Late Ahmed Mahreen receives Lifetime Achievement Award for 40 years of engineering service

The Lifetime Achievement Award of the Engineers Award 2026, an award that honours Maldivian engineers and professionals who have contributed to national development, has been presented to the late Ahmed Mahreen.

The first-ever Engineering Awards in Maldives were officially inaugurated by President Dr Mohamed Muizzu, who also conferred the awards.

Mahreen received the Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of his more than 40 years of service to the Maldives, including his contributions to engineering, aviation development, and major infrastructure projects across the country. The award was accepted on his behalf by his eldest daughter.

Mahreen served in senior roles at regional airports and held various high-level government positions, playing a practical and long-standing role in major construction and development projects nationwide. The award was presented to his family in honour of his memory and in recognition of his invaluable service to the nation.

The President initiated the Engineers Award and the commemorative Engineers Day as part of his efforts to recognise the contributions of Maldivian engineers and strengthen the profession.

President Dr Mohamed Muizzu is himself a civil engineer by training. He completed his PhD in Civil Engineering at the University of Leeds in 2009, with a thesis titled “Thermal and time-dependent effects on monolithic reinforced concrete roof slab-wall joints.”