Winslow Thambiah Ivers Alagaratnam, OBE, MICE, MIWE (12 March 1895 – 1977) was a leading Ceylon Tamil civil engineer and Director of Irrigation in Ceylon.
Alagaratnam married Daisy Anketell. They had three daughters - Chandra, Pathmini and Kamalini.[1]
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After graduating Alagaratnam returned to Ceylon and joined the Irrigation Department in 1921 as an Assistant Irrigation Engineer.[1] He was the first qualified Ceylonese engineer to join the department. In 1934 he became the first Ceylonese to be appointed Irrigation Engineer.[1] He was promoted to Divisional Engineer in 1943. In 1952 he became the first Ceylonese to be appointed Director of Irrigation.[1] He held the post until his retirement in 1955.[1] Alagaratnam later served as Director of the Water Resources Board.[1]
alagaratnam, winslow, thambiah, ivers, alagaratnam, mice, miwe, march, 1895, 1977, leading, ceylon, tamil, civil, engineer, director, irrigation, ceylon, mice, miweborn, 1895, march, 1895died1977occupationcivil, engineerearly, life, editalagaratnam, born, marc. Winslow Thambiah Ivers Alagaratnam OBE MICE MIWE 12 March 1895 1977 was a leading Ceylon Tamil civil engineer and Director of Irrigation in Ceylon W T I AlagaratnamOBE MICE MIWEBorn 1895 03 12 12 March 1895Died1977OccupationCivil engineerEarly life editAlagaratnam was born on 12 March 1895 1 He was educated in British Ceylon before going to Madras from where he obtained a degree in civil engineering Alagaratnam married Daisy Anketell They had three daughters Chandra Pathmini and Kamalini 1 Career editAfter graduating Alagaratnam returned to Ceylon and joined the Irrigation Department in 1921 as an Assistant Irrigation Engineer 1 He was the first qualified Ceylonese engineer to join the department In 1934 he became the first Ceylonese to be appointed Irrigation Engineer 1 He was promoted to Divisional Engineer in 1943 In 1952 he became the first Ceylonese to be appointed Director of Irrigation 1 He held the post until his retirement in 1955 1 Alagaratnam later served as Director of the Water Resources Board 1 In the 1954 New Year Honours Alagaratnam was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire 2 Alagaratnam died in 1977 1 References edit a b c d e f g h Arumugam S 1997 Dictionary of Biography of the Tamils of Ceylon p 2 Fourth Supplement The London Gazette 40056 48 29 December 1953 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title W T I Alagaratnam amp oldid 1179724680, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
