Mahadeva Iyer Ganapati (known as M. Ganapati) (1903–1976)India Who's Who, INFA Publications, 1973. p. 353 was an Indian engineer who was well known for his accomplishments in national projects. The Rourkela Steel Plant in Orissa,The Corporate Story of SAIL by N. R. Srinivasan, Steel Authority of India Limited, 1990. p. 39 (Ganapati is spelled Ganapathy) and many Railway projects including Churchgate railway station in Mumbai and Chittaranjan Locomotive Works (CLW) were completed under his leadership. The Indian government awarded him the inaugural Padma Bhushan in 1954. He was the president of the Institution of Engineers (India) for 1973-74.List of Past Presidents of the Institution of Engineers (India)
The main projects with which he was associated with are: Rourkela Steel Plant Kandla PortRailway Gazette, 103, p. 515, 1955 Malaviya Bridge at VaranasiReference to paper by M. Ganapati in the Journal of the Institution of Engineers (India), p. 683, Bridge Engineering by Ponnuswamy, Tata McGraw Hill, 2008.photo of the plaque on the bridge showing M. Ganapathi's name as the Engineer-in-Charge Chittaranjan Loco Works Perambur Integral Coach factory Vivekananda Setu, Kolkata (as Deputy) Churchgate Railway Station and other Western Railway projectsRailway Gazette article by M. Ganapati, General Manager of the Western Railways (India)The Economics of Rail Transport by J. Johnson, 1963, Allied Publishers, p. 103, refers to two articles by M. Ganapati, General Manager of the Western Railways.
Awards and honours
Railway Board Gold Medal, 1950 Viceroy's Prize from Institution of Engineers India, 1953 Padma Bhushan
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