An exceptional student, Swati always topped her class right from her school days. It was during his work at Ganesh Benzoplast that he had significant exposure to energy conservation and performed a number of factory audits to improve energy efficiency. Noor did not, however, join the family business. Coming from a humble background, he was simplicity personified. On returning home from a business trip to San Francisco, Georgie suffered a massive coronary incident that interrupted blood flow to his brain long enough to render him comatose.And thus he remained, for nearly 20 years, nursed at home with unswerving devotion and tender care by Helena, true to their marriage vows, until death parted them at 2:30 pm that terrible Friday a week before Valentines Day.While Ravi holds his own, Sruthi (who herself took a Ph.D. and is an academic at the University of Portland) married Michael Rosenfluth; they have a beautiful daughter.Nandita and I spent half a day with Helena and the recumbent Georgie last July in their lovely home in Portland, in the presence of the whole family. Like Harshad Bhinde, I have a faint feeling that he lived in Sion near SIES college and all Sion wallahs have a different bonding. Tuition fees at IIT for the current academic year are Rs. In my mind, I imagined the couple being able to eat guacamole to their heart's content. Dilip did very well academically and achieved very good marks in all the subjects. Listening to Thiruda Thiruda songs on your music system - it felt like one was in the lap of luxury. Sushil Bijawargi (Biju) visited us regularly when I was working with Lloyds Steel Ind. My deepest condolences. May the soul rest in peace and tranquillity. In recent years he was associated with Logistics Skill Council as Program Director. Kamte was a mischievous but a lovable friend. We got dinner on the house that evening! He opted for Aeronautical Engineering. Never made fun of anyone. Yogesh contributed to the society, like his father, by spending time for an NGO Library offering free services to the poor in form of books, notebooks and a place to study. At the end of 5 years, I remember we shared the kali peeli taxi to bring all our belongings from a hostel room in Powai to homes in Sion, Matunga as I had moved to Matunga by then where I continue to live. Born in 1946 Sid completed his schooling in St. Germains, Bangalore, before doing a short stint at Elphinstone College, Bombay. Dr. (Prof.) Rangan Banerjee, Suicide drives IIT B to draw up lighter curriculum to cut stress, JEE Advanced 2023: Cut-offs Trends for CSE at IIT Bombay, IIT Hyderabad introduced B Tech in Biotechnology and Bioinformatics. If I remember correctly that was the only school that offered him financial assistance. His lab partner at IIT, Niranjan Pardasani, remembers him as, a model of absolute honesty, simplicity and straightforwardness! So, in the linguistic sense, Mohan was the closest I had. He was a qualified IWE (International Welding Engineer) by the International Institute of Welding and later became a faculty for qualifying younger engineers as well. He will always be remembered as a helpful colleague, a thorough gentleman and a sincere friend. ~~Ramesh Kumar Punjabi. His focus area was welding technology and he was instrumental in driving the initiative of developing highly-trained young welders. This button displays the currently selected search type. He was a dutiful son, passing up the opportunity to settle in the United States just so he could be with his parents, over whom he constantly fretted. Nandita and I were very glad to have spent those few hours with our dear friend, even though he did not exchange a word with us.Val George Mathews. As part of a socialist teachers' group, she participated in University-level movements, being elected Vice-President of the BHU Teachers Association. His college education was also partly in Jodhpur where he was a student of Jaswant College. No mention of Tiwari can be complete without the name of Pujya, his very brave wife, who was his constant companion. You two inside trying to study for exams and BOOM! He was a Member of Parliament from 1990-1996. He allegedly killed himself at 4.30 am. He would always inquire about my mother. While this world has lost a star, the firmament above has gained a superstar, which will be shining brightly and permanently on his family and friends on earth. Hats off to this amazing crusader of the poor and marginal sections of society!We have lost a true gem. He was a proud organizer of his sons Brahmopadesham and of family vacations. We travelled during weekends to Ahura Bakery Stores, Andheri to negotiate best bargains for cakes and pastries and to Joy Ice Cream office in Worli to convince them to install the first Softee Ice Cream machine in the Campus. He was an effortless achiever and had mastered the knack of commanding success with minimal effort. Om Shanti. This hobby made him popular in college as he took interest in playing as an accompaniment to budding singers and instrumentalists. Phone: 022 2576 7771. You will be missed sorely. Shankar Dayal Sharma Gold Medal. 