At the same time, in the midst of the 'sound' of Holi festival, today i.e. 4. Pic:ANI New Delhi/Mumbai. Apply For PhD Applications, IIT Delhi Gets New Director. He was recognized as a fellow by both the POLY and PMSE divisions of ACS and was invited to speak at the Smithsonian about innovation. Sharvas excitement for this ritual was evident in his squeals of delight each morning. He had read the complete works of Dickens in IIT. She followed suit herself, marrying Satish Desai [an IIT Bombay alumnus himself,] in 1973, soon after I had married Nandita. 'GENIUS' is a word doing justice, but still falls short!!! ~~Kiran Deshpande (M.Tech. 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. He served as our Hon. He and Phyllis moved to Boston, where Ashok worked for various research and technology companies. 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. Goodbye Kandy! We will always think of Krish as a worthy product of IITB. We had hoped for the best. Just to name a few, he was the Chairman of the Electronics Commission. Sad to lose a friend with whom we spend years together. Such was his personality. He is survived by his wife Anu, son Vishaak, parents, and brother. He was an expert in transportation engineering. He has a few papers to his credit published in international journals where he has written about his pioneering work in the field. He moved to Clearwater, FL from Chicago after he retired, but still retained his Chicago home. He is survived by his wife and two sons. Shrikant, an alumnus of IIT Bombay, graduated with a degree in Electrical Engineering in 1972. He would quote full verses from the Bible, both the New Testament as well as the Old. A good soul gone too soon. He was admitted to a Home for Senior Citizens in Vasai, where he was undergoing physiotherapy until his final days. Krish is survived by his spouse Professor Emirita Ms. Judy Stamps. I will always remember Mohan as a person of humble background and behaviour, multiple talents and high intelligence. Teaching was his passion and he conducted a number of professional courses for practicing engineers,through the auspices of various professional associations such as IIW- India, PPMA, Indian Welding Society among others, for developing an in-depth understanding of welding metallurgy as well as International Codes governing welding. His office was right in the Maidan of Calcutta.While with AFCONS where he spent most of his career, Ajit was posted for Konkan Railway work. He and his wife were made for each other, and their two sons are well settled in life. He is survived by his wife, Aruna, daughter, Aditee and sisters Mangala Gandhi and Maya Malhotra. 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. Linus was in touch with me personally since 1990, even worked in my office for a few months in engineering design. 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. PRESIDENT'S GOLD MEDAL Past Recipients Year Name of the Students 2019 Someshwar Jain 2018 Saksham Sharma 2017 Sansit Patnaik 2016 Ayush Sekhari 2015 Karan Singh 2014 Nitish Kumar srivastava 2013 Shubham Tulsiani 2012 Shubhayu Chatterjee, Ankit Kumar & Ashish Gupta 2011 Mohit Mittal . I am very much saddened to understand from your email message that Linus expired today a few minutes back. Biju got friendly with him. He was the lucky young man who was dating the beautiful, intelligent and vivacious Rebecca. 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). He would take out his wallet and show the set of currency notes and ask Gary, what will I do with this much cash? Sameers grandson, Deven, brought tremendous joy to his life. He was a really an outgoing guy. 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. I was the GS of the Metallurgical Engg. I knew Harshad from school days. He was also a Bombay and National Talent Scholar, winning prestigious scholarships in highly competitive exams. 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. Find every unique opportunity to reinforce humanness., IIT Bombay partners with JSW Group to establish Technology hub for steel manufacturing. Later I came to know that he had come back. Mr. Sadanand Yadwadkar, another IIT batchmate, came from Mumbai and joined us at the S.P. Pune. After leaving Pune, he visited Rajani and me whenever in Pune. MBA Application Open, IIT Bombay Placements 2023: 25 students get CTC over 1 Cr, ISB Hyderabad Admission 2023. Ankur fondly remembers you yelling at him in the corridors of H9: spend some time studying for exams! That was your way. Even though he did not receive any formal training in classical music, he had a very keen ear for the different raagas (compositions). Lined up in queues with lunch coupons during IITB meets. Both his parents had brought him up in the environment of Gandhian ideals of honesty, humility, humanity and compassion. I am unable to get out of the shock. He turned out to be the first amongst his family to graduate in mechanical engineering from IIT, Bombay, 1971 batch. So proud to participate in the launch of the National Diagnostics Catapult (InDx 2.0) in New Delhi last week in presence of Dr Parvinder Maini, Office of the I promised to get back to him and before I could, he left us. I was glad to know he was slowly returning to normalcy. I had the honour of working with him at Seer Technologies, and staying in touch. RSVP. It was magic. From all at IITBombay our heartfelt condolences to the Popat and Patel families. He will always be remembered as a helpful colleague, a thorough gentleman and a sincere friend. His handsome face still comes clear in front of me, always well-attired and smiling. From ArunTolaniMy memories of Raj are mainly from Hostel 2 and our EE class. ~~As reported by Rajiv's friendArun Bhambhra. This Irani Hotel had a jukebox and a collection of about 400 old Hindi songs of the fifties like Kanandevi, Amirbai Karnataki, KL Saigal, CH Atma, Hemant Kumar, Suraiya, Talat Mehmood, etc. Prof. Swati Dutta leaves behind her husband Aflatoon, a political activist; her son Rileen, who is a US-based post-doctoral cancer-researcher and an expert in computational microbiology; and her daughter Pyoli, a Delhi-based Supreme Court lawyer, who brought forth Swati's grand-daughter Imara Rosa. I was amazed at how he was able to make such a long trip on a motor cycle, in such a short time (because, in those days, the roads were not as developed). 