1.0  Introduction : 

1.01 The aims and objectives of the present day civilized world society is to    achieve better quality of life, peace & prosperity for the people  on earth, with sustainable developments in Science & Technology consistent with the protection of the ecological balance of the mother earth. The developments in Science, Engineering, Technology, Administration etc have made tremendous progress for the betterment of all living beings on earth including the human beings.

1.02 However, Ironically, at the same time, the world is facing dangers of misadventures in Science, Engineering, Technology and Administration, in spite of  the fact that there exists a world body (U.N.) and the beneficial developments of the various governments are made, adopting the required safety & security measures with the main objective of providing benefit to the people. For example:  The nuclear and chemical War-fare of mass destruction ; Large Scale terrorism, high tech corruption and ethnic cleansing etc, have already raised their ugly head.  The World governments with constitutions, courts and modern police force, have not been able to check the menace satisfactorily.

1.03 The present position therefore, leads to the conclusion that developments in science, Engineering, Technology, Administration and even achieving the status of a Developed world, are alone not enough, to achieve the final goal of peace and prosperity for all the people in  the world.

1.04 The solution probably lies in constant and parallel education on moral values and philosophy in life, at all levels of education starting from childhood, to make every person a humanist first, in the present day materialistic and greedy world.  The intention behind the theory is that adoption of solutions to protect and to prevent the human mind from getting corrupted with evil thoughts is basically necessary and essential, since we believe that prevention is always better than cure.                                                

1.05 In this connection, we can remember the “Moral period” that we used to have , once a week in the primary and secondary school education earlier.  Probably adopting the same idea and hearing or reading or watching the achievements and studying the role model leadership characters of great personalities, who have served the public sincerely, like Mahatma Gandhi, Abraham Lincoln, Bernard Shaw, Madam Curie, Visvesvaraya etc would motivate and infuse faith in the younger generation to emulate their examples in  honest and sincere service to the society, for the betterment of mankind.

2.0  Aims & objectives of Sir.M.V.Study & Research Centre.

2.01 Keeping in view the noble idea of education on moral values and philosophy mentioned earlier, the Institution of Engineers (India), Mysore Local Centre has planned to develop the only one of its kind in the country , a Study & Research Centre  named after Sir.M.Visvesvaraya, as an Institution or Temple of learning, on discipline , dedication, hard work, honesty and  sincere  service  to the Society, on which principles the Engineer- Statesman Bharatha Ratna Sir.M.Visvesvaraya amply demonstrated through his deeds , throughout his long life span of over hundred years.

2.02 The “ Sir.M.V.Study & Research Centre” at Mysore would lay emphasis on the part of Engineers, to emulate the principles and role model leadership characters of Sir.M.Visvesvaraya to improve the eroded image of Engineers in the Society.  Further it would conduct activities that motivate adherence to the “ Principles on code of ethics” issued by the Institution of Engineers (India) to guide its Members in following the principles of truth, honesty, justice, trust-worthiness , respect and safe guard of human life and welfare , competence and accountability which constitute the values that every Member must recognize and uphold in his or her life, and daily professional work and decision making.

2.03 One of the aims and objectives of the Study and Research centre would be to provide the Research scholars,  the facilities required , such as Library, a regular platform for research, discussion / deliberations among experts etc  to study the life history  &  achievements of the Role model leadership personalities such as Sir.M.Visvesvaraya and similar others , on the various aspects such as their ingenuity, foresighted vision, discipline, honesty etc exhibited by them to set model standards for others to follow  in their service to the public .  This could serve as the Dissertation  work for the scholars for their basic or Ph.D Degrees.

2.04 The Study and Research Centre is not limited to Engineering but extendable to any branch or field having direct involvement of public service .The subject in general, refers to the Discipline dealing with moral principles or values on duty and obligations,  in a service rendered in the public interest and also on the accepted professional standards of conduct governing the individuals. The service may be governmental employment especially civil service or a business of supplying a commodity or service rendered in the public interest. Initially, it is intended to develop the facilities in respect of Engineering and Technology at the Mysore Local Centre of IE(I).

2.05 The “ outcome” on dissertation work, research and deliberations etc in the field of role model leadership characters or values in honesty, hard work , foresighted vision and sincere service to society etc expected of Engineers( Who are the builders of any nation) as practical and exemplary case studies  could be published at the All India Engineering  Congress being held every year by the Institution of Engineers (India) to promote the values incorporated in the code of ethics which is one of its aims and objectives to improve the image of Engineers in the Society.

