian Mission School at Bangalore. 1881 Passed B.A. in First Class at Central College of Bangalore 1881 Joined Engineering College at Pune 1883 Obtained his Engineering Degree with distinction in the whole of Bombay Presidency. 1884 Appointed as Asst.Engineer in P.W.D.Bombay Government 1884-1908 Served Bombay Government till he became the Superintending Engineer and took Voluntary retirement. 1909 Special Chief Engineer in Hyderabad Government 1909-1912 Chief Engineer and Secretary P.W.D. Government of Mysore 1912-1918 Dewan of Mysore 1919-1959 Served India in various advisory capacities 1962 14th April Breathed his last at Bangalore

Achievements 1886 Designed water supply and sanitary system for Sakkur(Sindh province) Nasik,Bombay province 1891 Established Deccan Club at Pune in Association with Sri.Mahadeva Govinda Ranade and Sri. Gopala Krishna Gokhale 1899 Designed a New System of Automatic Waste Weir Flood Gate 1901 Introduced the Block System of Irrigation 1906 Designed Drinking Water and Sanitary System for British 1908 Usman Sagar and Himayat Sagar Reservoir project across the river Moosi , Hyderabad 1909 Prepared a Scheme for Flood Protection work and underground drainage for Hyderabad City. 1912 Preparation of Project report for Kannambadi Anicut across river Cauvery 1913 Started the State Bank of Mysore 1914 Started Mechanical Engineering School at Bangalore. 1916 Established Mysore University and the State Engineering College in Bangalore 1918 Approved the plan to establish Bhadravathi Iron & Steel Works and a Number of Other Industries 1927 Designed and Constructed Krishnarajasagar Reservoir. Public Libraries were established in Bangalore & Mysore 1936 Automobile Industry Plan was prepared. 1937 Mahanadi flood control work in Orissa 1941 Designed automatic Gate for Khadakwasla Reservoir Project Establishment of All India Manufacturers' Organisation and became President. 1942 Established Sri.Jayachamarajendra Polytechnic at Bangalore 1952 Selected proper site for a new Railway Bridge to river Ganga in Bihar(Mokame). Promoting Construction of Sharavathi Hydro-Electric Project. Establishment of Mysore Sandle Wood Oil Factory Establishment of Mysore Central Industrial workshop, Chrome leather factory etc. are also the contribution of Sir.M.V.

Honors conferred on Sir.M.V. 1904 Honorary Membership of London Institution of civil Engineers 1911 C.I.E.,(Companion of the Indian empire) at Delhi Darbar 1915 K.C.I.E(Knight Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire) 1921 D.Sc. - Calcutta University 1931 LL.D.Bombay University. 1937 D.LITT . Benares Hindu University 1943 Elected as an Honorary Life Member of the Institution of Engineers(India) 1944 D.Sc.Allahabad University 1947 D.Sc.Andhra University 1948 Doctorate - LL.D.Mysore University 1953 D.LITT - Andhra University 1953 Awarded the Honorary Fellowship of the Institute of Town planners, India 1955 " Bharata Ratna" Award- Government of India 1958 D.Sc. - Jadhavpur University Calcutta 1958 Durga Prasad Khaitan Memorial Gold Medal by the Royal Asiatic Society Council of Bengal 1959 Fellowship of the Indian Institute of Science , Bangalore

KARNATAKA Chief Engineer 1909 to 1912 Dewan 1912 to 1918 1. K.R.S. Dam at Krishnarajasagar 2. Visvesvaraya Iron & Steel Works at Bhadravathi 3. State Bank of Mysore 4. Karnataka Chamber of Commerce 5. Mysore Economic Conference 6. Government Soap Factory & Sandal Oil Factory 7. Century Club & Ladies Club, Bangalore 8. Modern Hindu Hotel 9. Established University of Mysore also Visvesvaraya College of Engineering 10. Mechanical Engineering School 11. Agriculture School at Hebbal 12. Sri.Chamarajendra Technical School , Mysore 13. The Bangalore Press 14. Efficiency audit was started 15. Village improvement schemes 16. Malnad Improvement Committee 17. Civic & School Progress Association. BOMBAY Engineer 1884- 1908 1. Introduced the block system of Irrigation 2. Designed a new system of systematic water weir flood gate 3. Established Deccan Club in Poona

HYDERABAD 1. Schemes for flood protection and drainage for Hyderabad 2. Remodeling of Hyderabad city

HYDERABAD 1. Schemes for flood protection and drainage for Hyderabad 2. Remodeling of Hyderabad city

Guiding Principals Never to use One's Official position to bestow favor on his relatives An ounce of neatness is equal to a ton of efficiency A well dressed person does things in a much better way than a slovenly one That a person who is neat in his dress can be clean and straight in his life. Industrialize or perish Always work hard. Always support a worthy cause at any cost. Nature never excuses Lapses. He never tolerated slipshod work! He wanted things to be precise and not vague He was very punctual and expected everybody to be so. He never lost an opportunity to stimulate drive, action, alertness and hustle in everybody who happened to meet him. Five hours for nature, seven for a very busy man and nine means lazy was his rational budget for sleep. Hard work performed in a disciplined manner will in most cases keep the worker fit and also prolong his life. Every man who has become great owes his achievements to incessant toil. The way to build a nation is to build a good citizen. The majority of the Citizens should be efficient of good character and posses a reasonably high sense of duty. Leaders should be truly patriotic and should believe in rectitude of conduct, Men of Merit and capacity should be the criteria for all special jobs and government appointments. Genius is 10% inspiration and 90% perspiration. Standard of efficiency is not determined by what we wish but by what we cannot tolerate In essentials unity, In non essentials liberty, In all things charity. Duty before comfort was his ideal He believed in the famous maxim "Everything worth doing is worth doing well". Seek opportunities for service without waiting for a call. If we are to progress we have to implicitly enforce the American methods of " Hustle" and German methods of hard work. Remember God helps those who help themselves. He did not like to be under any one's obligation He was punctual not only in keeping his engagement but also in all other respects. The note books and pencils were his inseparable companions. He was in a hurry, in a very great hurry to catch up with the progressive countries of the west on at least with Japan the rising sun of the east. Live within your income, have a purpose to give you any pleasure. He has said that it is worth while in life to make a pleasure of duty than a duty of pleasure.