Visvesvaraya achieved celebrity status when he designed a flood protection system to protect the city of Hyderabad from floods. He was also instrumental in developing a system to protect Vishakapatnam port from sea erosion.
Sir MV was the Chikkaballapur school and high school in Bangalore. He received his B.A. from Madras University in 1881 and later studied civil engineering at the College of Science, Pune, now known as College of Engineering, Pune.
