PM Modi greets engineers on Engineers Day.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday extended his wishes to all the "hardworking engineers" on the occasion of engineers-day and thanked them for their pivotal role in making the planet better and technologically advanced.
Engineers Day is observed on September 15 to mark the birth anniversary of M Visvesvaraya, a civil engineer and Diwan of Mysore known for his pioneering works.
The Prime Minister took to Twitter to pay homage to remarkable M Visvesvaraya, whose birth anniversary is celebrated as 'Engineers Day'. To honour him, India celebrates engineers day on September 15 each year.
"Greetings on #EngineersDay to all hardworking engineers. No words are enough to thank them for their pivotal role in making our planet better and technologically advanced. I pay homage to the remarkable M Visvesvaraya on his birth anniversary and recall his accomplishments," PM Modi said in a tweet.
Born on September 15, 1861, in Muddenahalli near Chikkaballapur, M Visvesvaraya was a world-renowned civil engineer and is considered of the foremost nation-builders, creating marvels upon which modern India was built.
(With inputs from ANI)
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