Not to marginalize his Engineering and Literary contributions, what was even more impressive to those who knew him well was his humility, a virtue that appears to be in short supply in the current world fret with chest thumping folks egged-on and/or created by marketing gurus. I am not sure if any other batchmate knew those things either. They will miss his ever-smiling face and friendly disposition, which have left an indelible and unforgettable mark in their lives. I knew Linus both as a student in IIT and literally my next-door neighbour in Bandra. The hotel Manager was mighty impressed. Kesav shifted gears from academics to serious TCS style proposal writing effortlessly. His passion for questions that go to the heart of politics and society made him switch to social sciences. In one of the e-mails he mentioned that he was undergoing chemotherapy. 15 years ago, following an intensive Internet search, I re-established contact with Didi through the good offices of Jyotirmoy Sarkar, Webmaster at BHU. So sad to learn about Harshad. - Reminiscences by IITB67 friends from Hostels 4 & 5. Whenever I came to India, we made it a point to meet. Welcome To The New Director Of IIT Bombay Prof. Subhasis Chaudhuri . As a result of his IIT training, he proudly did hands-on projects around the house. Was it a surprise that he was on the state merit list at the SSC Board and high ranking at IIT JEE?Modesty had been a hallmark of his personality right through his career and life. You will always be in my heart. Rest in as much peace after death as you lived in life. In recent years he was associated with Logistics Skill Council as Program Director. AK was on our faculty panel and was introduced to me by my colleague. The next week he called me from his hospital to tell me that he was admitted for a check-up. He is survived by his wife and two sons. May God give them the Strength to bear this irreparable loss. He worked with BARC until he decided to pursue Ph.D. and was extremely happy to have completed Ph.D. in his late 40s. Their contact details are below if you would like to reach out. I had tried to visit his house a few times during my official visits to Bengaluru. More importantly, his pleasing personality and magnetism allowed Kandy to develop deep friendships with one and all. I felt thrilled because I was able to drive them from Buffalo airport to Niagara Falls one afternoon and back to Buffalo airport the next day. He was always ready to help out his colleagues and did so in such an unassuming manner that you never felt being in his shadow but rather being under his wing. He told me, that his assistant is taking care of all the arrangements, then. We also developed good ties with seniors like Nadkarni group and Paradkar group. 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. During his Konkan Railway days, he used to visit VJTI for doing/supervising tests in the Lab. Dilip came back to Pune and I was delighted to find him once again in my class in the local S.P. He did a lot of grassroot level work as a BJP man. Technical. Urban De Souza, 1987 Metallurgical, Hostel 6. He really enjoyed reconnecting with his wingmates at the '68 batch 50th year celebration in Williamsburg, Virginia in 2018. He worked for Honeywell for 20 years and then for Motorola and Continental Tires till he retired in April 2014. At the breakfast table, mats were made of thick paper. Krish held many senior corporate positions, including directorships, and was the MD of ITCOT, Chennai for many years. Over the past few years, Dusy had relinquished his thriving career and settled in Pune to pursue his deeper interests a passion in pure maths, and coaching and mentoring young students. Step by step he tweaked, twisted, and realigned its parts to cajole it into performing as it should a triumph that let him play his favourite 33-1/3rpm records to his hearts content.Upon graduating, he began his career as a Mechanical Engineer with the International Tractor Company of India, a Mahindra operation in Kandivli, Bombay. He will be missed dearly.From Anil SaweThe most brilliant guy in our class - I still remember him going to classes without any books - even notebooks; simply absorbing everything orally & visually - simply amazing! Swati supported us warmly throughout our courtship, extending to us the hospitality of her wonderful elder brother Shanker Dutt in Colaba, South Bombay; Shanker "Dada" welcomed us into his family. Bhimsen Joshi and I was partial to Pt. But for some reason, I did not and have not ever spoken with the first three in Konkani. After IIT, besides being engaged in his profession, I noticed he advised his nephews who were running a factory manufacturing ball chain in Goregaon. I remember Shiva and Pradeep Buch in jugalbandi at Convo Hall. In recent years he had reconnected with a number of his classmates from Sanjeevan, Elphinstone and IIT. I was in touch with Francis Engg College in Borivali. twelve times twelve are hundred and forty-four)!" While in TCS, I met Kesav for the first time in 1984/85, before leaving for the US for business development. 