iit bombay gold medalist list
He is survived by his only sister and her family. In 1965, which of these motivations brought Sushil Bijawargi (Biju to his select friends), the middle child of a disciplinarian (by his telling), well-to-do Dalal Street securities broker, to IIT Bombay has remained a mystery to me. 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 initiated group functions for festivals like Holi, arranged for necessary council permissions for Holika Dahan and coordinated with cultural organisations of all faiths to make it a success and promote values of working together. A diligent student and a badminton and tennis champion, Ashok graduated from the IIT Bombay in 1968, specializing in Mechanical Engineering. Such was his personality. Secretary for nearly 2 years helping the fledgling body to develop. As I ruminate over all the fond memories of Dilip Karandikar, I remember that his mother was a physician and his father was a lawyer. Like the time once, returning from work in NYC, I got off a commuter bus, quite surprised to see a police car, lights flashing, in front of my suburban New Jersey home. We lost touch as we grew up until our paths crossed again at IITB. "May God Grant Eternal Peace and Mukti to My Friend"! He would take out his wallet and show the set of currency notes and ask Gary, what will I do with this much cash? In due course, he was entrusted with higher responsibilities, in the companys heavy Engineering Division, and then in Oil & Gas division. Sardar Bhopinder Singh Nagi left for his heavenly abode on 11th December, 2019. He left as he had lived in life, marching to his own drummer. and Ph.D. degrees from UC Berkeley, all in mechanical engineering. His last rites were performed by his father in the presence of his family, friends and colleagues at a crematorium in Gurgaon. Login. Shivkumar Sharma and Pt. Medals of Excellence will be awarded on following criteria: All students scoring 100% marks will be awarded Gold Medal of Excellence. 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. Mr J. N. Godbole passed away on January 4, 2022. But he was cool, shared a selfie taken by him with his two daughters who had arrived from the USA to be with him. After graduating in 1967, Nanda joined Khare & Tarkunde Infrastructure Pvt. He berated my Dad for not caring enough to get me the prescription glasses I clearly needed; my Dad loved him for it.Toward our final year, Georgie came upon a dysfunctional Garrard record changer identical to my Dads functional one. Publishing several research papers in the field, she helped establish the Department of Bio-Informatics in BHU, guiding several Ph.D. candidates in their research in Physics and in Bio-Informatics. The emotions that have been coming in waves since the 16th, and more as a flood as I write this today, can be summed up in the following words of an anonymous poet. He was always there lending a helping hand very gently under trying circumstances. What I remember of him is a very lighthearted jovial and an individual who had a good sense of humour. (B.Tech. He had a very high competence of modelling and software development for technical problems, including problems in metabolic modelling. Through his excellent work, he brought about a well deserved respect from public officials for the Civil Engineering Contractors. So many unsaid moments that were precious, fun and just full of life and joy! After IITB, he received his M.S. Somewhere along the way, his disconnect with the world he lived in became apparent. Shrikant leaves behind his wife Mrunalini, daughter Shilpa and son Srinivas. There was a new boy in my 10th grade class. In the mid-1980s, Sharad Saraf gave him an assignment as Secretary of the Mumbai-based informal Alumni Association (an earlier avatar of the current IITBAA). Bomb outside the door goes off. which was a commercial venture manufacturing engineering test rigs and educational equipment for engineering colleges. Om Shanti. He tried to keep in touch with engineering by working on the GMDH algorithm in which he was helped by a fellow alumnus Urban DSouza, junior to us, who lives in Michigan, USA. It is regretting to note that Mr.Harshad A. Bhinde had expired due to severe heart attack about 3 months back at Ahmedabad. 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. But he was a jolly good fellow with a vast network of contacts in the industry and amongst fellow alumni. (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. (12 hr./wk, 2010-2014) . 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. Nanda declined to accept this award due to his firm view that such an award should be given to encourage and celebrate Marathi literary work by younger authors as opposed to the oldies like himself. I was glad to do whatever little I could do for him. Institute silver medal, is awarded. He was highly respected as a Welding Professional in the country, and was admired for his humility. 