<p>Technical education institutes, industry bodies, banks and both Central and State governments have joined hands to pay a fitting tribute to the genius engineer (1860 to 1962), who laid the foundation for modern Karnataka, on his birthday. <br /><br />The State Bank of Mysore accounts book of Sir Visvesvaraya, his civil engineering degree certificate, the certificate from Patna University conferring a doctorate on him, a 1923 typewriter and a dictionary that was a memento in 1881 from the then principal of Central College Charles Watters are all treasured in the museum, the entry for which is free. <br /><br />The horticulture department is now developing a garden around to add aesthetics to the place. <br /><br />The Union government, along with non-governmental organisations, is organising the birth anniversary of Sir MV, as he was popularly known, at Muddenahalli on September 15 in a grand and meaningful manner.<br /><br />Various projects have been chalked out to spruce up the entire town for the occasion. <br />A number of programmes will be launched: a national skill development programme, an entrepreneurship development programme, a rural development & self-employment training institute (Rudiset), micro and medium enterprises awareness programmes as well as a rural BPO.<br /><br />Union Law Minister M Veerappa Moily disclosed this to the media on Saturday after holding a meeting with representatives of KASSIA, CII, Nasscom, the Indo Jappan Association, VTU, University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering (UVCE) and Chikkaballapur district authorities. <br /><br />He said the Union Planning Commission has already approved the national skill development programme, which envisages coaching for master trainers. <br />The first national skill development centre will be established at Muddenahalli. It will be extended later to all parts of the country. <br /><br />Five engineering institutes have agreed to take up the programme in Karnataka. A commemorative postal cover will be released on the occasion.<br /><br />Moily, who represents Chikkaballapur in Parliament, said the place would get one of the IITs when the Centre takes a final decision to establish 14 “innovative” universities. <br /><br />“His (Visvesvaraya’s) vision was for application of modern technology for rural and economic development. And we are making an attempt in this regard,” he said.<br /></p>
<p>Technical education institutes, industry bodies, banks and both Central and State governments have joined hands to pay a fitting tribute to the genius engineer (1860 to 1962), who laid the foundation for modern Karnataka, on his birthday. <br /><br />The State Bank of Mysore accounts book of Sir Visvesvaraya, his civil engineering degree certificate, the certificate from Patna University conferring a doctorate on him, a 1923 typewriter and a dictionary that was a memento in 1881 from the then principal of Central College Charles Watters are all treasured in the museum, the entry for which is free. <br /><br />The horticulture department is now developing a garden around to add aesthetics to the place. <br /><br />The Union government, along with non-governmental organisations, is organising the birth anniversary of Sir MV, as he was popularly known, at Muddenahalli on September 15 in a grand and meaningful manner.<br /><br />Various projects have been chalked out to spruce up the entire town for the occasion. <br />A number of programmes will be launched: a national skill development programme, an entrepreneurship development programme, a rural development & self-employment training institute (Rudiset), micro and medium enterprises awareness programmes as well as a rural BPO.<br /><br />Union Law Minister M Veerappa Moily disclosed this to the media on Saturday after holding a meeting with representatives of KASSIA, CII, Nasscom, the Indo Jappan Association, VTU, University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering (UVCE) and Chikkaballapur district authorities. <br /><br />He said the Union Planning Commission has already approved the national skill development programme, which envisages coaching for master trainers. <br />The first national skill development centre will be established at Muddenahalli. It will be extended later to all parts of the country. <br /><br />Five engineering institutes have agreed to take up the programme in Karnataka. A commemorative postal cover will be released on the occasion.<br /><br />Moily, who represents Chikkaballapur in Parliament, said the place would get one of the IITs when the Centre takes a final decision to establish 14 “innovative” universities. <br /><br />“His (Visvesvaraya’s) vision was for application of modern technology for rural and economic development. And we are making an attempt in this regard,” he said.<br /></p>
