This would be our residence for the time till we left IIT. One party he organized for IITians on the terrace of his building I can never forget. I learned that his birthday was December 12 and that he was born in 1944. She was instrumental in our recovery from that life-threatening illness. After the 1965 Indo-Pak war, IITB got a battle tank which was displayed in the long corridor from Main Building. Reduced fuel prices by 20% yet increased revenue. Through his excellent work, he brought about a well deserved respect from public officials for the Civil Engineering Contractors. Walking all day - yup! Six months before he died, he went swimming in an Indian river with a band of water buffalo. Once he stayed in my house, when he came down to attend the wedding ceremony of the elder son of Pradip Mittra in 2007. Fast forward to 1988, I returned to India and joined TRDDC with the objective of creating an Object Technology group. She was the heartthrob of very many of us in IIT. The sad demise of Anna is a personal loss to me and all his friends from IIT. Deepak had a unique ability to forge deep long-lasting friendships wherever he went. College. from the University of Colorado in Environmental Engineering and returned to India in 1972.In 1975, Kamlesh started FourShahs, a forging company in Bharuch, Gujarat. News of Death always comes as a shock especially when it is your classmate. I was given the honor of picking up the Gaan Saraswati and Krishna Hangal from Dadar Railway Station up to the Venue and then back dropping them to a simple Lodge in Dadar. He continued to St Xavier's College, Mumbai and then did Chemical Engineering from IIT Bombay - passed out in 1970. As per Linus wish, I sent his worksheets of the algorithm to a few of our classmates named by Linus, most of whom replied that it was too technical for them to understand.For the last few decades, Linus was in touch with me, initially on my landline and later on my mobile. I am not going to bid him goodbye as goodbye implies death as a finality which I find difficult to accept. As a result of his IIT training, he proudly did hands-on projects around the house. If I remember right Yogesh (Goojoo) and Uday (Telang) also were in the wing around the same time with parents.We were together in the 1967-68 Summer Vacation for the Koyna Earthquake School Reconstruction initiative by then Director Prof.S.K.Bose for the villagers of Vihe along with 60 other IITians led by Shailesh Gandhi and guided by Prof. Deshpande and Prof.Gadgil. We had a third umpire available to us at home many years before the International Cricket Board started using one. 7. After a few years in the land of milk and honey and the addition of bouncing baby Vikram to the family, Sid and Rebecca decided to return to India. He was aware of the database of imported components maintained by Govt/ Pvt agencies which he shared with me. A part of our great dies every time we hear such news. And from H8! His brilliance, positive outlook on life, and devotion to his family defined him. The news makes me even a little sadder especially due to sudden passing away of two of my other classmates, Sitapati Ganesh and Subhash Kamte all in a line. Press Esc to cancel. We also developed good ties with seniors like Nadkarni group and Paradkar group. He worked extensively on forestry programs to reduce carbon dioxide and alleviate poverty in developing countries for 25 years. He was the Chairman of a Committee appointed by MHRD around 1975 to consider the possibility of establishing major Centres of Research in each of the IITs. There were some positive qualities in Linus which I want to highlight. I will miss him and his positivity and will keep him and his family (sisters and brothers) in my prayers. This man wore crumpled half sleeved loose shirts, sported unkempt hair, wore chappals and overdressed with sandals. Bomb outside the door goes off. From 1992, he worked as an independent consultant providing welding procedures and qualification of procedures for new and exotic materials used in construction and fabrication of pressure vessels with various engineering industries. God Rest His Soul. I will always remember fondly the times we spent together.From Udai GuptaRajan was a fellow denizen of Hostel 2/4th wing and a classmate in EE; always a fun guy to be with.From Vikram ModakA brilliant mind lost.I used to interact with him frequently as our names were next to each other in the EE Class alphabetical list.From Ramesh KarnaniRajan was the first or second person