<Tr> <Th> Alma mater </Th> <Td> College of Engineering Pune </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Profession </Th> <Td> Civil Engineer, Politician </Td> </Tr> <P> Sir Mokshagundam Vishweshvaraya KCIE, FASc also spelled as Sir Mokshagondam Vishweshwarayya, popularly known as Sir MV (15 September 1860--12 April 1962) was an Indian Chief civil engineer, scholar, statesman, politician and the 19th Diwan (Governor) of Mysore, who served from 1912 to 1919 . He received India's highest honour, the Bharat Ratna, in 1955 . He was knighted as a Knight Commander of the British Indian Empire (KCIE) by King George V for his contributions to the public good . 15 September is celebrated as Engineer's Day in India in his memory . He is held in high regard as a pre-eminent Engineer of India . He was chief engineer responsible for the construction of the Krishna Raja Sagara dam in the North - West suburb of Mysuru city and chief engineer of the flood protection system for the city of Hyderabad . </P> <P> Mokshagundam Vishweshvaraya was born on 15 September 1861 . His father, Mokshagundam Srinivasa Sastry, was a school teacher and a noted Sanskrit scholar, while his mother, Venkatalakshamma, was a homemaker . Visvesvaraya was born in Muddenahalli village (now located in Chikkaballapura District, but part of Kolar district at the time of his birth) in the princely state of Mysore (now Karnataka), India . </P>

On whose birthday is the *engineer's day* celebrated on *september 15* in india