Prime Minister Narendra Modi asks engineers to apply skills to serve nation

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday asked engineers to apply their skills to serve the nation and make engineering in the country "world-class".

"Through innovation, hard work and cutting edge research, our engineers have played an anchoring role in the making of our nation.

"I wish our engineers the very best and call upon them to continue to apply their skills to serve our nation and make our engineering world-class," he tweeted on the occasion of the birth anniversary of M Visvesvaraya.

A recipient of Bharat Ratna, Visvesvaraya is regarded as a pioneer in the field and the day is celebrated in his honour. 

Greetings to my engineer friends on Engineer's Day. Tributes to Bharat Ratna M. Visvesvaraya on his birth anniversary.

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) September 15, 2014

I wish our engineers the very best & call upon them to continue to apply their skills to serve our Nation & make our engineering world class

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) September 15, 2014