By Nava Thakuria*
Guwahati: Engineers are considered the backbone of every nation. India continues to produce more than 1.5 million engineers every year from its over 4000 institutes and is one of the world’s largest producers of professional engineers.
Indian engineers are always welcomed in various countries for their meticulous thought processes and skills to solve multiple problems.
Millions of aspiring students appear in entrance examinations every year for getting admission to favoured engineering colleges and universities in India, where the students are offered several streams of engineering like civil, mechanical, electrical, aeronautical, chemical, environmental, electronics, computer science, etc.
“We greet everyone on the auspicious occasion of Engineer’s Day,” says All Assam Engineer’s Association (AAEA) in a statement. The day is celebrated on 15 September in India and marks the birth anniversary of India’s finest civil engineer Mokshagundam Vishweshvaraya, who was honoured with Bharat Ratna in 1955. Born on September 15, 1861, at Muddenahalli village in Karnataka, Vishweshvaraya completed his graduation in civil engineering from Pune Science College. As an honour of his great achievement and contributions to the field of engineering and education, the government decided to observe Vishweshvaraya’s birthday as Engineer’s Day.
Every individual has an inherent engineering mind irrespective of their adopted professions. “The annual celebration helps the engineers to reorganize their commitment to innovative contributions to the nation,” said AAEA president Er Kailash Sarma. He added, “Once engineers were projected only as corrupt professionals in various Indian literary works and movies, the people now start recognising the contributions of engineers”.
Assam-based forum of graduate engineers today wished a productive life for every professional engineer across the country, even after their retirements from professional work. The forum also wished every Indian for the forthcoming Vishwakarma Jayanti (scheduled on September 17, 2022, for worshipping Vishwakarma – the god of engineering), the divine architect of the universe, adored by numerous engineers, mechanics, smiths, artisans, craftsmen, factory workers.
*The writer is a senior journalist and working president of the All Assam Engineer’s Association.
