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In India, Engineers' Day is celebrated on 15 September every year. And in Mexico this day is celebrated on 1st July every year.

The day is the birthday of Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvarayya, an eminent Indian engineer (from College Of Engg., Pune(COEP)) and statesman born in Muddenahalli-Kanivenarayanapura in present day Karnataka. He served as the chief engineer during construction of Krishna Raja Sagara on the Kaveri River near Mysore. He also built many dams in the Bombay presidency (present day Maharashtra). The dams built by him are still functional even today, a testimony to his brilliance, skill, honesty and dedication. So 15 September, Engineer's Day 2009, is quite a remarkable tribute to the greatest Indian Engineer Bharat Ratna M. Visvesvarayya.

Bharat Ratna Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya (1860-1965) was called a wizard in engineering. He was also called the precursor of economic planning in India. He took an interest not in engineering alone, but was capable of applying his talent to many allied matters connected with the development of the nation.

His learned discourse on economic planning in India entitled 'Planned Economy for India and Reconstructing India' was the first available document on the planning effort of the country and it is still held as the parent source matter for economic planners.

To commemorate the birthday of Bharat Ratna Sir M Visvesvaraya, many events takes place in India every year. National level organizations like The Instituitions of Engineers (India) ([1]) conduct meets and events on this occasion. Considering global awarenes on climate change and realizing Engineers' role in economic development and environmental responsibility, IEI is dedicating the 42nd Engineer's Day to ‘Engineering Solutions to Combat Climate Change’.

Young initiatives like "Nesting Ideas" through Why?Newton ([2]) conducts nationwide events to capture engineering stories ('My Engineering Story') on this occasion. This effort is made to identify upcoming technologies, business ideas, promote social entrepreneurship and touch the emotional part of engineers' college life which everyone misses during their lifetime. he is still alive in people's heart

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 Young initiatives like "Nesting Ideas" through Why?Newton ([http://www.whynewton.com]) conducts nationwide events to capture engineering stories ('My Engineering Story') on this occasion. This effort is made to identify upcoming technologies, business ideas, promote social entrepreneurship and touch the emotional part of engineers' college life which everyone misses during their lifetime. he is still alive in people's heart
-On Engineer's Day, 2010, Valve began the buildup for the highly awaited Engineer Update for the video game Team Fortress Two. It featured 29 new unlockable weapons, as well as eleven new hats, and five new maps (three being Valve-made, two made by the community). The update was released on July 6th, 2010. On 12:00 A.M. July 7th, 2010, a Facepunch user noticed a hidden link on the blog post describing the update release. The first 15,000 players to get to the hidden link were awarded with a new hat: the Tinkerer's Turtle Top. In the comic released on July 3rd, 2010, it was revealed the Pyro is a woman. The hidden link and the update caused to Steam servers to crash for 17 hours. Along with the Engineer update, Valve released the Emporium Update, an update featuring many items from the Team Fortress 2 Modding Emporium on the Facepunch Studios forum. Because of this, Valve awarded the following Facepunch users with community items: Mister Royzo, Daimao, Squint911, AyesDyef, NeoDement, ZomBuster, Nemesis, and Skizot. Others who participated in the Emporium were gifted with custom medals.
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