Background
M. Ganapati was born on November 20, 1903, in Tamil Nadu, India. His father was the learned philosopher D. Arunachala Sastrigal.
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Mahadeva Iyer Ganapati
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Mahadeva was a student of the College of Engineering in Madras, Tamil Nadu, India. He studied at the faculty of Mechanical Engineering.
Career
Mahadeva joined the Tata Power company in Mumbai, India and worked as an Electrical Erection Engineer for two years. In 1928, he joined the Indian Railway Service of Engineers and was posted to Lucknow Sultanpur works and Calcutta Chord Railway constructure until 1934. He then worked as the assistant executive engineer for Bally Bridge (Vivekananda Sethu) over the Ganges at Calcutta.
Mahadeva was awarded by the Government of India in 1954 when the awards were first made. He was the president of the Institution of Engineers in India in 1973, 1974. The main projects with which he was associated with are: Rourkela Steel Plant Kandla Port Malaviya Bridge at Varanasi Chittaranjan Loco Works, Perambur Integral Coach factory, Vivekananda Setu, Kolkata (as Deputy) Churchgate Railway Station and other Western Railway projects.
The Rourkela Steel Plant in Orissa and many Railway projects including Churchgate railway station in Mumbai and Chittaranjan Locomotive Works (CLW) were completed under his leadership.
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