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). My father used to appreciate him very much. I was fortunate enough to share a hotel room with him when we had our 40th-anniversary meeting in 2011. He went through a tragic and painful experience in the US. For SOF IEO, SOF NSO & SOF IMO, class one and class two exams are single level exams. Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur Jun 2010 - Jul 2010 2 months. At times, he guessed that I wanted something different than R&D just from the way I walked to his desk. Linus was a thorough gentleman. III. He wanted me to collate voluminous data and translate them into meaningful graphs. And that is what was special about Manohar, I thinkthat, at heart, he remained a simple honest soul to the very end and he did not let the trappings of power or the business of politics corrupt him, as it often does. Just to name a few, he was the Chairman of the Electronics Commission. He mastered playing the Indian percussion instrument, the tabla. He strongly believed in doing enough rehearsals to give a good performance. Last I met in Sudheer's house at Juhu he was pretty weak I couldnt bear it, yet he was cracking jokes at his own cost. There is an interesting quirk of fate that landed Brian into the Class of 1970, and it is related to his birth date 15th of October 1948. Quoting a few:Farewell Sir, you left us too soon. He was an active participant in Adex and another data engine as much as in any other compiler tool. What It Said, "Looks Like A Cafe": Railways Minister's Photo Of Station Stuns Internet, Conrad Sangma's Party Ahead In Meghalaya In Leads, Tight Race For No. Many of our friends have left lasting memories and Shiva is one among them. VOL. '71, ME; H4). Obituaries for alumni of the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, will be published on this website in honour of our departed friends and classmates. Sid was cremated in Bangalore and his ashes immersed in Chennai. I don't know, the kind of response he got. He was invited to deliver the GL Goswami Memorial lecture by the Indian Institute of Welding in 2015 at the annual welding symposium in Mumbai. ~~Kiran Deshpande (M.Tech. An exceptional student, Swati always topped her class right from her school days. ~~Malla Praveen Bhasa (Ph.D. '06 SJMSOM H1). As part of Alumni activities, he mentored several IIT students with his vast Industry experience.His last assignment was with All India Reporter Pvt Ltd. as a Consultant, enabling the Company to transform its marketing techniques and bring them into a digital age.Suresh is survived by his wife Bharati and son Sandeep. This was his last and memorable contribution to our batch: truly representative of his thirst for knowledge and intellectual search. Medals are gold /silver/ bronze coloured, as applicable. Biju would drop in regularly. He would take out his wallet and show the set of currency notes and ask Gary, what will I do with this much cash? Gold Medal in BSc Chemistry, St. Xavier's College, Kolkata -Institute Silver Medal in MSc Chemistry, IIT Bombay -Test Scores CSIR-NET 2015 Score: AIR 7 GATE-2017 . He himself looked fine. With Rebecca by his side he fought the disorder for a record 32 years! He visited us in the USA with his family, a few years ago. What really set apart Manguexa from the rest of us were not his qualities of the mind but his unparalleled qualities of the heart which coupled his towering intellect. He was a very bright student. One of his friends in SIES college gave him JEE application form and made him apply. Prof. D.B. He was the main person who organised the Vilas Karnik Fund (later called 'Needy Student Fund') as financial help to poor students in IITB. Institute silver medal, is awarded. 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He enjoyed sharing his stories of his Shipping Career as Chief Engineer, and later Education Career as the Principal, Don Bosco Maritime Academy in Kurla, Mumbai. He worked for the company till he superannuated in 2013. He and Phyllis moved to Boston, where Ashok worked for various research and technology companies. He had a number of anecdotes to share too. Energy radiated out of you. He was brought up under the care of his grandmother. Sids prowess in contract bridge became the standard for many rather than the marks sheet at the end of each term. In such a situation, there is a continuous increase in the prices of daily essential commodities. It is regretting to note that Mr.Harshad A. Bhinde had expired due to severe heart attack about 3 months back at Ahmedabad. He was very friendly and would always stop to say Hello. We had offered to host him and Anuradha for some treatment on 'High sugar' quite near our home at Pune, in the last quarter of 2018. He was our classmate who also gifted our IIT community with his tabla playing. She divided her time between Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh, providing stellar support for the movement during its initial phase. Bhopinder was a thorough gentleman, always