2015 Reunion, 2015 trip to Assam & Arunachal Pradesh, and 2016 trip to New Zealand brought us even closer. He told me that he would like to attend each trip that we conducted. He is mourned by a large number of welding professional he was associated with over his career span, friends and relatives. We miss you Kesav. (A.R.E.) After graduating with honors from the elite Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay in the field of Mechanical Engineering, he immigrated to Canada in 1968, where he received his Masters Degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Windsor. While his extracurricular exploits need not be detailed here, suffice it to say he had a great time at IIT and made many of his closest lifelong friends during his time at the school.Upon graduation, Satish joined Metal Box, an industrial manufacturing company where several IIT graduates cut their teeth in the workforce. Kesav picked the table mat and created a beautiful American Eagle and calligraphed Stars n Stripes. The only person to whom I could talk freely about it was Dilip and he was an amazingly good listener. When a person is par excellence, in every way and in everything, but doesn't fit into standard grooves of achievement, success, working prowess, how does one describe him? He told me, that his assistant is taking care of all the arrangements, then. Association where we had a lot of activities including a trip to Goa. Dilip came back to Pune and I was delighted to find him once again in my class in the local S.P. All students scoring 100% marks For 5 to 9 students writing the exam/class - Gold Medal of Excellence to top rank holder in class Armed with her twin degrees, Noor went on to do sterling work in the US with Bell Labs, AT&T, Lucent and several other telecomm companies, over the next 25 years. Reminds me of a dialogue from a movie, Its like with the bullfighter and the bull. My prayers are to God for the heavenly peace for the departed soul of our beloved classmate and my personal friend of many years. All that's gold doesn't glitter. guys moved to a different building of Hostel 5, but our friendship continued. Through this scholarship, he was able to continue his schooling at Sanjeevan Vidyalaya, a renowned boarding school in Panchgani, Maharashtra. May his soul Rest in Peace. Prostrated himself before his IIT professors. 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. Vaidyanadhan V. Krishnan (known as Krish) passed away on Nov. 17, 2016 in India. 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. Om Shanti. He published technical results in peer reviewed journals, in scientific and technical conferences, regular internal seminars, and several client reports. 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. Dilip stayed with his aunt, not too far from where I lived with my grandparents. His superlative academic skills were quickly and widely recognized: when he ranked 6th in the HSC Maharashtra State Board Exams, his coaching class, the Multi-Purpose Academy crowed about it by publishing his photograph in a quarter-page newspaper ad. 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. ~~Alexander Luke. The span of someone's life, they say, is only the core of their actual existence. Terry Pratchett. His endearing smile will forever be etched in our memory. During his Calcutta Metro days, I visited him and he took me down into the tunnel. After many decades in California, he moved to Austin in 2019. Prof. D.B. Neelesh Wagle was born in Dadar, Mumbai on 7th Sep. 1970 to Vivekananda and Aparna Wagle, in a simple Maharashtrian middle-class family. An analytical mind, Kandy was superb at analyzing people. I quickly associated "baram bare chavve chalase" with Dilip's birthday. This year, IIT Bombay granted 25 joint PhD's along with Monash University. He was being treated for cardiac and other issues for some time. She took her Bachelor of Science with a gold medal, majoring in Physics, from the Kamla Raja Girls PG College, Gwalior, in 1967, going on to post-graduate study at the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, where she took her Master of Science in Physics in 1969. He is survived by his wife and 2 sons, who are settled in Australia and Bengaluru. He was in his element when he was playing with Sharva. The CPI is based only on the mandatory credit requirements for BS/B.Tech (with Honours). Will always remember your calmness, dignity and unfailing courtesy. He would quip, You are going to make me write part of some proposal, right. And Sid entered the portals of Government discarding the blue jeans and tees for impeccable suits. Mohan had invested and taken possession of a flat in an Old Age Home but always used to say that they would move there when they were not able to live in their own house. Highest Salary 3.7 Cr, SJMSOM IIT Bombay Admission 2023. Ganesh enjoyed explaining the complicity of the Haldi crop. He was the chillest dude ever - calm, placid, serene in the face of any adversity, never losing that gentle smile. Only on the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras campus.. Sign of peaceful coexistence or better still, gainful coexistence.. Video credit: @Vamsi I remember his smiling face every time we met him in the hostel corridor along with his wingmates, on his way to the Mess. Your energy, warmth and humor always inviting us to be enthu and willing to push ourselves to limits past our own awareness. I remember making a trip to the Valley Of flowers, at 13500 ft high, I had difficulty due to my Asthma but for Dinesh Vadera, Kalyankrishnan and Ganesh it was an easygoing outing. - Anil AggarwalSad. RIP, my dear friend. Serendipity was discernible in this journey. One who is loved by all is loved by God too. IIT Bombay Institute Prize for excellence in academics [2012] Awarded Gold Medal for Rank 6 at the Indian National Mathematics Olympiad [2008] Recipient of the KVPY Young Scientist Scholarship, Govt. He really, impressed everyone more particularly the faculty with his quick and deep grasp of the engg concepts.From Venky RajaHe was a kind and gentle soul. We lost a very rare gem and my heart sinks with gloom and my eyes filled with tears while writing this piece. In my interactions with him -- I knew him for many years -- I never saw him displaying malice towards anyone. Do you live here, sir? Yes. Your neighbors reported a prowler in the neighborhood. 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