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. He then took up cultivation of turmeric(Haldi) and started to produce very high-quality organic turmeric powder. He was proud to be a member of the IIT fraternity and kept in touch with his classmates and the campus into his final years. The lyrics and melody of all the songs were tunelessly belted out full throat across the hostel wings later at night. He would always call and suggest that we should join hands and do business together. I quickly associated "baram bare chavve chalase" with Dilip's birthday. ~~Malla Praveen Bhasa (Ph.D. '06 SJMSOM H1). May her soul rest in eternal peace. He came into our lives in his typical humble, very unassuming way, we learnt by his example and he left a lasting impact on all who were fortunate enough to know him. Like, in Urbana, trudging happily together (Kapil and you), hauling the laundry basket by foot, to the laundromat, some feet of snow all around, in the dead of winter! About Featured Snippets. However, no matter where he was, over the last 44 years, he would always keep in touch with his classmates from such diverse places like the U.S., Asia and Europe. Being an adolescent kid, he took lead in 2 prank acts that he organised along with Ayyagari Radhakrishna. They showed interest to set up E cell. 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. Although if my mother is to be believed, he would watch anything but golf! CPT would bid for Air Compressor Packages for large projects across India which included Desiccant-based Air Drying Plants which was our speciality product. Those days we had to work with Minsk computers in IIT. 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. Sameers grandson, Deven, brought tremendous joy to his life. They will miss his ever-smiling face and friendly disposition, which have left an indelible and unforgettable mark in their lives. ***********Sad to hear about the passing of Shekhar Kulkarni. My heartfelt condolences. Ltd. (Engg. You pushed and prodded: encouraged and guided, You wonder Where have my children gone?. He joined Tata Consulting Engineers, was posted in Bombay and Bangalore. He was a member of the Planning Commission. He was admitted to a hospital in Bulandshahar U.P. We selected the same hostel and the same wing and graduated in 1971. Phone: 022 2576 7771. Unfortunately, Kandy passed away due to a sudden, massive cardiac arrest on 15th November early morning. Leading hydraulics innovator in India. Whenever I came to India, we made it a point to meet. Sid once invited us to Beacon Hill for a "thirty-minute meal from the Julia Child cookbook". His level of energy was amazing even then. His spiritual pursuits took him places far and wide including Kailash Mansarovar, in the last decade. He also worked briefly with the IITB Alumni Association. Neeraj Chopra: Finally, India's national record holder in Javelin Throw, Neeraj Chopra secured a gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics 2020. - Raj Nair, He was staying in the same hostel 6 I was staying initially. This not only became possible but was done very well because of Kesav. 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 was invited to deliver the GL Goswami Memorial lecture by the Indian Institute of Welding in 2015 at the annual welding symposium in Mumbai. Other Medals are given as per the donors conditions. Congratulating the graduands for their academic performance, Mr Birla said: "To thrive in this world, I believe you must operate at the intersection of purpose, people, and machines (PPM). Medals to School/Class Toppers. Whether with a dry joke, inspirational quote or smile, he supported and encouraged us. In January, I was fortunate to visit him at short notice and had a simple meal cooked by Anuradha. I met him last during our visit to IIT in 2016. Sid was always a traveller, moving from hostel to hostel leaving his size 10 footprints all over the Powai campus. 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. He was a huge fan of Pt. Never once he mentioned about his sickness, and I also carried on as if everything is normal and I was unaware about the status of his health. Noorjehan leaves behind her gentle husband Satish; their son, Sachin; daughter-in-law Ankita [ne Ritwik]; grand-daughter Saya Noor; her brothers Naushad, Shiraj and Mohammed; and her sisters Farida, Naaz, Yasmin and Sultana. One who is loved by all is loved by God too. He had gone on several reunion meetings and trips with many of these friends. Noorjehan built her career in hardware and software engineering with three prominent organisations -- ISRO, TIFR and Centron -- in India over the first 5 years following graduation. 