Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya First Engineer of India

Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya was the first engineer of India. His birthday, September 15 is celebrated as Engineer's Day in India every year.

Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya is known as India's "Father of Engineering." Visvesvaraya was born in Muddenahalli, Karnataka, and received his engineering education at the College of Engineering in Pune. He held different engineering roles and made major contributions to a variety of engineering fields.

He was a Bharat Ratna Awardee and had set up schools & engineering institutions, invented block irrigation, and had built the KRS reservoir.

He is believed to be the greatest Indian civil engineer and was commonly known as Sir MV, after being knighted by the British.

Ayyalasomayajula Lalitha India's First Female Engineer

Ayyalasomayajula Lalitha was born in 1913 in the town of Bhimavaram in Andhra Pradesh, India.

Despite societal constraints and gender bias, Lalitha demonstrated her determination to excel in academics and pursue her passion for engineering.

In 1943, Lalitha became the first female to graduate as an engineer in India. She earned her degree in Electrical Engineering from the prestigious College of Engineering, Guindy (now part of Anna University) in Chennai.