S. G. Balekundri

Monument to S. G. Balekundri

Shivappa Gurubasappa Balekundri(Kannada:ಶಿವಪ್ಪ ಗುರುಬಸಪ್ಪ ಬಾಳೇಕುಂದ್ರಿ) (born 5 May 1922, Belagavi^[1]) was an Irrigation expert from Karnataka. He was the chief engineer and architect of the Alamatti dam.^[2] He is best remembered today as Second Visveswarayya.^[2] The Karnataka government has honoured him by instituting an award for engineering excellence in his name.^[3] A statue was also erected in 2006 at Alamatti in Balekundri's honour.^[4] and a road has been named after him in the state capital Bengaluru.

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S.G. Balekundri Institute of Technology, Belgaum, an Engineering college affiliated to Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belagavi has been named in his honour.

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↑ "ಎರಡನೇ ವಿಶ್ವೇಶ್ವರಯ್ಯ : ಎಸ್.ಜಿ.ಬಾಳೆಕುಂದ್ರಿ". One India Kannada (in Kannada). 11 May 2010. Retrieved 22 November 2013.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Second Visweswarayya
↑ CM announces award in Balekundri’s name - Newindpress.com
↑ http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/May72006/district173132200656.asp ^{[dead link]}

[1] "ಎರಡನೇ ವಿಶ್ವೇಶ್ವರಯ್ಯ : ಎಸ್.ಜಿ.ಬಾಳೆಕುಂದ್ರಿ". One India Kannada (in Kannada). 11 May 2010. Retrieved 22 November 2013.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)

[Second_Visweswarayya-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Second Visweswarayya

[award-3] CM announces award in Balekundri’s name - Newindpress.com

[statue-4] ttp://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/May72006/district173132200656.asp ^{[dead link]}

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