I met when I moved into Hostel 2, 4th wing, ground floor on that rainy morning in 1969.From Chinya RaviI have very fond memories of him. My first memories of Noorjehan are of a stunningly beautiful, utterly vivacious denizen of the Ladies Hostel, ever full of bounce and vigour. ), Chairman, Board of Governors, IIT Bombay from 1997 to 2003. The immense respect he gained for his objective, irreverent journalism got reflected in the form of tributes and condolences. May God grant eternal peace to the departed soul and energy to his family to overcome the circumstances. I know how much IIT Bombay tried to help him. He was an Origami expert and was excellent at calligraphy. Ajit was the youngest of 5 siblings- 4 brothers and 1 sister.Ajit and Sulabha (maiden surname Kotwal) were a happy family-elder daughter Sujata, son-in-law Mayuresh Vaidya and grand-daughter Ariana settled in Vile Parle and younger son Satyajit working and living in Dubai. Mohan used to help me unconditionally and with ease in every difficulty, I faced at IIT. From ArunTolaniMy memories of Raj are mainly from Hostel 2 and our EE class. His father Trimbak was a civil engineer, and his mother Usha, a social worker. There may be more but among those, I was in touch with among IITB69ers (H3 and EE) there were four (SRane, Albert M, Sudhakar S and Mohan who were Konkani speaking. Tech (1971) and Ph.D. degrees in Metallurgy from Indian Institute of Technology Bombay. About Who Can Participate? Cloudflare Ray ID: 7a180f8d7e2dc45c Since Linus did not have email facility, he would post his worksheets to me which I would scan and email to Urban. It often happens that after leaving IIT-B in 1971, we are not able to meet all of our IIT friends for whatever reason. - Anil AggarwalSad. The person who walked amongst us was more than a gentleman. As we got introduced to other Hostel mates, we stuck together night and day due to the fear of ragging. Afternoon workshops yielded mercilessly to Tutorials and Engineering Drawings and Practicals as the years went by. A brilliant Keralite student from a simple Jamnagar (Gujarat) family, Georgie had come through on an IIT Merit Scholarship. In every class that I attended right from Montessori, all of High School at Robert Money Technical High School, all the way to first-year science and eventually Indian Institute of Technology Bombay IIT, he was my classmate till 1971 when we both graduated.He used to live in the building just behind mine in Mumbai where I lived near Chowpatty growing up. Dusys took him to IIM Calcutta to obtain a Management degree in Finance. His passing away for me is a personal loss of a friend, philosopher and guide.Pray God grants the departed soul eternal peace and liberation. Most other times we were only able to speak by phone. He joined Humphreys & Glassgow, Mumbai. His writings also exposed the societal truths which specifically demanded unwavering determination, strong will and iron guts, which all were indeed Nandas very own trademarks. Right from IIT days, I noticed he was keenly interested in tinkering with any day-to-day technical problem faced by his friends. Bhimsen Joshi and he was overjoyed! May his Atma attain Moksha, Om Shanti, and may his family be blessed with the strength to bear this sad loss - Bhuppy GurtuSorry to hear. He and Phyllis moved to Boston, where Ashok worked for various research and technology companies. CU CET Exam 2022, Foreign universities that accept NEET UG score, JAGSoM delays Placements Calendar to focus on Student-learning; Achieves 50% PPOs for 2023 Batch, Highest Package up at USD 103,000, IIM Amritsar MBA Placement 2023. The guitar playing. He came from a modest middle class family living in a small village Adivare near Rajapur in Konkan, Maharashtra. His teaching areas were in systems, computer modeling and simulation, process instrumentation, and control. He was the Ex-Vice President of the Birla group, Mr. Joshi was an excellent administrator and delivery manager. This included driving his granddaughter Saya to and from school every daya highlight of the day for both. Currently working as a Postdoc fellow in Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in tumor Immunology. in EE (Batch of 1992), he joined the ranks of budding entrepreneurs, industrialists and bankers at IIM-Calcutta for his MBA in Finance. Harshad and I first met when we were about 11 or 12. That helped us find out quickly what we needed to study harder. And then on D 7days came the stage when Sid and Rebecca announced their decision