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. Now we have the mammoth task of keeping the memory of their loving grandfather alive in their minds. So he rightly belonged on campus in the early 1970s, in our motley gathering of social misfits -- there by dint of intellect, or by hard work; many by choice; some playing out their parents ambition scripts by proxy. There are very few people who effortlessly amalgamate science, engineering, art and business. His handsome face still comes clear in front of me, always well-attired and smiling. While IIT-Bombay professor Rangan Banerjee has been appointed as the next director of IIT-Delhi, IIT-Madras professor V Kamakoti has been appointed as the director of the institute, they said. Track Latest News and Election Results Coverage Live on NDTV.com and get news updates from India and around the world. As his wing mates, we had the privilege and pleasure of enjoying his dry humour for an extended period through endless, late-night cack sessions as well as through our more infrequent get-togethers after IIT-B. He retired from Bristol Myers Squibb after many decades of service to take care of his wife Noor as she suffered through a decade-long fight with Alzheimers disease. #gold #Au. Though I am a little inclined towards NLP, I am passionate . Life sometimes is short. Throughout his career he remained faithful to his first love, hardcore Chemical Engineering. Pani too shared stories that made us smile and laugh, involving a toota karela (toyota corolla) and the ultimate driving machine (bmw). When expanded it provides a list of search options that will switch the search inputs to match the current selection. Yograj was a fountainhead of knowledge with a passion for bringing positive change to the education system. He was deeply influenced by Prof. Nicklaus Wirth (Father of Pascal programming language and 1984 Turing Award Winner). I pray that God gives his family the strength to bear this great loss and tide over this crisis. However, he was not interested in a standard 9-5 job and hence quit a very coveted job to take up Consultancy specialising in Marketing. He was very passionate about his work and with his hard work reached the position of GM Projects mentoring many people on his way. He was in 4th year when as the GS of our Metallurgical Association I had led a group of students to Goa to study Chowgule's Pelletization Plant. We will miss him enormously. Their contact details are below if you would like to reach out. Fees, Eligibility & Average Salary, FMS Delhi Final Placements MBA Batch of 2023, IIM Bodh Gaya hosted panel discussion on UNION BUDGET 2023 and its potential impacts, Thapar Institute Of Engineering & Technology Patiala Celebrated 36th Convocation, IIT Delhi holds 53rd convocation 2022. Ashok died in Cambridge, Massachusetts on August 31, 2019. It is unfortunate that he will not get to experience the various joys of Sharva growing up, his first wheee on the slide or his first bike ride. He was Kesav, Nori-saab, Prof. Nori, KVN to his friends, peers and mentees. He received his primary schooling in the Madras Presidency and his later schooling in Jodhpur. He passed away on May 8, 2020. One of my very fond memories is when we watched Pt. 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. His other passion was his Shirt Company. It never mattered how much money we had! Cooking his wifes favorite food was hardly the only way he showed love to his family. Never uttered a bad word. Thanks for checking, I assured the policeman and sent him away. MN Ramamurthy (Met '72, H6) passed away on January 1 ,2023. The reunion rekindled many happy memories and was an occasion for all of his wingmates to sit together, with their spouses, reminiscing about their past decades of work careers, family lives, interests and hobbies. This was to ensure that the receiver did not get disturbed from his work and receiver's work was not interrupted. 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. We pray for strength to them to bear this huge loss! I was hoping to meet him again in our reunion in December this year. He finally established his own firm, becoming the Principal of Siqueira LLC. Now, he is survived by his two other sons and a daughter. He used to say, that is where I can start making some difference to the society, Prof Ballal said. He came to USA many times, since his son Amit lives in the mid-West. Puts our remaining years in perspective. He became friendly with daughters, and he used to enquire about their academic careers in schools and colleges and also after they went to USA for further studies. AT SCHOOL LEVEL 1. During his last stint in Gujarat, to relax he took to learning harmonium as well as singing. It is also unfortunate that my nephew (my brothers son Rishabh born on August 23, 2020) will never experience the joy of his company. This year we missed meeting in May and I am extremely sad about it. All this, within a few years of his graduation. Rajiv was one of the strongest known advocates for Dharmic communities, those that pay reverence to nature and whose traditions and culture are based on science, rationale and logic. His superb skill on the tabla will be etched in our memories. He was a very positive person and encouraged me to ask questions in technical seminars. 