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Mr. N. Keshava Rao, B.A., B.C.E., was born in 1889 at Belur in the District of Hassan (Mysore). He was educated in the Wesleyan Mission High School, from which he passed the Matriculation Examination and joined the Central College, Bangalore, for his collegiate studies. Graduating in 1909, he joined the College of Engineering, Madras, where he studied till 1913, when he was appointed Apprentice Engineer.

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He became Assistant Engineer in the Public Works Department of the Madras Government in 1914, as he stood first among the candidates of the year in the B.C.E. Examination.

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For his long and unsullied record of Service, he was awarded the Silver Jubilee Medal in 1935 and the Coronation Medal in 1937.

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He is now a Member of the Indian Service of Engineers, working as Executive Engineer in Trichinopoly.

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