It is with sadness that the family of Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya announce his passing on April 14, 1962 at the age of 100. Visvesvaraya was a polymath who made massive contributions to India in the fields of engineering, technology, economics, and education. He served in the erstwhile princely state of Mysore, and worked as an engineer, innovator, and statesman. As an engineer, he made advances in fields such as water resource development and irrigation. He was the chief engineer of the Krishna Raja Sagara dam, the first in India to use automatic sluice gates. He also helped create the Hyderabad-Karnataka irrigation and power project, the Sarovar lake, and the banks of the Bhadra river. As a technocrat, he was one of the founding fathers of India's industrial age and was a prolific inventor. He designed and patented several pieces of technology and was responsible for the early commercialization of railway engineering in India. In economics, he was a public administrator and was responsible for the State of Mysore's development into one of the most modern and industrialized states of the Indian Union at the time. He was the Dewan of Mysore from 1912 to 1918 and established the foundation for the industries in the state, which served as an example for the rest of India to follow. He was a recipient of India's highest honor, the Bharat Ratna, in 1955. He also received honorary doctorates from prestigious institutions such as Banaras Hindu University and University of Mysore. Visvaraya was a deeply passionate proponent of education in India, and was remembered as a leading thinker, engineer, and statesman who used his knowledge and skills to aid the nation in every possible way. He will be greatly missed by his family, friends, colleagues and admirers around the world.