India, Sept. 15 -- Every September 15th, India marks the birth anniversary of Bharat Ratna Sir M Visvesvaraya, a man who built dams, tamed floods, and laid the groundwork for modern India armed with little more than a slide rule and a stubborn belief that "it is better to work out than rust out". National Engineers Day 2026 gives the manufacturing and engineering community a reason to pause and take stock. Not just of how far we've come technologically, but of what kind of engineers we're becoming.

I've spent close to three decades in manufacturing. I've watched shop floors go from analogue dials to digital twins, from paper logs to sensors that talk to each other in real time. Engineering hasn't just changed, it's being rewritten. Sir M...