49th Engineers Day 2016 @ Dr.

DYPSOE, PUNE

Prof. Gouri Patil

A very warm welcome and Good morning to all the dignitaries on dice, faculty, staff and my
dear friends, today we all gathered here to celebrate 49th engineers day. In India, this day is
celebrated by engineering fraternity on 15th of September, every year.
The date was selected because it is the birthday of legendary engineer Dr. Mokshagundam
Visvesvaraya (M. Visvesvaraya). It was this day 155 years ago that this great contributor to
growth and engineering was born. He is known to be the greatest engineers of all times, who
with his vision and dedication in the field of engineering made some exceptional contributions
to India. Owing to his contribution he was honored with the highest state award of India, the
The Bharat Ratna, in the year 1955. He was internationally recognized for his genius in
harnessing water resources, successful design and construction of several river dams, bridges
and implementing irrigation and drinking water schemes all over India.
Each letter in the word Engineer has its own meaning i.e. E - eager, N nonstop learning,
genius, I Intelligent, N Nations Builder, E effort maker, E excellence, R rider.

G-

A famous quote says,

Engineering is the professional art of applying science to the optimum conversion of
natural resources to the benefit of man
This quote conform the influencing role of engineers in the development of nation. Engineers
are those who operate at interface between science and society. Engineers are the backbone
of development & technology. Today, India has important vision and mission in the areas of
Digital India, Make In India, Skill India, space research, defense development, rural
development, renewable energies, agriculture and food processing, information and
communication technology, education, Swatch Bharat Abhiyan etc. and for this there is need of
engineers with vision, passion to transform the vision into action, courage to think different, to
combat problems.
According to India Vision 2025 for transforming nation into developed country Skilled India,
Digital India of honorable Prime Minister of India Shri Narendra Modi (NaMo), not only
engineers but everyone should have the ambition to live in a developed country as skilled
Indian, and for this each one of us show that integrity towards the development of nation.
Finally I would like to remind you an old saying that engineers rule the world and we all are
now on the way to become an engineer, so we should make a promise to our self that we use
our intelligence, knowledge for the welfare of the society and mankind.
Thank you very much.

49th Engineers Day 2016 @ Dr. DYPSOE, PUNE

Prof. Gouri Patil

49th Engineers' Day

Theme: "Skill Development for Young Engineers to Reform the Core Sector: Vision 2025"
on September 15, 2016.

Speech for Engineers Day 2016 @ DYSOE

A world without an engineer is just like a bike without wheels. Today happens to be the
151th birthday of one of the great sons of India. September 15th is designated as
Engineers Day. I would like to share with you some interesting snippets from the life of
the great man. Any state should be lucky to have a minister of Sir Mokshagundam
Visvesvaraya's ability. How many such selfless patriots do we have? Free India honors
great servants of the country every year by awarding titles. The highest of this award is
'Bharat Ratna'. In 1955 Visvesvaraya was made a 'Bharata Ratna', the Gem of India. He
was a gem of mankind itself.
Visvesvaraya was a genius. The Block System which he invented, the automatic doors
which he devised to stop wasteful overflow of water, the water supply and drainage
system which he planned for the city of Aden - these won high praise from engineers all
over the world. His memory was an amazing as genius. We saw how in 1908 he tamed
the Moosa. Fifty years later, one day, there was a discussion about the river, and he
referred to some detail. In 1906-07, Government of India sent him to Africa to study
water supply and drainage system and the project prepared by him was implemented in
Eden successfully. He was a very great engineer in India and the first engineer too.
How did Visvesvaraya use his genius and his extraordinary memory? This is the
important question. He was never late by a minute and he never wasted a minute. Once
a minister was late by three minutes; MV advised him to be punctual. A man should do
any work he undertakes methodically - that was his firm faith. Every man should
understand his responsibility and do his best - which was the essence of his teaching. He
practiced this very honestly, and there are hundreds of instances to show this. Until he
was confined to his bed he was very particular about his clothes. Even when he was 95,
people who went to see him were surprised - he was so carefully and neatly dressed. He
once said Remember, your work may be; to only sweep a railway crossing, but it is your
duty to keep it so clean, that no other crossing in the world is as clean as yours
A hundred such instances of his discipline and devotion to work can be listed. He once
said, "The curse of our country is laziness. At first sight everyone seems to be working.
But in fact, one man works and the others simply watch him. As someone said with
contempt, 'it looks as if five men are working. But really only one-man works. One man
will be doing nothing. One man will be resting. Another man will be watching them. Yet
another man will be helping these three." It all seems to be a lol situation.

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The dams built by him are still functional even today, a testimony to his brilliance, skill,
honesty and dedication. So 15th of September, Engineer's Day 2016, is quite a
remarkable tribute to the greatest Indian Engineer Bharat Ratna M. Visvesvaraya. After
him, reaching his admirable destiny; through his kind heart and intellectual brain in all
directions; so he could finally sleep in peace on 14th April 1962. We miss him ever and
never such a person in the world is seen.
Engineering Community in India is celebrating Engineers Day on every 15th
September. Now at 2016 number of Engineers rising in various Engineering
branches is very high. Even Engineers number in India grows, its sad to say
that Engineers doesnt have much knowledge about this day.
The Engineering Community across India is celebrating Engineers Day every year. If we
ask the date of celebrations to Engineering students they may kill them by
askingEngineers Day, what? We dont hear etc.etc. We cant find any fault in these
engineering students behavior, because a most percentage of colleges never celebrate
this occasion.

National level organizations like The Institutions of Engineers (India) conduct meets
and events on this occasion. Considering global awareness on climate change and
realizing Engineers' role in economic development and environmental responsibility, it
is dedicating the 49th Engineer's Day to "Appropriate Climate-Responsive Technologies
for Inclusive Growth and Sustainable Development". Engineers Day should be
celebrated in all the Technical Institutions. Importance of the day is to be made known
to all budding Engineers by conducting more of exhibitions, seminars, Talks, demos,
and sharing experiences of practicing successful Technocrats etc.

Engineering is not merely to know and being knowledgeable, like a walking

encyclopedia; engineering is not merely analysis; engineering is not merely the
possession of the capacity to get elegant solutions to non-existent engineering problems;
engineering is practicing the art of the organized forcing of technological change. The
ideal engineer is a composite. He is not a scientist, he is not a mathematician, he is not a
sociologist or a writer; but he may use the knowledge and techniques of any; or all of
these disciplines in solving engineering problems. Engineers operate at the interface
between science and society. Engineers like to solve problems. If there are no problems
handily available, they will create their own problems and will develop a number of ways
to solve them.

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Prof. Gouri Patil

Now lakhs of Engineering graduates coming out every year from various parts of the
country. Colleges should celebrate this day with seminars about past to present scenario
in Indian Engineering. Engineers Day should be a day in which all zested minds in
Engineering sector should be treated with zealous by the authorities. Other-wise this
day will disappear from the history, as time passes. With this hope lets celebrate the day
with all our efforts into this auspicious day.
We are the World and its creators because; Scientists invented the world
that already exists, but we ENGINEERS create the world that never existed;
so, we are proud to be an Engineer. With this conclusion, wishing you all, a
very happy ENGINEERS DAY.