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; . She was instrumental in our recovery from that life-threatening illness. Classical Music, hikes to Matheran or elsewhere, travelling out of town on various occasions, someone you took for granted as one of the group.There were times we met every day, I remember dissecting the Bofors scam based on daily developments coming on TV or Evening News . During his last stint in Gujarat, to relax he took to learning harmonium as well as singing. The action you just performed triggered the security solution. 4 time Chief Minister of Goa and 6 times MLA from Panjim constituency. He also worked briefly with the IITB Alumni Association. His patient support made him a central hub of many family circles. (Computer Science & Engineering), Chair of the Department of Energy, Environmental and Chemical Engineering at, Virendra Gupta, founder at VerSe Innovation, This page was last edited on 1 March 2023, at 04:32. B Tech Admission 2022, Central University in India. In the summer of 1990, a young man who had just finished his second year of college visited his old coaching school, the Multi-Purpose Academy of Mumbai. Verma was a very hardworking, honest and dedicated engineer. He has a few papers to his credit published in international journals where he has written about his pioneering work in the field. Meet Ravish Tiwari. For where you are is what matters most to us. Since 1990, he was a Coordinating Lead author of twelve publications of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and was among the recipients of the 2007 IPCC Nobel Peace Prize. I just woke up (in Canada) to the sad news. Kesav shifted gears from academics to serious TCS style proposal writing effortlessly. He was Senior Scientist and Strategic Advisor and Founder of the International Energy Studies Group at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, where he worked from 1974 to 2014. Apart from JEE Advanced, students can also study at IITs by cracking GATE, CAT, CSIR NET, JAM, HSCEE, AAT among other entrances. Brian stayed true to his profession of Civil Engineering, the basics of which he had learnt at IITB. Raigad) to manage the plant there for Amal Rasayan Pvt. He worked with BARC until he decided to pursue Ph.D. and was extremely happy to have completed Ph.D. in his late 40s. The problem was ------who would do the dishes!!!!! Till date, I cannot eat chikkiwithout thinking of Kesav. So sad to learn about Harshad. Tech., ME. In all, Nanda authored 22Marathibooks, and additionally, translated 6 English books into Marathi. Buddy, I will run the project consulting part and you do your strategy consulting. 28 Feb 2023 09:30:04 As Shailesh Gandhi says, the man had the ready wit coupled with wisdom. His honesty, dedication and hard work were unbeatable. He continued to St Xavier's College, Mumbai and then did Chemical Engineering from IIT Bombay - passed out in 1970. AK has worked with marquee organizations in senior leadership roles and has contributed immensely to the executive education industry. Your love for life, challenges included, or shall we say challenges wanted, was time and again noticed, admired and just so contagious and inspiring. My interaction with him started in 1970 when he requested my help in assisting with his B.Tech project. I remember the walks back to hostel with him as well as the gupshup on the first floor lobby of Met Engg Dept during the lecture breaks (although we may have been in different class? ) Subsequently, he started his own consultancy company for setting up very economically viable small chemical plants in and around Delhi area. All these years that we have had known Shankar, the impression we had carried was, a great intellectual solving crossword puzzles and a person who read a lot. We will cherish Ganesh's memory for a long time to come. For Krishnan, teaching was a lifelong passion and helping students to achieve more than their own expectations was a lifelong mission. Possessed with a sharp intellect, Dusy would always think much deeper than most of us about lifes problems big and small; yet he would participate in our typical college activities with amused indulgence. Tech (1971) and Ph.D. degrees in Metallurgy from Indian Institute of Technology Bombay. He did a lot of grassroot level work as a BJP man. Shrikant was also one of the scholarship recipients for a two year specialization internship at Philips Netherlands in 1972. My father Satish Bapat passed away on 16 November 2020 at the Jupiter Hospital in Thane after an almost 3-month long battle with the Coronavirus. 