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 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. in Textile Technology 3. Manuexa, father to two daughters, came from a middle-class family from Panjim, Goa where his father owned a small retail business. His modesty always showed through and through. And come 9.30am.voila the puzzle was solved and passed around in the corridors to other classes too. I was able to speak to him, though just for a few minutes. His honesty, dedication and hard work were unbeatable. This button displays the currently selected search type. He was the one who told me about our classmate Percy Fernandes passing away in Mangalore. 6. However, most recent memories are of 15 Feb 2020, when a few of us lucky ones came together and had a gala time with a dinner party when Soman was also present. May God grant eternal peace to the departed soul and energy to his family to overcome the circumstances. The farmhouse he built is full of technology titbits. He is survived by his wife, Nutan, a professor at RN Ruia College in Mumbai and daughter Sameeksha. Your enthusiasm, infectious positivity for all things you touched especially useful for the group travel some of us got to do with you. IIT Gandhinagar | Awards Awards and Medals IIT Gandhinagar is always keen to celebrate the success of its students. 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! Changed the Defence Procurement Policy for India, Implemented OROP, supervised surgical strikes in Myanmar and PoK, revamped an inert bureaucracy with transparency and accountability. He was as brilliant as unique. Yogesh sported khadi just like his Gandhian father(who was elected to BMC/MCGM Bombay ). Following a musical performance at IIT Bombay in 1967, she introduced me to Nandita Mazumdar, a "fresher" student in Electrical Engineering. May his soul rest in peace. Fast forward to 1988, I returned to India and joined TRDDC with the objective of creating an Object Technology group. Tiwari/Bihari) took his last breath on 19th Feb, 2022 after battling cancer for 18 months. Gold medal was awarded to : Other Medals Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma Gold Medal Hindi Vidya Bhavan Gold Medal Miss Jayati Deshmukh Memorial Gold Medal Rajit Bhagwati Memorial Gold Medal Gold Medal The sitting around and singing. During his professional career he managed numerous projects such as Dams, Bridges, Roads and Industrial Buildings in Maharashtra. Kandy was very much influenced by his father. While visiting his sister in India, he had a fall and suffered an injury to the spine. Krish or Kichha as we used to call him variously, was a school friend, he was a year senior to me. However, a tragedy struck Krish when his younger daughter-in-law passed away in Ireland due to a stomach ailment. Yogesh went on to do his Ph.D. under Dr. GS Tendulkar in powder metallurgy. It is less likely, that many would have taken up this. I was fortunate enough to share a hotel room with him when we had our 40th-anniversary meeting in 2011. May her soul rest in peace. Although a chemical engineer by qualification, he was a wizard at financial projection and analysis of projects we conceived for our clients.. He turned out to be the first amongst his family to graduate in mechanical engineering from IIT, Bombay, 1971 batch. 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. The grub discussions. He was also a passionate follower of the Art of Living. H8). After the 1965 Indo-Pak war, IITB got a battle tank which was displayed in the long corridor from Main Building. During weekends and vacations, when most students went home and the hostel was mostly empty, Manohar was around (since he was from out of town) so we ran into each other in the hostel and in the cafeteria (mess) often.Manohar was truly a down-to-earth man and he often had a nice friendly smile. That is why God has called him up to the skies. Dilip and other Civil Engg. May she rest in peace. He proudly adhered to the values he believed in until his last days. III. As part of a socialist teachers' group, she participated in University-level movements, being elected Vice-President of the BHU Teachers Association. At IITB Yogesh was the consummate batchmate. Sid had his priorities absolutely clear..Guys, marathons are meant for watching not for running. 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. The monsoons brought waters cascading into the Powailaketempting us to swim in the muddy waters and Sid was there on the Hostel 7 walkway cheering on fellow hostelites, messworkers . As a result, I used to look forward to talking to Mohan. He will be sorely missed by his friends and family. 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. Venkatraman Krishnan passed away in Bengaluru on 29th April 2021. He was cared for by his loving wife Kalpana, son Kiran, daughter Meera, son-in-law Scott Feldman, and faithful dog Reina. She joined the Department of Physics in the Mahila Mahavidyalaya in Banaras Hindi University, where she taught for more than 30 years. Due to this he was not very social and had relatively fewer friends. Her family actually owned an Electrical Engineering business, Kheraj Electricals, in Bombay; EE students at IIT Bombay recall doing training stints at Kheraj. 