Mr J. N. Godbole passed away on January 4, 2022. An excellent tennis player in his younger years, Krishnan remained relatively healthy and active before his final days. I enjoyed playing flute with him on tabla. Last I met him was in Goa. 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. Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh . At the start of the 1971 school year, he started coming around to see my wing-mate and his Metallurgy Department electives-mate Naren Menon 74, at our first-wing lair in Hostel 5. He used to call me once in a while. All rights reserved. But somehow Dilip and I became good friends in a very short time. I kept him abreast of Alumni matters by gifting him a subscription to Fundamatics. It was an afternoon in June 1966 when I had taken possession of my room in hostel 8. We knew they were classmates at the St Xaviers High School, Dhobi Talao. Leja was a Professor at IIT Powai those days and she helped me by obtaining those articles from the IIT Library which I couriered to Linus. of India [2007] . You were there when we took our first steps. Pune. He worked for the company till he superannuated in 2013. Vrajlal Hiralal Vyas got married in 1973 and is survived by his wife, son, married daughter and two grandchildren, all living in Vadodara. May Nandas soul find its way to the Moksha and Rest in Peace. Serendipity was discernible in this journey. Dr. Swati Dutta, vice-president of Samajwadi Jan Parishad and long-time socialist and feminist activist, passed away in Varanasi on Saturday 2 May at the age of 72. Sushil Bijawargi (B.Tech 73, MetE, H2 & H5). After initial good rosy days doing huge works, the company ran into financial difficulties; his three partners washed their hands off and Ajit went through the worst time of his life for 3-4 years. He was the main person who organised the Vilas Karnik Fund (later called 'Needy Student Fund') as financial help to poor students in IITB. Dilip's parents had sent him to Pune to attend Nutan Marathi Vidyalaya (NMV) High School, the then top-notch Marathi medium high school in Pune. I have observed him at IIT as a very disciplined and self respecting student. In recent years he was associated with Logistics Skill Council as Program Director. and the buffaloes, before climbing over the water pipelines behind Hostel 4 to swim with the crocodiles in picturesque Vihar Lake. 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. The President of India Medal was bestowed on BTech student. IITB President of India Gold Medal # Name of Awardee Year 1 Thangavelu S.R 1964 2 Muthukrishnan C.R 1965 3 Srinivasan V 1966 4 GuruSharan S Sidhu 1967 5 Raghavan G 1968 6 Raghavendran P 1969 Only such persons get such a beautiful passage to heaven. I suspect the nature of the game teamwork without communicating with the team member intrigued him. His downfall from his heart bypass on April 18 was almost continuous. Very sad. A few days later our inimitable and endearing friend Sushil Bijawargi passed away peacefully. I also visited the farm when he had called all of us for a get-together. No doubt Krish has left all of us, but he is leaving a rich legacy of human decency, nobility in thoughts words and deeds, and a highly accomplished family. I didn't think I was hiding. He joined IDBI on Dec 3, 1974 in Grade 'B' and was promoted to Dy. But surely, we all will miss our buddy, a good friend with lots of zeal and a Happy-go-lucky friend, and a Giver to Society. We also developed good ties with seniors like Nadkarni group and Paradkar group. Following a musical performance at IIT Bombay in 1967, she introduced me to Nandita Mazumdar, a "fresher" student in Electrical Engineering. You are the future of this great nation. The , IIT Bombay Director Professor Subhasis Chaudhuri Institutes Report for the year 2021-22 and highlighted the difficulties faced by the batch due to COVID-19. He is survived by his loving wife of 45 years, Mrs. Madhura Bapat, two sons, two daughters-in-law and two grandsons. If I remember correctly that was the only school that offered him financial assistance. My heartfelt condolences to his siblings Lydia, Lolly, Leslie, Lucy and Larry. Yogesh Popat suddenly passed away on February 16, 2021 of natural causes. Once he stayed in my house, when he came down to attend the wedding ceremony of the elder son of Pradip Mittra in 2007. In its 60th Convocation, IIT Bombay awarded 2,551 degrees to 2,324 students. They then moved to New Jersey where they raised both their children. Sid was cremated in Bangalore and his ashes immersed in Chennai. He also leaves behind a legacy of entrepreneurship and product development in the field of Eddy current testing and vital defence products. Of course, time heals all the sorrows. However, a tragedy struck Krish when his younger daughter-in-law passed away in Ireland due to a stomach ailment. He would often push business opportunities that came his way to me. She was active among Adivasis, Dalits, farmers, and workers, in different parts of the country. Whenever we felt we needed a break from the intensity, we would take a walk to the nearby petrol pump on Bund Garden road for some chikki. Uday was born on June 4, 1946 in Nagpur, India where he grew up as the youngest of five children in a well-educated Hindu family. As it happened, the real Nanda showed up only after he retired from Engineering. From ArunTolaniMy memories of Raj are mainly from Hostel 2 and our EE class. With her trademark warmth and candour, Rebeccas ingenuity in designing and adapting gadgets to normalise Sids life and mobility(from forks and spoons to beds to standees to shoes to exercisers et al just short of a blade runner) made one wonder if she was a Mechanical Engineer from IIT, Bombay, in addition to her position as HOD at St. Josephs College, Bangalore. Vivek Pavaskar also made valuable contributions to the Indian Institute of Welding, a body of 4000 plus practicing welding engineers, research scientists and academicians, working towards enhancement of welding knowledge. 