to get married. Login. He grew up in Kalyan and completed his primary schooling at the renowned Subhedarwada school in Kalyan. Kesav shifted gears from academics to serious TCS style proposal writing effortlessly. Tech Admission 2022, Top Deemed University in India. He leaves behind his wife and two sons. Ramamurthy had a quick wit and was fast on the banter. I was the GS of the Metallurgical Engg. This was Bijus second (unannounced) visit with me via that Air India freebee. A popular inmate of Hostel V, who would be remembered as a quiet but imposing person who made his presence felt in everything he did. Colleges with their emphasis on IT and Comp. Prof. Chaudhuri will assume charge as Director, IIT Bombay on April 15, 2019. He taught us to follow our dreams and be fearless in our intellectual ambitions. He always silently did the heavy lifting and did that willingly. I pray to the Almighty God for his blessed soul to rest in eternal peace. Pani remembers your golfing outings together so well too. Then in the fifth year Sid really socked it to us becoming one of the first in that year to gain acceptance to the MIT Sloan School. He is also survived by 11 nephews and nieces living in India, France, the UK, and the US; all his siblings having predeceased him. His quick wit at times turned into PJs which were promptly greeted with well deserved boos. He was simple but at the same time stylish. We from the Techfest team, came to know this gem of a person when he Managed Infrastructure in 2003. He never spent money unless absolutely needed and tried to manage within the scholarship that he used to receive. (Computer Science and Engineering), Co-founder and former Chief Executive Officer of, Joined with B.Tech. You can find me quite easily if you google my name or look for me on. He retired from there as Executive Director in 2009. Few Indians could get into those slim snazzy suits like Sid could. Squibb & Sons, which later became Bristol Myers Squibb, a global pharmaceutical company. , IIT Baombay 60th convocations Chief Guest Kumar Mangalam Birla Congratulated the graduating students and said, , IIT Bombay Convocation 2022: Over 2300 students received degrees. Saiteja Talluri. '71 MetE/MatSc; Ph.D '95 MetE/MatSc, H8/H1). He was admitted to a Home for Senior Citizens in Vasai, where he was undergoing physiotherapy until his final days. Vivek Gopal Bhandari passed away on May 14, 2022 in Mumbai. 2515 students were awarded the degrees on successful completion of their academic programmes. I am currently a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Institute for Glycomics at Griffith University, Gold Coast. Mr. Deodhar later took over Sterling Insulation Co. Pvt. - SreeramVery sad to learn about the sudden demise of dear Diwan. In his 2 acre farm, he built everything himself with the help of friends like us, Gaurishankar being one. He projected a quiet confidence during his discussions and debates with others. In this period some of the 1972 batch guys were really involved like Shenoy, Ramamurthy and the late Sundareshan (1970 Met). Along with another batch mate R.Jayaram, we all grew up at Sion in Bombay and have been very close all these years. After graduating from IITB, Vinayak worked as a Project Manager to build multi-million dollar plants, fully automatic plants manufacturing detergents to pharmaceuticals. His other passion was his Shirt Company. Academics at IIT Kanpur: Orientation for New Faculty; Guide for Creating E-resources for Lecture Content; Lecture Series: Transitioning to Remote Teaching; Conduct of Courses (2020-21-1) Online Grade Submission; Moodle; extra-menu-dont-unpublish; . Now you need to reinforce and retain human empathy. In one of the e-mails he mentioned that he was undergoing chemotherapy. Apart from all his qualities listed above, he was a lover of Sanskrit language. An analytical mind, Kandy was superb at analyzing people. May God give them the Strength to bear this irreparable loss. The students have experienced with a remarkable stoicism all three phases of life in the campus: pre-covid ambiance, extreme hardship due to pandemic and then the post-pandemic opportune moments that the campus provides.". Never content with the status quoante, Noor then decided to undertake further studies in the USA, culminating in her taking an MS in Computer Science from New York Polytech, New York City, in 1978. He was deeply involved with the Hindu Council of New Zealand and took a lead role in organising social services and functions to serve the