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. We miss you Kesav. Vivek Gopal Bhandari passed away on May 14, 2022 in Mumbai. He won himself two round-trip tickets on Air India at that, to anywhere they flew (he chose to travel to the US, of course, in two separate trips). SN came across as an intelligent, multi-faceted person (tabla-playing comes to mind), who beautifully blended his talents, with pleasantness & fun. The person who was our dear friend was more than a thorough gentleman. Biju remained a bachelor until 2000 when he got married in a 15-minute evening ceremony on the terrace of Hotel Natraj, Marine Drive to his girlfriend from Delhi. As we got introduced to other Hostel mates, we stuck together night and day due to the fear of ragging. We concluded that he had, not surprisingly, developed a photographic memory, because of the vast repertoire and library of musical scores, melodies and arrangements which he carried around in his head. May his soul rest in peace. In fact, I could write here many things about Linus. The 'Institute Gold Medal (2020-21)' was awarded to Koustav Jana, a (dual degree) student from the Department of Electrical Engineering, the 'Institute Gold Medal (2021-22)' was awarded to Aryaman Maithani, a (BS) student from the Department of Mathematics, and the 'Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma Gold Medal' was conferred on Shreya Pathak, a (BTech) Travelled extensively carrying a briefcase holding one shirt, one pen and 2 notes of Rs 500. He also was a bulwark for his extended family, helping all those who needed his support, time and time again. He could be found deep in discussion about soccer teams in the English Premier League with kids young enough to be his grandkids and rattling off stats to support his argument of how Liverpool was better than Chelsea! Services, IBI Chematur, SNC Lavalin and Shiva Engg. Pic:ANI New Delhi/Mumbai. Only on the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras campus.. Sign of peaceful coexistence or better still, gainful coexistence.. Video credit: @Vamsi IITBAA lost its unsung hero. SDPs and Robust Satisfiability of Promise CSP Joshua Brakensiek, Venkatesan Guruswami, Sai Sandeep STOC 2023 ; Look Before, Before You Leap: Online Vector Load Balancing with Few Reassignments . She followed suit herself, marrying Satish Desai [an IIT Bombay alumnus himself,] in 1973, soon after I had married Nandita. Ravish was a true star, and stars don't just shine, they burn. Those days he was a bachelor and we married guys were envious of him since we were just able to balance our domestic budget with our modest salary. Chalekode was a victim of Parkinson's for the last few years and suffered from dementia too in recent times.Chalekode studied in SIES High School, Mumbai from 1st to 11th std - passed out in 1964. This sheer willpower is something he exemplified throughout his life's journey. About Who Can Participate? Internal Links. He had not been keeping good health for the last one year but took on the task of designing and procuring a memento for our Golden Jubilee Reunion on 19th January 2019. But somehow it was not happening. He either quickly found you uninteresting, or unyielding to his wisdom -- perhaps you were judgmental of his quirks -- and then snubbed and dropped you. That was the first instance of realizing what cooperative team effort can achieve. '72 Chem H4)[AKA Shankar, Shanky]. "I remember that day very well, 3rd July 1978. We will always miss Ajits smiling face and physical company. Apart from excelling at academics, he had a number of hobbies, one of which was singing popular songs of the time. He developed new plans for Permacel division of J&J in Andheri. We went through a tumultuous and chaotic time together, as there was a strike by the mess workers, putting us all in a stressful situation if the next meal was going to get prepared or not. Director's Gold Medal Ms. Aashi Agarwal, B.Tech. Victor Menezes! President of India Gold Medal : It is given to the student of BS/B.Tech (with Honours) or B.Tech+M.Tech Dual Degree with the highest CPI. Basically, he wanted to send some