Mysore :

S.R. Subba Rao, President of the prestigious National Institute of Engineering (NIE), Mysore and the Chairman of NIE Governing Council, passed away yesterday night at a private hospital following a brief illness. He was 90.

A resident of Saraswathipuram in city, he leaves behind his son Gurudatt, an Environmental Consultant, daughter Jayashree Srinath, grand and great-grand children. Last rites will be held on Friday (Dec. 20) at 12 noon at the foot of Chamundi Hill.

Condoled: The Board of Management, Principal and the staff of the National Institute of Engineering and NIE Group of Institutions have condoled the sad demise of Subba Rao.

Born on Aug. 29, 1923 as the third son of late S. Ramaswamy (who was one of the three founders of NIE), S.R. Subba Rao was a Civil Engineer. He had served in various departments during the erstwhile Bombay State and Mysore State including Bangalore City Corporation, Bangalore Water Supply and Sewage Board, Public Health Engineering Department and Major Irrigation Department before retiring as the Superintending Engineer in 1980. He was one of the blue-eyed officers of former CM late D. Devaraj Urs.

He was in-charge of many major projects related to construction of roads, bridges and planning, designing and execution of rural and water supply schemes including the 2nd and the 3rd stages of improvement schemes of the Mysore city water supply.

Subba Rao was a Fellow of the Institution of Engineers (India) and Chairman of its Mysore Local Centre during 1984-86. He was also the Governing member of Anathalaya founded by the great Thathaiah since 1983.

As the President of a housing society, he was instrumental in the formation, development and distribution of 500 residential sites named as Niveditha Nagar in city.

He was also the Vice-President of the Association of Management of Aided Engineering Colleges in Karnataka. He was a Rotarian for over 30 years. At NIE, he served in various capacities as Director, Treasurer, Secretary, Vice-President and President for the past four decades. His contribution to the growth of NIE was immense.

source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> General News / December 18th, 2013