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. He never spent money unless absolutely needed and tried to manage within the scholarship that he used to receive. AK was on our faculty panel and was introduced to me by my colleague. When he came back to India his life was in shambles. As Shailesh Gandhi says, the man had the ready wit coupled with wisdom. He mastered playing the Indian percussion instrument, the tabla. Dilip stayed in the S.P. I became his confidant, and he would tell me about his childhood in Belgaum. He and his wife Ami resided in Columbus, Indiana for the past 30 years and he passed away peacefully with his familys care. I also want to thank the IIT alumni who have showered us with kind words and memories of our dad these are certainly going to go a long way in easing our pain, the fact that he is so fondly remembered by so many of his friends. He is survived by his wife Jayanthi, Sons Radhesh and Sriram, and grandchildren Ojas, Idhaant and Siri. Step 4: Fill out the captcha and answer the math . My only regret will be of not being able to convince him to join us on the occasion of completing 50 years at the great evening with fellow IITians in Jul 2016 at Hotel Marriott, Andheri and will so forever miss my dear friend. His mildly eccentric manners, Hinglish banter, a ready smile, and contagious guffaw endeared him to his friends. He was in Hostel 5 from 1966-71 and graduated in Electrical Engg. Her love for India, and her intense desire for giving back to society, saw her return to India in the early 1980s. He opted out of the cruise of 76 batch Alumni, and I was told, the reason being Failure of his both kidneys. 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. He displayed an uninhibited exhibition of exuberance and energy in all his pursuits, maximising his participation in anything that was fun on campus. As happens quite a few times, we went our separate ways till 2015 get-together and formation of our e-group. He dedicatedly served Gujarat State Fertilizers and Chemicals for over 30 years before retiring in 2009 as Addl. Anna was suffering from cancer for the last couple of years which he faced very boldly. My earliest memory of Sushil was when he used to land up every day during the vacations at our adda at an Irani Hotel attached to the MGMO Swimming Pool in Shivaji Park, facing Dadar Chowpatty. I was in H6 and he was in H8. As he stayed in Baroda, we hardly met after IIT though we were in touch on phone and mail. May her soul rest in Eternal Peace. By nature being reserved and shy he would refrain from socializing. He sang some Marathi lullabies for Sharva that brought back memories of my childhood. He was always there lending a helping hand very gently under trying circumstances. I was deeply saddened to hear that Shivshankar Nayampally has passed away. Gold Medal Aditya Vikram Singh . The CPI is based only on the mandatory credit requirements for BS/B.Tech (with Honours). However, throughout the entire ordeal, Manohar remained calm and guided us through multiple difficult situations. He spent much of his career in the Information Management and Corporate IT departments; over his tenure, he achieved distinction as a leading engineer and technical specialist. They believe he tried to break into your house, and maybe in your back yard now. He often talked about Bhagavad Gita (his favourite subject ). At TIFR, he continued his studies on cosmic rays by integrating himself with existing research groups. Sanjay Shamkuwar, B.Tech (Civil) from IIT Bombay, 1990 batch, left for heavenly abode, on May 9, 2020. I did not have any further contact with him after leaving IIT, unlike others who have been fortunate to do so. Your energy, warmth and humor always inviting us to be enthu and willing to push ourselves to limits past our own awareness. Robotics. Some of us brimming with pride at the thought of you becoming a cardio thoracic surgeon. 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. Tech., ME. Only on the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras campus.. Sign of peaceful coexistence or better still, gainful coexistence.. Video credit: @Vamsi In 1975 he earned a Post Graduate Diploma in Operations Management from the Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies. Conducted his business in India without bribing anyone, cheating anyone or overcharging anyone. He never married and. When the bull comes into the arena, it was him and us. Subhash Kamte passing away was sad news. Pretty impressive for a prediction. Upon graduation, our paths diverged. Indian Institute of Technology Bombay offer President of India Gold Medal to one of the candidate every year. 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. Though I am a little inclined towards NLP, I am passionate . May God grant eternal peace to the departed soul and energy to his family to overcome the circumstances. 1 If"' " 'r ' If yon want today's j r W p news totlny you can find I It only In THE STAIt. He had several passions that he nurtured throughout his life, the most avid of them being sports. His last rituals were conducted in Vadodara on 15th July. He used to share everything liberally. Krish held many senior corporate positions, including directorships, and was the MD of ITCOT, Chennai for many years. 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. No wonder, Kandy held him in very high esteem. My sporadic conversations with him revealed that he had a phenomenal memory and could reel off detailed information about his family history, of his experiences in IIT. Krish is survived by his spouse Professor Emirita Ms. Judy Stamps. Material gk now current affairs page gk now current affairs one liner weekly current affairs 25th december to 31st december national current affairs india and Om Shanthi!All the attributes allow me to add a sentence of my own Shankar always kept the Khandaan together in his own disarming way, disarming smile. He worked as a Director in multiple Real Estate Companies in Indiana, contributing to the development of high-tech offices, education institutions, manufacturing power plants and fiber optic hubs in South Bend Indiana. (12 hr./wk, 2010-2014) . This website follows the DNPA Code of Ethics Copyright NDTV Convergence Limited 2023. Tuition fees at IIT for the current academic year are Rs. Mr. Deodhar later took over Sterling Insulation Co. Pvt. January 25, 2018, marked the passing on of RajaramSiddharth, known to us as Sid. He is invariably described by a very large circle of friends as empathetic, loyal, and self-reflective. Despite his wild success as an investor, the words simple and humble repeatedly turn up in reminiscences about him. We remain inspired by what he wrote in his Batch of 1992 IIT-Bombay 25th Reunion Yearbook: Life to me is now . peace and content with what one has achieved, enjoy the happy memories, and the friendship of people who care about you. Here's praying that wherever you are, dear Neelesh, peace, contentment and loving memories of your family and friends will always stay with you. They had come back from their Mumbai visit for GJRU. He leaves behind his wife and two sons. He had no old age-related health problems when I LAST met him at his residence in Mar 2016.The news of his death came as a total shock to me now, a year and a half later. B Tech Admission 2022, Central University in India. 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