smiling, soft-spoken, humble, affable and a complete family man. Sanjay Shamkuwar, B.Tech (Civil) from IIT Bombay, 1990 batch, left for heavenly abode, on May 9, 2020. He was the class topper of his Chem. I remember her, a sort of pioneer in many ways. IIT Bombay has awarded the Institute Gold Medal (2020-21)' 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. We from the Techfest team, came to know this gem of a person when he Managed Infrastructure in 2003. Kamlesh had a passion for music, good food, personal finance, travel, and doted on his grandchildren. His several students including girl welders won global awards for high-tech welding. He had a good handwriting but would use almost every inch of available space. Taking on the challenge of life day-to-day. Shrikant was also one of the scholarship recipients for a two year specialization internship at Philips Netherlands in 1972. Let us work for the same client was his most frequent advice.On two occasions he practically convinced me into accepting the CEOs position of social enterprises that he was associated with. He started his career as a lecturer in IIT Bombay and joined Powergas Corporation (now Aker Solutions) in 1965 as Project Engineer. So, he must be brilliant; thats obvious. Silver Medalists Priyanshi Rajput . One of his notable projects was related to the design of heat resistant tiles for space shuttle reentry back to earth. During our 3rd year in Metallurgy (66-67) when we used to be roommates (though divided by a wall), we got to know each other better. Even at IIT, his friends knew him with the same ambition, and often found Ravish hostel lounge devouring one newspaper after another. I second Mittra's thoughts. Oh yeah! He was a really an outgoing guy. Step 1: Go to the SOF's official website.. He took a very active part in getting together many friends on our Reunion in 2009, 2015 and 2019 (the last one he himself could not attend, but in spite of the worries she must have been going through, Kamala participated in the music performance: I surprised her by getting a cake for her birthday and she cut the cake along with Anil and Carl in front of the entire gathering on the 19th January 2019). He was proud of his friends who had chosen to do it but he took no less pride in what he had chosen to become a pavement-thumping journalist. He then made Partner at TDA Capital, before co-founding Suyash Advisors, an India-focused investment firm with an international hedge-fund clientele. May his soul attain 'sadgati'. 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. - Raj Nair, He was staying in the same hostel 6 I was staying initially. After graduating from IIT-Bombay with a B.Tech. In 1974, he received one of the first Professional Engineer (P.E.) He is survived by his son, daughter in law and two grandchildren. He was a very quiet and disciplined person. He would hum some songs softly, and I had no inkling of his immense talent which unfolded later on. He then got a job in Dubai, spent 2-3 years there and that helped him to come out of difficult times.Ajit was Project Director of Essar Projects for the construction of the Jetties for Dahej-Ghogha Passenger Cum RoRo Ferry Service of Gujarat Maritime Board and this was his last assignment. The International Collegiate Programming Contest is an algorithmic programming contest for college students. He lived a grand life and now goes into the annals of IITB as an illustrious Alum. Dusys took him to IIM Calcutta to obtain a Management degree in Finance. She will be missed exceptionally sorely. Entrenched International film festival in Goa. He was born in Bangalore in 1948 and was a1969 graduate in Mechanical engineering from IIT Bombay. He appeared without any serious preparation and cleared the JEE. Shekhar Kulkarni was a great person - I am stating some interactions with him in his last days. We studied together at Robert Money Technical High School and later at IIT Bombay in Mechanical Engineering. Devang V. Khakhar Director, IIT Bombay Nominees of the Council Prof. Anurag Kumar Director, Indian Institute of Science Bangalore - 560 012 . Mr. Deodhar later took over Sterling Insulation Co. Pvt. I was deeply saddened to hear that Shivshankar Nayampally has passed away. I am unable to get out of the shock. Indian Institute of Technology Bombay offer President of India Gold Medal to one of the candidate every year. Seeing her proved to us that soulmates are not born for each other, they are made here on this earth. However, it was Kandy who was instrumental in developing these ties. Yogesh sported khadi just like his Gandhian father. During the last five months, I tried contacting him many times but of no avail. He projected a quiet confidence during his discussions and debates with others. At a close family lunch earlier this year our conversation moved to cricket, the cricket of our times, especially recalling the performance of my brother that led our school team to reach the semi-finals of Harris Shield, beating teams with players such as Gattani, Kundaran, Solkar, Amroliwalla, Rege and of course Gavaskar, who all went on to play for State or India teams. Seemed satisfactory enough in the middle of January. He also leaves behind a legacy of entrepreneurship and product development in the field of Eddy current testing and vital defence products. There was a shop tucked inside the petrol pump. He had to, therefore, spend a year at St. Xaviers College in Bombay, to take the JEE in 1965 and that is how he landed in the 1965 to 1970 batch at IITB, to the good fortune of the Class of 1970. ), Chairman, Board of Governors, IIT Bombay from 1997 to 2003. '72 Chem H4)[AKA Shankar, Shanky]. Noor did not, however, join the family business. Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma Gold Medal : Most outstanding student in terms of general proficiency, excellence in academic performance, extra curricular activities and social services among all graduating students is awarded Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma Gold Medal. He never spent money unless absolutely needed and tried to manage within the scholarship that he used to receive. And his farm for his love for the Indian herb Haldi. "todays graduating batch is not only the batch to receive the degree at the Institutes diamond jubilee convocation, but the batch is possibly the most hardened batch that IIT Bombay has ever produced! Gold Medalist (5x) in athletics; led 162 members in the 49th tournament, securing 2nd place for IIT Madras in the overall championship. We selected the same hostel and the same wing and graduated in 1971. The tributes that poured in Marathi newspapers after his passing, praised his writings as being well thought through and thought provoking. I am extremely sorry and pained to hear about the demise of our classmate Harshad Bhinde and I pray that his soul rests in peace. Dusy came from a very loving and down-to-earth typical Mumbai middle-class family. Even after Kvaerner Powergas diversified into the Construction business, Dr. Iyer displayed a clear understanding of this business too. Years passed by and I met him again in person in November 2011 for the 40th reunion of our Mech 71 batch! I thought Shiva was with Abbott, Kurla Plant, but he was with J&J as per Pradeep Shroffs message. What do you suggest?I was a regular visitor to his flat at Bandra for a chat or to listen to his Bose sound system, which he was very proud of. The news of Subhashs death came as a shock to me. He also cared deeply about meditation and the power of the mind as an avid practitioner of vipassana meditation for 20 years. He was the chillest dude ever - calm, placid, serene in the face of any adversity, never losing that gentle smile. By then alas, he was starting to gradually and progressively lose his grip on his (reportedly) bipolar mind. She is living here in Houston and still remembers Mohan and his parents. He also co-supervised undergraduate students of the University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand, for their final year research projects. Like the time he came over all the way from India, and dragged aero-engineers Mahesh Morjaria 74 and me, to the EAA rally in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, helping rekindle our passion for planes, and flying them. His quick wit at times turned into PJs which were promptly greeted with well deserved boos. I cannot believe he is no more with us today. We all became as thick as thieves in the process. For the preceding 10 months, she had been fighting a brave battle with multiple myeloma, a rare cancer of the plasma cells, and kidney failure related to the disease. Neelesh Wagle was born in Dadar, Mumbai on 7th Sep. 1970 to Vivekananda and Aparna Wagle, in a simple Maharashtrian middle-class family. Often jumping piggyback on Pani whenever they scored a touchdown! Yogesh was a doting father, teaching his girls everything from Mathematics and Physics to principles of grit and tenacity. I had asked him an innocent question about the depth. From all at IITBombay our heartfelt condolences to the Popat and Patel families. He was appointed to a faculty position at San Francisco (SF) State University in 1970 and served the University for 42 years until his retirement in 2012. But somehow Dilip and I became good friends in a very short time. Very sad to hear the news. This year, Mohammad Ali Rehan, a (BTech) student from the Department of Computer Science and Engineering bagged the President of India Medal' while four students were presented with the Gold medals for their exemplary performance. He joins our dear batch mates of 1971 who have left us behind. Parasuram Chalekode (B.Tech. The lovely Helena went on to take her Ph.D.In the late eighties, Helena secured a post-doctoral position in San Diego. Disclaimer: Team Campusutra did not create or edit this content. This man wore crumpled half sleeved loose shirts, sported unkempt hair, wore chappals and overdressed with sandals. His phone call on the 17th of February came as a rude shock, for we had no inkling of what he was going through. '71 