Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam, an IIT Madras alumnus, spearheaded India’s first satellite launch vehicle (SLV-3), earning the title “Missile Man” for Agni and Prithvi missiles.
Sir M. Visvesvaraya engineered the Krishna Raja Sagara Dam and Hyderabad’s flood protection system; India celebrates Engineers’ Day on his birthday, September 15.
Verghese Kurien, the “Father of White Revolution,” transformed India into the world’s largest milk producer via Amul’s cooperative model, rooted in his mechanical engineering expertise.
E. Sreedharan built Delhi Metro ahead of schedule and under budget, revolutionizing urban transit as “Metro Man,” after his IIT Kharagpur training.
Indian engineers helm top firms – Sundar Pichai (Google, IIT Kharagpur) and Satya Nadella (Microsoft, Manipal Institute), leading cloud and AI innovations worldwide.
