AGARTALA, Sep 15 (TIWN): 49th Engineering Day is being celebrated state-wide. Along with the whole country Tripura Engineering Colleges are also celebrating the day with full enthusiasm.

On this occasion, a rally kicked off from Agartala Rabindra Bhawan, and they walked around the City & again reunited before  Rabindra Bhawan. Various students from Engineering Colleges joined in that rally.

As per the data, India produces close to 20 lakh engineers every year, with disciplines ranging from computer science and electronics to civil and mechanical engineering.

Country celebrates Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya’s birth anniversary as Engineers' Day.

 Visvesvaraya, an eminent Indian engineer, was born in a remote village of Karnataka, the state that is incidentally now the hi-tech state of the country.

Due to his outstanding contribution to the society, Government of India conferred 'Bharat Ratna' on this legend in the year 1955." He was also awarded the British knighthood by King George V, and hence has the honorific "sir".

In 2016, on 49th Engineering Day the theme is “Skill Development for Young Engineers to Reform the Core Sector: Vision 2025”.