community as well as strengthening bonds between communities. Linus was in touch with me personally since 1990, even worked in my office for a few months in engineering design. The farmhouse he built is full of technology titbits. He was our classmate who also gifted our IIT community with his tabla playing. Yogesh received his B. IITBAA Hyderabad Chapter lost a colleague, a friend, a mentor, and its best sounding board to cruel fate.I hope wherever he is now, AK, is busy charting out his next course of action to help the poor and needy. In 1983, he immigrated to the US with his family and settled in New Jersey. We lost a very rare gem and my heart sinks with gloom and my eyes filled with tears while writing this piece. The premise of this song that you don't know what you've got till it's gone, exactly described how we all felt. He joined Bristlecone in 2019. Om shanthi!. Fifty years' gap has not dimmed my memories of Linus. and Hostel 4. He developed global and country-specific models for the evaluation of costs and climate mitigation potential options in California, India, China, Brazil and other major developing countries. Krish was a mechanical engineer, very sober, very soft-spoken, wise and intelligent, an overall gentleman and a noble soul. I also remember going to Bangalore with Ganesh to attend the marriage of Ram Athreyas daughter. He was also a Bombay and National Talent Scholar, winning prestigious scholarships in highly competitive exams. Your love for life, challenges included, or shall we say challenges wanted, was time and again noticed, admired and just so contagious and inspiring. He would ring me to remind me that it is Sharad Sarafs birthday today or some other alumnus birthday. Mohan told me and Arun too that he changed from being shy or silent (I wouldn't call it exactly an introvert) to open after our 2015 reunion and he gave all the credit for this change to Arun J. Thats how the great scheme of combined study evolved. Yogesh Popat suddenly passed away on February 16, 2021 of natural causes. Through training and competition, teams challenge each other to raise the bar on the possible. Both Krishnan and I had the gumption to quit soon enough, while Dilip Karandikar and Avinash Kulkarni from the Class of 1967 and Shailesh Kapadia from a later batch proceeded to win inter-IIT gymnastics competitions. He wanted me to collate voluminous data and translate them into meaningful graphs. Not only did I often meet his family in Santacruz in the 60s but also visited his Vashi bungalow once with my wife as well. But not now. Satish Jashwantlal Desai passed away on January 15, 2021, taking a well-deserved final rest after a lifetime of looking out for others. Answer (1 of 7): I came across this question on Quora recently. Here is mine! Pally (along with Mohan) were great at Drafting - many of us admired their skills during the freshman year. You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked. List of Medal recipient Convocation Letter, Schedule. This year, 35 research scholars have been selected for the award of Naik and Rastogi award for Excellence in PhD Thesis for the year 2020-22. Two of us went to the airport and came back too in that scooter! In my many conversations with him he would often quote biblical passages to buttress his view points. Apply For PhD Applications, IIT Delhi Gets New Director. Shivkumar Sharma and Pt. He is survived by his wife Girshmi and his 16-year-old daughter Anura, and fondly remembered by a very large circle of friends and colleagues. Kesavs deep knowledge of how to construct software, transform it, preserve its intermediate States, prove correctness, software reliability, formalism of programming languages, the concept of a machine behind an application was a vast canvas on which one could walk any path to anywhere starting from anywhere and learn. Sid won many friends, counted many victims of his grapes of wrath for leading a wrong card and honed his bidding skills playing in different hostels and with different partners. He was also an amateur photographer with many followers on social media. Very sorry to hear this. Serendipity was discernible in this journey. Born in 1946 Sid completed his schooling in St. Germains, Bangalore, before doing a short stint at Elphinstone College, Bombay. Now recalling those young beautiful days - its easy to see you strolling down to the mess, that wide stride and irresistible grin. He took up learning violin in Detroit from concert-level artists. Gold Medal Arnab Kumar Dey . in