Engineer’s Day In India

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Engineer’s Day in India and all over world it is a very special occasion for all engineers. This day is celebrated to give the tribute to one to the finest engineer Bharat Ratna Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya. Engineer’s Day is celebrated on 15 September every year in India on the occasion of his birthday.  He is also known as the father of engineering.  He was a civil engineer. Engineers have always given a special importance as they are treated as the people who innovate or create things just like we say doctor save lives.

The theme that is decided for this special day is ‘Engineering Challenges for Knowledge Era’. 

This theme means engineers are facing challenge on daily basis to increase the knowledge of different fields.


Why this day is celebrated on Bharat Ratna Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya birthday:

Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya is also respected as the builder of India. Because he was a builder of water system and dams at that time which saves lots of people from flood and natural calamite.

There are many branches for engineering but civil engineering is one the oldest field of engineering. This field is also referred to as the mother branch of engineering.

Now get some highlight of Engineer’s life:

Yes Engineer’s life is very interesting. They are always in a hope for new innovation. When an engineer does B.Tech he/she give their 4 year for studying. Engineer’s life their life with full of thought process, innovation, creativity etc. They got their raw knowledge of studies about how they are going to serve world thought their art of engineering.

This day is celebrated on different date all over world. Some are as follow:

   CountryDateHighlights
   United States of AmericaWeek of February 22In United States of America its always the week in February on the occasion of       George Washington’s birthday
   Pakistan10 January in 2014In Pakistan it is celebrated when Pakistan Engineering Council came into being for   the regulation of engineering profession and education it is celebrated only once   in 2014
   India15 SeptemberIn India it is celebrated on the  occasion   of Bharat Ratna Sir Mokshagundam         Vishweshvaraya (popularly known as Sir MV) birthday. However the Telangana      state celebrates Engineers day on July 11th on the birthday of Ali Nawaz Jung Bahadur.