2.06 The Second objective would be to hold a series of Seminars on the Subject of “Code of Ethics in Public Service” and a series of lecture on the subject “Cardinal Practices towards perfection” under Sir.M.Visvesvaraya Memorial Seminar / Lecture series. The seminars could deliberate on the practical examples of the role model leadership characters, who have set excellent examples in demonstrating the code of ethics in their sincere service to the Society, working in the field of science , Engineering,  Technology, administration, Judiciary , Government (as elected representatives of the people) etc.   It is proposed  to bring out the expected model systems on principles and moral values in one’s profession in the present  day materialistic world in general and frame suggested changes in the existing rules and laws to promote Professional ethics and end corruption and inefficiency at all levels , by removing the loop holes in the rules & laws dealing with prevention of corruption and inefficiency in public service.

3.0 Progress Report on Sir.M.V.Study & Research Centre

 3.01 The location of this Study & Research Centre at the Mysore Local  Centre of the Institution of Engineers has a special significance   in that , Mysore is the place where Sir.M.Visvesvaraya live and worked as Chief Engineer first and later as Dewan of Mysore in close association with the Maharaja of Mysore , His Highness Nalvadi Krishnaraja Wodeyar.  He has rendered yeoman service to the Erstwhile State of Mysore to make it a Model state in India.   Some of these achievements show up prominently even now, as the Premier and monumental works of development and Novel schemes of long vision.  To mention a few:  Dams for irrigation & Power generation, university for education, Industries for prosperity , Banks for promoting commerce, clubs for recreation and even family planning schemes for population control and other welfare plans, are some of the schemes that were started here for the first time in the entire country.  

3.02  The “Sir.M.V.Study & Research Centre” was inaugurated by the past National President of IE(I) Dr.M.P.Chowdiah in January 2000 and a token grant of Rs.10,000/- was received from IE(I) Head Quarters, when Er.Jagman Singh was the National President of IE(I).  Er.Jamdar, the  National President of IE(I) had also appreciated the proposed project and promised sanctioning of Rs. 5 Lakhs on receipt of project Report.  However Rs.50,000 has been received in September 2001

3.03 The construction of a Separate Block with independent library, conference hall facility etc., for ‘Sir.M.V.Study & Research Centre’ in the premises of the Institution at J.L.B. Road, Mysore is estimated to cost about Rs.10 lakhs.  Further a fixed deposit of Rs. 5 lakhs would be required to serve as “Corpus Fund”  and the interest derived from it only to be utilised for the maintenance of the study and research centre activities.  The total cost of the project amounts to Rs. 15 lakhs.  The construction has started in  December 2002.

4.0  The efforts made to develop the Library on Sir.M.Visvesvaraya :

 4.01Sincere efforts are being made to collect authenticated details / documents about Sir.M.Visvesvaraya to build up a complete and authoritative Library containing detail about Sir.M.V’s life, achievements, Speeches, Books written by him and those written on him, his letters of importance to other dignitaries, committee reports, pamphlets, News Paper Reports,  Official records, memorabilia, reminiscence of his colleagues and contemporaries .  Every significant details throwing light on his resplendent persona would be collected to the library and put the details on the Institution Web-site. Books / Reports / Letters / Speeches / Pamphlets written by Sir.M.Visvesvaraya and / or those written on him about his vision, principles, achievements etc have been searched and located.  Wherever originals are not available Xerox copies of the same have been made exclusively for the Library at the Sir.M.V.Study & Research Centre, so as to serve as references for the Research work.    The collection already made runs to 18,000 pages as could be seen from the statement give below.   

PREAMBLE : 

To uphold the concept of the professional conduct amongst the Corporate Members, the Institution of Engineers(India), introduced the Professional Conduct Rules on August 30, 1954. This was again revised on August 12, 1962. Consistent with the changing needs of the profession, the Council of the IEI has again revised the Code of Ethics for Corporate Members in its meeting held on June 29, 1997.

Ethics deal with moral duty and obligation and give rise to a set of values which in turn are used to judge the appropriateness of particular conduct of behaviour. These are the basic principles with which the members are to be guided in their daily professional work and decision making.

The code is based on broad principles of truth, honesty, justice and trustworthiness, respect and safeguard of human life and welfare, competence and accountability which constitute the values every member must recognize and uphold.

CODE OF ETHICS FOR CORPORATE MEMBERS : 

A Corporate Member shall -
 

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