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[[File:Shri S. G. Balekundri (cropped).jpg|thumb|Monument to S. G. Balekundri]]<br />
'''Shivappa Gurubasappa Balekundri'''([[Kannada]]:ಶಿವಪ್ಪ ಗುರುಬಸಪ್ಪ ಬಾಳೇಕುಂದ್ರಿ) (born 5 May 1922, [[Belgaum|Belagavi]]<ref>{{cite news|title=ಎರಡನೇ ವಿಶ್ವೇಶ್ವರಯ್ಯ : ಎಸ್.ಜಿ.ಬಾಳೆಕುಂದ್ರಿ|url=http://kannada.oneindia.in/literature/people/2010/0511-sg-balekundri-irrigation-expert-engineer.html|accessdate=22 November 2013|newspaper=One India Kannada|date=11 May 2010|language=Kannada}}</ref>) was an [[Irrigation]] expert from [[Karnataka]]. He was the chief engineer and architect of the [[Upper Krishna Project|Alamatti dam]].<ref name="Second Visweswarayya">[http://kannada.oneindia.in/literature/people/2010/0511-sg-balekundri-irrigation-expert-engineer.html Second Visweswarayya]</ref> He is best remembered today as ''Second Visveswarayya''.<ref name="Second Visweswarayya"/> The [[Karnataka]] government has honoured him by instituting an award for engineering excellence in his name.<ref name="award">[http://www.newindpress.com/NewsItems.asp?ID=IEK20060506010028&Topic=0&Title=Southern%20News%20-%20Karnataka&Page=K CM announces award in Balekundri’s name - Newindpress.com<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> A statue was also erected in 2006 at [[Alamatti]] in Balekundri's honour.<ref name="statue">http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/May72006/district173132200656.asp {{dead link|date=December 2019}}</ref> and a road has been named after him in the [[Karnataka|state]] capital [[Bengaluru]].<br />
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==Legacy==<br />
[[S.G. Balekundri Institute of Technology]], Belgaum, an Engineering college affiliated to [[Visvesvaraya Technological University]], [[Belgaum|Belagavi]] has been named in his honour.<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Upper Krishna Project]]<br />
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