group to our academy, to see how we function, and this group was a co-op. I wondered how most of them knew Kandy and his popularity was undeniable. His brother fondly remembers that as a kid Ravish wanted to become PM of India, and in school he had made plans to achieve that position in 2028. After many decades in California, he moved to Austin in 2019. Thanks for checking, I assured the policeman and sent him away. Very sorry to hear about the sad demise of Linus D'Souza. He was complaining of acidity, lack of appetite etc and told me that he had visited a Doctor. A veritable Bhandar of virtues - humble, generous, and down to earth, who believed in forgiving mistakes. Subhash Kamte died of a cardiac arrest on the 18th February 2019 at Kolhapur. At TIFR, he continued his studies on cosmic rays by integrating himself with existing research groups. What do you call such a person, if not a Genius at anything he touched, with a suspected IQ upwards of 150. On the way back over heartbreak hill, we would be filled with josh for how we would train to participate in the next years marathon if only for some portion of the 26 miles 485 yards. I remember he went on a shopping spree purchasing CDs for me so I could experience the wonder the way he did! On Dec 19, 2020, Ajitkumar Madhav Dusankar bid us adieu and breathed his last. Also great sense of humor. He designed and constructed the structure by himself. His survivors include his wife Phyllis and cousin Anant Yardi, among many other family members. RIP, No words. In corporate life, Yogi was known for his problem-solving skills and creative solutions.He is survived by Rashmi, his wife, and two sons, Nishant and Siddharth. It often happens that after leaving IIT-B in 1971, we are not able to meet all of our IIT friends for whatever reason. Still remember one of the best jugalbandis we heard between him and Pradeep Buch who was on the flute. Velu passed away on 19th September 2022. May he rest in peace. I was deeply saddened to hear that Shivshankar Nayampally has passed away. Bajrang Punia: He won a bronze medal in the 65kg category in wrestling. His classmates remember Dusy as a brilliant student a crackoo whose notes benefitted many during exams. May her soul rest in Eternal Peace. '71, ME; H4). Born in a lower middle-class family in Gujarat, he was the youngest of five brothers and a sister. After passing out from IITB, he joined EXIM Bank and rose to become Senior Manager in a short time. Indian Institute of Technology Bombay Powai, Mumbai 400076. Gold Medal Aditya Vikram Singh . We will wait while you check. It was Biju! 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It was on the top of his mind even when his dealing with subjects that were not even remotely connected to the world of politics, Prof Ajit Kulkarni recalls. After graduation he told me he was joining Caltech for further studies. I am not going to bid him goodbye as goodbye implies death as a finality which I find difficult to accept. With Rebecca by his side he fought the disorder for a record 32 years! Email: office.bio[at]iitb.ac.in. This he said in 1968. He did turn his head toward my voice as a memory seemed to stir within him. I have first-hand experience of how dear social service was to his heart. Switched on and switched off lights and AC in his office. Ganesh was a man with wit, wisdom and warmth. Ashok Kumar D. Parekh was a very quiet, intelligent, self-aware student in the 1968 ME batch at IITB and stayed in Hostel 5 between 1963 and 1968. The flat in Versova that she and Satish lived in after their marriage became a picnic spot for us, until they left for the US. I still remember a Six over the bowlers head he hit off a Pacer (from Elect Dept) in the interdepartmental match since he narrated the background behind that shot to me although I was watching him hit it!Those were the days after graduation when telephones were scarce. Wish we had met you at the IIT reunion. A Matunga, Mumbai native, he loved to breakfast at Cafe Madras. Last I met him was in Goa. There are very few people who effortlessly amalgamate science, engineering, art and business. In 1975 he earned a Post Graduate Diploma in Operations Management from the Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies. ~~As reported by Rajiv's friendArun Bhambhra. Your feedback has been submitted. Any amount of coaxing him by my mother to eat fresh homemadechapatis would not budge him because he wanted to do justice to the food given by his mother/wife. It is also unfortunate that my nephew (my brothers son Rishabh born on August 23, 2020) will never experience the joy