L. Venkatakrishna Iyer | |
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Born | India |
Died | India |
Occupation | Civil engineer |
Known for | Polavaram Project |
Awards | Padma Bhushan |
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]