Wing B, Hostel 8 was 139 and mine was 137. He later received a PhD from the University of California Irvine. Internal Links. I didn't think I was hiding. He went on to be a research scientist at the Institute for Polymers and Organic Solids at the University of California, Santa Barbara, where he discovered the first water-soluble conducting polymers and synthesized novel self-doped conducting polymers with Professors Fred Wudl and Alan Heeger (2000 Nobel Prize in Chemistry). - Milind Patankar, Ramamurthy had come to our batch when we went into 2nd year. Finally he was Head of L&T Valdel at Bangalore office. Step 4: Fill out the captcha and answer the math . The only person to whom I could talk freely about it was Dilip and he was an amazingly good listener. Convey my condolences to his bereaved family. He was a member of the Planning Commission. No mention of Tiwari can be complete without the name of Pujya, his very brave wife, who was his constant companion. My last meeting with Dilip and Veena was in 2017, when he asked me to stay at his house one evening. I am not sure if any other batchmate knew those things either. Mr. Sadanand Yadwadkar, another IIT batchmate, came from Mumbai and joined us at the S.P. As he stayed in Baroda, we hardly met after IIT though we were in touch on phone and mail. His colleagues, batchmates and friends describe him as A person whod make your problems his own, and be there for you any time of the day. Verma was highly appreciative and had very high regards for Prof. N.R. Deepest sympathies to the Diwan family. You had this ridiculous bounce in your step as if you were going to leap a foot into the air every time. Having lived in Hostel 4 at IIT Powai for five years while pursuing a degree in Chemical Engineering as a classmate of Linus, I knew him as a brilliant student, simple, gentle, hardworking, intelligent, and a noble and kind-hearted soul. Wish we had met you at the IIT reunion. While visiting my brother or me he could be found chatting for hours with some mate of his that he hadnt spoken to in 40+ years. The Chemical Research Society of India (CRSI) was established in 1999 as part of the 50th anniversary celebrations of the country's independence. Milind Wakdikar, Scientist-G & Advisor to Ministry of Earth Sciences, passed away in Delhi on 19th May 2021. Om Shanti. Shekhar Kulkarni was a great person - I am stating some interactions with him in his last days. Mr.HarshadAmratlal Bhinde of Hostel No.8 had settled in Ahmedabad about 4 years back, after retirement along with his wife. He was a man of integrity, always cared for his family and everyone around him, and worked for the society and above all, never forgot his rural roots. He used to praise my family a lot. All through this period, he never talked much about his engineering achievements and never had any airs about himself. The spirit of service was always prevalent in all aspects of his life. We played Table-Tennis (Ping Pong) at the same club in Sion and were in touch for a few years. May his beautiful soul rest in peace! Post IIT, did MBA from Bajaj specializing in Finance and had an excellent career with Great Eastern Shipping, L&T and a long inning as MD of ITCOT Consultancy, Chennai. Since Avinash Kulkarni was my roommate during the first year, we became good friends pretty soon. And thank you, Velu, for all the trips! Your IP: Services, IBI Chematur, SNC Lavalin and Shiva Engg. He often talked about Bhagavad Gita (his favourite subject ). NEW DELHI: India secured one gold, one silver and three bronze medals in the sixty-second International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) 2021 organised from St. Petersburg, Russia.Pranjal Srivastava from Bengaluru, aged 15, won gold this year becoming the first Indian to win the gold medal twice. I went to the U.S.A. to pursue higher education in August 1971 and he came on his scooter to send me off that night. Increased BJP vote Share from 0.35% to 35% in 10 years. Amit texted some of us to write a few words about you for the IITB Newsletter under the Obit section. (12 hr./wk, 2010-2014) . Rest in peace, dear friend Linus. Linus Anthony D'Souza, who was the silver medalist of the 1971 batch of engineering students of IIT Bombay, passed away on 20th September 2022. Unfortunately, I did not get a chance to interact with him much all these years. IIT-B students' magazine, Insight, has pulled out old editions that covered two agitations. Over 2100 get degrees. 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