of his company. I came to know more about him when we joined IIT together, in the same hostel, and shared the same floor in Hostel 5. He was dignity personified. She then transitioned successfully from a full-time staff position to working as a Contractor, to give herself time to look after her ailing mother. I had joined a new job at Tata Consulting Engineers what caught my attention was his disarming mischievous smile. I recall he would tell us often regarding his problem with what he liked to call surplus cash, saying he did not know what to do with it. I came to know those much later. Condolence Messages from Classmates and Friends, M. N. Ramamurthy joined with my batch in 1966 in Met Engg department and was a cohabitant of H6. According to the police, the deceased, was a 26-year-old master's student in his second year of the programme. His death at the height of his powers takes the wind out of his family and friends. He was a quiet and gentle friend who always insisted on good practice and was an outstanding tabalchi. Bhopinder was a thorough gentleman, always smiling, soft-spoken, humble, affable and a complete family man. One of those things was that every morning he read Jnaneshvari, a highly revered late 13th century commentary written by Saint Jnaneshvara in Marathi on the Sanskrit religious text Bhagawad Geeta. Being away from Mumbai, I left touch with the batchmates . I am a final year undergraduate pursuing a major (with honors) in Computer Science and Engineering and a minor in Electrical Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay . He joined i2 technologies in 1996 and was with Hyperion/Oracle for a few years. Pular para contedo principal LinkedIn. 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. - SreeramVery sad to learn about the sudden demise of dear Diwan. Convey my condolences to his bereaved family. The spirit of service was always prevalent in all aspects of his life. He was cared for by his loving wife Kalpana, son Kiran, daughter Meera, son-in-law Scott Feldman, and faithful dog Reina. MBA Application Open, IIT Bombay Placements 2023: 25 students get CTC over 1 Cr, ISB Hyderabad Admission 2023. AK at once made me feel comfortable and at no point in time during our first interaction did he allow his seniority or his professional accomplishments overshadow my shine, my time. He would often push business opportunities that came his way to me. His other passion was his Shirt Company. You would have cried and laughed. Uday immigrated to the US in 1970, received his MBA from the University of Pittsburgh, and subsequently became a US Citizen. Bezos used this Framework to start Amazon and quit his job at DE Shaw, and we do know how it My deepest condolences to Kedars family. I knew him as a Classmate in Chemical Engineering. His research interests were mainly in modeling and statistical analysis of biological systems. Thats how I remember him from mid-2011 when I last met him in Pune. Besides exceptional professional achievement, here was a warm-hearted, genuine and simple person. Very soon friendship consolidated among us including Sunil Navare, Ajit Tipnis, Kedar Diwan, Telang, Joglekar, and myself. There he joined E.R. May his soul rest in peace. Together we had a good time growing up at IIT, the golden years of our education. The convocation was held in physical mode and Kumar Mangalam Birla, Chairman, Aditya Birla Group attended the IIT Bombay 60th convocation as chief guest. After retirement he had undertaken the work of helping injured armed force personnel to settle down in life. Engg., Civil Engg. Two more of our IIT Powai batchmates, Mr. Sharad Nandurdikar and S. Pancharatnam (Pancha), and Pancha's brother S. Santosh who went into medicine, had also joined us the same time. With Kesav, Philosophy was the fifth dimension. Acquired a 2 bedroom flat 5 years ago, for which, instalments are still being paid. May his soul rest in peace. Brian also visited the hockey field occasionally to join in the sports fun. After Noor passed, he moved to the Washington, DC area to help take care of his grandchildren for two-plus years. Gold Medal Arnab Kumar Dey . Sometimes, he would repeat the same talk he had with me the previous day. best european basketball players 2022 / ryanair arrivals birmingham / ryanair arrivals birmingham '74 MEMS H5). In the late Sixties, it was the tallest building under construction in Mumbai. He would hum some songs softly, and I had no inkling of his immense talent which unfolded later on. He founded two organizations School of Applied Research (SAR) for working on rural development projects and Applied Research in Engg. Yogesh was a doting father, teaching his girls everything from Mathematics and Physics to principles of grit and tenacity. I pray to the Almighty to make his soul rest in peace. Swati touched my life deeply, at a personal level. Linus was in touch with me personally since 1990, even worked in my office for a few months in engineering design. 