L. Venkatakrishna Iyer
Occupation
Civil engineer
Civil engineer
L. Venkatakrishna Iyer was an Indian civil engineer and the Chief Engineer of the Public Works Department of the State of Tamil Nadu.[1] It was Iyer who did the survey and submitted the initial proposal for building a reservoir across Godavari river near Polavaram in 1941 which was later commissioned as Polavaram Project.[2] An alumnus of the Town Higher Secondary School, Kumbakonam,[3] he was among the few who assisted Chinnaswami Rajam in founding Madras Institute of Technology (MIT) and sat on the core committee which oversaw the establishment of the institution.[4] The Government of India awarded him the third highest civilian honour of the Padma Bhushan, in 1961, for his contributions to society.[5]
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References
- ↑ Our own MIT. Madras Musings(March 2014). Retrieved July 7, 2016.
- ↑ Perspectives on Polavaram, a Major Irrigation Project on Godavari{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Academic Foundation(2006). ISBN 978-81-7188-578-7
- ↑ 150 years in the service of education. The Hindu(29 January 2014). Retrieved July 7, 2016.
- ↑ History. Madras Institute of Technology(2016). Retrieved July 7, 2016.
- ↑ Padma Awards. Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India(2016). Retrieved January 3, 2016.