MetE/MatSc; Ph.D '95 MetE/MatSc, H8/H1). Now you need to reinforce and retain human empathy. This was to ensure that the receiver did not get disturbed from his work and receiver's work was not interrupted. A diligent student and a badminton and tennis champion, Ashok graduated from the IIT Bombay in 1968, specializing in Mechanical Engineering. Several of Dilip's IIT classmates have written very nice things about him and Avinash Kulkarni has done a great job of compiling all those messages. After completing his B.Tech., in 1977, topping the class, Vivek went to Canada to acquire a Masters Degree in Welding Engineering from McMaster University, Canada. He was a member of the Planning Commission. A number of typical Ganesh interaction styles would be worth noting (and I started following some of them): he would give a call and would hang up. To us, he was a brilliant, inspirational, funny, and loving dad and husband of almost 40 years. Pally (along with Mohan) were great at Drafting - many of us admired their skills during the freshman year. He did all of this while working through a genetic heart condition and other serious maladies that eventually would claim his life, without ever seeking a break for himself.Satish is survived by his son Sachin, daughter-in-law Ankita, grandchildren Saya and Ellora, brother Ajit, mother Suvarna, and an extended circle of family and friends he was very close to and who also will miss him greatly. May his soul rest in peace. His beloved wife, Judy, was with him. On Friday, August 10, 2007 at 7:00pm after the pledge ceremony, I formally became alumnus of the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay 45th Convocation at IIT Bombay Coverage by Hindustan Times Coverage by The Hindu Stay in India, Mittal tells IIT graduates "Overcome the lure of foreign lands" MUMBAI: The advice of the most successful He left all of us on 15th October 2020 with short notice after a brief illness! Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma (Former President of India) Gold Medal Rather than bragging or boasting or simply announcing, he kept some things to himself. Ravish loved politicians, every aspect of them their ideological commitments (both in public and private), rhetoric, bombast, ambitions, jealousy, conspiracies, et al. His ability to strike up a friendship and smile was infectious and he had a wide circle of friends not just in his Hostel or Engineering discipline or his class of 1970, but across the length and breadth of the campus and globally. After retirement he had undertaken the work of helping injured armed force personnel to settle down in life. May his soul remain in peace and tranquillity. I first met him when i was working on a catalytic converter environmental research project under the guidance of Prof TRR Mohan in 1988. Most academics and researchers would have resisted. Adventurous and persevering, he was always fun to be around. . May his soul rest in peace! He had a very high competence of modelling and software development for technical problems, including problems in metabolic modelling. The all-night discussions that went nowhere. Gold Medal Susan Jose . In May this year he told me that he is shifting temporarily to his sisters place in Naigaon (on the outskirts of), and I should not try to call him on his birthday since he would not be at his Bandra home. Institute Gold Medal : It is given to the students of BS/B.Tech (with Honours) or B.Tech+M.Tech Dual Degree who stands second on criteria mentioned above for President of India Gold Medal. When expanded it provides a list of search options that will switch the search inputs to match the current selection. Yogesh was born in a family with Gandhian ways and ideology. I have wished him a happy birthday every year right on time. May he rest in peace. Shrikant leaves behind his wife Mrunalini, daughter Shilpa and son Srinivas. 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. Vinayak was born in Karjat, Maharashtra on 5th Sep 1947 exactly on Teachers Day and 20 days after India achieved its Independence. The person who was our dear friend was more than a thorough gentleman. Satish Jashwantlal Desai passed away on January 15, 2021, taking a well-deserved final rest after a lifetime of looking out for others. For this he had to travel extensively on wheelchair. We pray that his soul rests in peace. Professionally, Biju tenured entirely at CP Tools. Tech (1971) and Ph.D. degrees in Metallurgy from Indian Institute of Technology Bombay. Madan Rao, condensed matter and biophysicist at the National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bangalore. - Sunil Navare, Pained to know about the sad demise of MNR. He went to the USA for higher studies. College hostel, which was right by the side of the playground. Uday was a strong and proud member of the IIT fraternity and through the years he maintained close ties with his wingmates, batch mates and university chums. Kesav Vithal Nori left for his heavenly abode on May 29, 2021. 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