On Thursday, June 23 2005, the West Bengal State Centre of The Institution Of Engineers (India) organised the hundred and fifty-second birthday celebration of the renowned engineer and entrepreneur, the late Sir R. N. Mookerjee. In his commemorative lecture delivered on the occasion at the Sir R.N. Mookerjee Hall at the Institution's premises in Kolkata, Dr. B.K. Basak, President Indian Institute of Foundrymen, Kolkata, dwelt on the origin, growth and development, and present problems and prospects of the foundry business, both in the domestic and the international circuits.
Earlier, the Joint Honorary Secretary of the Centre, Sujit Kumar Banerjee, narrating the life sketch of late Sir Mookerjee, enlivened the latter's rise and establishment as a civil engineer and an entrepreneur of repute in British India. His contribution in the capacity of a civil engineer, towards the building of the Victoria Memorial was also highlighted.
In his address, Dr. N.R. Bandyopadhyay, President of the Centre, dwelt upon the current enhanced importance of the civil engineer fraternity in view of the increasing emphasis being applied to water conservation and preservation, and rainwater harvesting in particular, and water resource management in general.
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