Engineer's Day in Argentina

In Argentina

Argentina

Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...

, Engineer's day is celebrated on June 15. On June 15, 1870, Luis Augusto Huergo

Luis Huergo

Luis Augusto Huergo was an Argentine engineer prominent in the development of his country's ports.-Early career:...

 became the first Engineer in Argentina.

Engineer's Day in India

In India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

, Engineer's day is celebrated on September 15. This day is celebrated in the honor of Sir M. Visvesvaraya (1861-1962), who was a notable Indian engineer, scholar, statesman and the Diwan of Mysore during 1912 to 1919. Internationally recognised for his genius in harnessing water resources, he was responsible for successful design and construction of several river dams, bridges and implementing irrigation and drinking water schemes all over India.

He served as the dewan of Mysore State and was considered to be the architect of the all-round development of Karnataka.

Among his most successful projects are the design and construction of the K.R. Sagar dam and its adjoining Brindavan Gardens, turn-around of the Bhadravati Iron and Steel Works, setting up of the Mysore Sandalwood Oil Factory and the founding of the Bank of Mysore.

Engineer's Day in Iran

In Iran

Iran

Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...

 Engineer's day refers to 24 February every year. This day is celebrated to respect Nasir al-Din al-Tusi

Nasir al-Din al-Tusi

Khawaja Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad ibn Ḥasan Ṭūsī , better known as Naṣīr al-Dīn al-Ṭūsī , was a Persian polymath and prolific writer: an astronomer, biologist, chemist, mathematician, philosopher, physician, physicist, scientist, theologian and Marja Taqleed...

, Iranian great scientist.

External links

• http://www.engineersworldonline.com/engineersday.html
• http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/sunday-toi/open-space/When-and-why-do-we-celebrate-Engineers-Day/articleshow/847952.cms#ixzz0zXKpbe7P
• http://calendar.ut.ac.ir