Sir Mokshagundam Vishweshvaraya KCIE, FASc also spelled as Sir Mokshagondam Vishweshwarayya, popularly known as Sir MV was an Indian chief civil engineer, scholar, statesman, politician and the 19th Diwan of Mysore, who served from 1912 to 1919. He received India's highest honour, the Bharat Ratna, in 1955