Author: V S Narayana Rao
Publisher: National Book Trust
Year: 1988
Language: English
Pages: 138
ISBN/UPC (if available): 8123712383
Description
Engineer, administrator and Statesman, Sir Visvesvaraya belongs to that small group of Indians whose ideas and achievements have been among the truly creative and formative forces of modern India. His brilliance and vision have given us monuments of beauty and utility such as the Krishnaraja sagar Dam, Mysore University and the Bhadravati Iron and Steel works in Karnataka which to this day stand a testament to his ability as a planner.
A brilliant administrator- he served as Dewan of Mysore State-and a visionary who set the highest standards for himself and others, he dreamt, of a modern developed India. A contemporary of Gandhiji, he was held in high esteem by the Mahatma inspite of differences in approach.
Contents
Preface
1. A young Man
2. The Invention ogf Automatic Gates
3. A new System of Irrigation
4. To the Aid of a Dam
5. Self Respect
6. The Floods in the Moosi
7. Years in Mysore
8. Spreading Knowledge
9 Krishnaraja Sagar
10.The Place of Agriculture
11.Visvesvaraya Iron and Steel Works
12.Railways and Harbour
13Industrialize or Perish
14.Social welfare
15. Political and Administrative Reforms
16. The Regisgnation Episode
17. The Patriot
18. The Great Souls
19. The Bridge Across the Ganges
20. World renown
21. The Exemplar