Being an Indian Engineer is matter of pride because Every Indian engineer is Ratna of Bharat
In India, September 15th is recognised as Engineers’ Day. Every year, this day is celebrated on the birth anniversary of India’s greatest engineer, Bharat Ratna Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya, who was born on September 15th September 1861. He was awarded the highest civilian honor—Bharat Ratna in 1955 for numerous industrial, economic, and social projects. M. Visvesvaraya is also known as the "Diwan of Mysore’. The day is celebrated to thank the engineering community for their contribution to society and applaud their dexterity and diligence. He was instrumental in developing a system to protect Visakhapatnam port from sea erosion. This dam created the biggest reservoir in Asia. Engineers’ Day marks the importance of engineers and is a way to express our gratitude for their contribution.
The first female Indian Engineer: Ayyalasomayajula Lalitha is considered the first female engineer in India. Lalitha was born into a Telugu-speaking family in Madras (now Chennai) on August 27 , 1919, She was married at 15 and, in 1937, gave birth to her daughter Syamala. Her husband died four months later. Her father, Pappu Subba Rao, supported her wish to complete her secondary education and study engineering at the otherwise all-male College of Engineering, Guindy. She was the only girl in a college with hundreds of boys, but no one ever made her feel uncomfortable. Lalitha graduated in 1943 with a degree in electrical engineering becoming India's first woman engineer she completed her practical training with a one-year apprenticeship at Jamalpur Railway Workshop, a major repair and overhaul facility.
In India, Hindus widely regard Vishwakarma as the god of architecture and engineering .On September 16 or 17, every year is celebrated as Vishwakarma Puja,a resolution time for workers and craftsmen to increase productivity and gain divine inspiration for creating novel product.
India has got a huge list of Engineering Marvel structures. Some of them are described below
The Taj Mahal is a stunning, 17th-century marble structure, built by the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan as a mausoleum for his late wife, Mumtaz Mahal. He spent over 30 million rupees and employed over 20,000 people to construct what is now a world wonder, a paradise on Earth. This is also an engineering marvel in India, and this one is one of the Seven Wonders of the World.
Sea Fort at Sindudurgh has been standing in the saline seawater for more than 400 years. When you know, this one is an engineering marvel. The ramparts have nearly 75,000 kg of iron in them. When we considered its construction, you may have wondered how molten lead could have been transported in the middle of the sea. Its hidden entrance makes it an architectural wonder. The enemy, who is trying to attack, will be lost circling around it trying to figure out its main gate.
The Qutub Minar's Iron Pillar
One of India's oldest as well as one of the world's metallurgical engineering marvels, Delhi is home to one of the world's metallurgical engineering marvels. The fact is that, this iron pillar has stood in the open for more than millennia, even though, it might not be a millennia and still this iron pill has not been rusted. This one is a testimony to our knowledge of metallurgy.
Gol Gumbaz is known for two engineering marvels in India. The first is its free-standing dome. This one is the largest such dome in the world. This one is definitely the biggest such dome in India. The other bigger marvel of Gol Gumbaj, is that, whispering gallery, which skirts the dome from inside. It is a wonder in acoustics that whatever you tend to speak here, it can be heard across the dome very clearly. Louder sounds tend to reverberate many times across the diameter of the dome. These sounds can also be heard outside the dome.
Outstanding Engineers : There are many outstanding engineers in India and abroad who have contributed immensely to improving our way of life . Notably among them was Elattuvalapil Sreedharan, popularly known as E Sreedharan, who is an Indian engineer from the Indian state of Kerala. He was an IRSE officer in the Indian Railways. He retired as a Member of the Railway Board from Indian Railways.He is credited with changing the face of public transport in India with his leadership in building the Konkan Railway and then Delhi Metro while he served as the Managing Director of Delhi Metro Rail Corporation. He is also known as the Metro Man. He was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India in 2001 and was named one of Asia's Heroes by Time magazine in 2003. E. Sreedharan was also appointed by the former UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to serve on the United Nations' High Level Advisory Group on Sustainable Transport (HLAG-ST) for a period of three years in 2015.
Fazlur Rahman Khan, born in Dhaka, Bangladesh, was a structural engineer and architect who came up with tubular designs that allowed for easier construction of the high-rise structures we know today. Mr. Khan was one of the first to use computer-aided design techniques, and he gave the US the Willis Tower and the John Hancock Center.
American-born Burt Rutan is an aerospace engineer and modern entrepreneur. Rutan's aircraft were often peculiar-looking, but they always proved to be light, strong, and energy-efficient.
Elon Musk is an engineer, a businessman, and an inventor, to name a few of the many titles that have been bestowed upon the South African-born Canadian Musk.He is the founder of SpaceX, which is working towards the ultimate goal of enabling humans to live on other planets; Tesla Motors, where electric cars are created to discourage the use of fossil fuels in transport; and The Boring Company, which aims to create networks of tunnels in and around cities for fast, safe transportation.
Isambard Kingdom Brunel has had an overwhelming impact on the infrastructure of the modern UK. A modern-day university (Brunel University London) has been named after him. His achievements include the Great Western Railway and the Clifton Suspension Bridge in Bristol. Brunel built railways across England, Wales, Ireland, and Italy, and advised on rail lines in Australia and India.
Engineers' unwavering efforts and continuous efforts to bring in modern and superior technology have changed the face of every field that engineers have touched, be it space technology, mega construction, transportation systems, artificial intelligence, and so on. Innovative technologies have replaced conventional and obsolete technologies.
Indian Railways network is also a glaring example as, over the years, it has successfully replaced DC traction systems with AC traction systems and has reaped the benefits, viz. a more reliable system, which is not only economic but energy efficient also. Indian Railways is not only working hard to achieve zero carbon emissions, but it is also ensuring the introduction of semi-high-speed trains, such as Vande Bharat Express trains (Electric Train Sets), to improve passengers' overall travel experience. Indian Railways, in order to showcase its commitment towards providing a better travelling experience to its passengers, Indian Railways has already started replacing the existing rolling stock with technologically superior locomotives, coaches, etc. In the near future, Indian Railways has ambitious plans to introduce bullet trains, hyper loops, and other technologies.
:- Tej Pratap Narayan, a graduate in electrical engineering, who writes exclusively for the NewsThikana, is among the country's eminent writers. Many of his poetry collections, story collections, novels, satirical collections and ghazals have been published. He is also proficient in editing work.
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