1000 + Students Benefited. I remember an incident when we were in Bangalore for a CDAC partner conference. He used to actively participate in organising our get-togethers and was always connecting the batch with some friends, who nobody else was in touch with. Hi Everyone, Hiring Marketing Head for leading Consumer Goods Location: Mumbai & Bangalore CTC: Upto 20 LPA Product: Consumer Goods Notice: MAX 30 I was in H3, and he was in H4. Stood in queues at airports. He was always smiling and very mixing and helpful also. We were friends on FB but he was not as active on FB so our interaction was occasional. Adventurous and persevering, he was always fun to be around. He will be missed by family and friends. ), Chairman, Board of Governors, IIT Bombay from 1997 to 2003. Whilst working in a sugar mill in Maharashtra, he met Prof. Kamath on many occasions to seek his advice on various engineering issues. He fought the good fight to the very end and ran the race to its finishing line. That provided a spark and incentive for many others to aspire successfully to reputed Schools of Management in the US and other countries. Oh, I have no doubt he aced the then-JEE to get in, but then he proceeded to tune out and alienate, not unknowingly, just about everyone whom he connected with, from teachers, to hostel-mates, to the institute registrar (I am told) for refusing in his 3rd year, to let Biju move forward with his classmates until his original batchmates had all graduated years ahead of him, by May 1971. This website follows the DNPA Code of Ethics Copyright NDTV Convergence Limited 2023. He joined Bristlecone in 2019. 198.211.109.39 Sids prowess in contract bridge became the standard for many rather than the marks sheet at the end of each term. Ltd., a chemical company, in Miraj. We often used to meet during our evening walks prior to lockdown days when he was charging on the road like a Vijaynta Tank with full bursts of energy and his target was to reach heavy perspiration! He was the life of the party - his dynamic public speaking kept audiences engaged at every event.He lived an exciting life and was a dedicated father and husband, as well as a beloved friend to many. In his passing away, the Nation has lost one of her most gifted scientists and administrators. I knew Linus both as a student in IIT and literally my next-door neighbour in Bandra. H4). She retired from BHU in 2013 as Associate Professor. Softee became a big attraction, whereas the availability of cakes and pastries was a good change for those who were not satisfied with the monotonous menus of the Hostel Mess. He did his schooling at Nutan Marathi High School and New English High School, Pune. His gentle smile, open heart free of prejudice made his good-heartedness shine through. I was in touch with Francis Engg College in Borivali. She has completed her Ph.D. in Biotechnology from the prestigious IIT-Bombay. I am extremely sorry a warm-hearted good friend met his end. (File photo/PTI) A student of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay allegedly died by suicide on campus early Monday morning. Linus used to know my grandkids by their names. I can still imagine his smiling face. Biju had been hospitalized few days earlier, was in the ICU, and had been drifting in and out of a coma. 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. Engg. Dusy, as we fondly called him, is survived by his wife Sangeeta, son Yash, mother Pramila, younger siblings Sunil and Leena and their spouses and children. He did his B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering from IITB in 1967 and was awarded the Distinguished Alumnus Award in 2002. We had hoped for the best. We were a trio - PV Bala, also a classmate & schoolmate, and we were together on the same floor, and we had the best of our times in a world-class institution. He took up learning violin in Detroit from concert-level artists. I pray that the God gives courage to his family to bear the loss and that his atma attainsmukti. Apply For PhD Applications, IIT Delhi Gets New Director. When Sudarshan used to come from Australia for his usual Annual visit, we always stayed at this farmhouse and enjoyed his hospitality. 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