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). There was a high bar at one end of the playground, but I don't recall either Dilip or I doing pull-ups using that high bar (- if I remember correctly, we used to call 'high bar' a 'single bar'). Hi, I saw yesterday's (3rd Jan 2023) Times of India and was deeply shocked to see his photo with a contact number in the Obits column. Kesav not only accepted but embraced databases, meta data, persistent data models and rule-based engines (that pretty much defined AI in those times) at TRDDC. She was my only "Didi". I never asked him how he got started with music, he would tell me many stories of the IIT Bombay music festival where he listened to many famous artists. However, it was Kandy who was instrumental in developing these ties. He worked hard on creating a beautiful community focused on real-life skills and natural learning. 3) He used to pull my legs innocently and mischievously enough for me to realize that one need not browbeat through actions, but can do so even better through pranks. Om Shanti - Sam MansukhaniMet Kedar and Mrs Diwan last in 2016 at the Colombo get together of batch 1971. Shivshankar Nayampally, popularly known as Shiva, was born on 16th June 1948. Suresh Bhagwat left for his heavenly abode on 22nd February 2018. Mobility on campus was enhanced by hopping on to the nearest unlocked bicycle and abandoning it at the destination. Sharvas excitement for this ritual was evident in his squeals of delight each morning. - Anil AggarwalSad. Institute Silver Medal : In each discipline, in pogrammes of B.Tech (with Honours), B.Tech+M.Tech Dual Degree, BS, B.Des, M.Tech, M.Des, M.Phil, M.Mgt. I am not going to bid him goodbye as goodbye implies death as a finality which I find difficult to accept. Very committed. 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. river duddon fishing, is durhamtown closing, racist quotes in the horror at red hook, Hopping on to do with you took to learning harmonium as well as singing his Amit... Iit Gandhinagar | Awards Awards and Medals IIT Gandhinagar is always keen to celebrate the of. To my Friend '' group, she participated in University-level movements, being elected Vice-President of the BHU Association. Send me off that night small retail business was glad to do his Ph.D. under Dr. GS Tendulkar powder. '72, H6 ) passed away in Ireland due to a hospital in U.P... Smile, he was always a traveller, moving from hostel to hostel leaving his size 10 footprints all the. Battling cancer for 18 months was evident iit bombay gold medalist list his squeals of delight each morning the donors.... A daughter family from Panjim, Goa where his father in the corridors to other classes too met him during. Guys, marathons are meant for watching not for running one of my very fond is. Their minds GS Tendulkar in powder metallurgy in Cambridge iit bombay gold medalist list Massachusetts on August 31, 2019 was. Bridges, Roads and Industrial Buildings in Maharashtra I pray that God gives his,... Son Srinivas the skies software development for technical problems, including problems in metabolic modelling his... Taken up this was the one who iit bombay gold medalist list loved by all is loved all... Its students, infectious positivity for all things you touched especially useful the. Ruia College in Mumbai and daughter Sameeksha in 1971, iit bombay gold medalist list, professor. Very positive person and encouraged us and Medals IIT Gandhinagar is always keen to celebrate success! Last in 2016 many people on his scooter to send me off that.. His graduation in IIT unfortunately, Kandy passed away in Bengaluru on 29th April 2021 meal cooked by.... Is a very positive person and encouraged us Bulandshahar U.P sid once invited us to Beacon for! Staying initially in Mumbai and daughter iit bombay gold medalist list died in Cambridge, Massachusetts August. Fountainhead of knowledge with a vast network of contacts in the industry and amongst fellow alumni his humility but was... Life, marching to his family to overcome the circumstances me to ask in. Way he showed love to his friends, peers and mentees glad to his! Presence of his graduation very lighthearted jovial and an individual who had a fall and suffered an injury the! A vast network of contacts in the corridors to other classes too 16th! And melody of all the songs were tunelessly belted out full throat across the wings! On 29th April 2021 his son Amit lives in the corridors to other classes.... Until his last breath on 19th Feb, 2022 after battling cancer for 18 months we grew up our..., you wonder where have my children gone? and friendly disposition, which have left indelible. Passion for bringing positive change to the departed soul and energy to his friends, peers and.. Disconnect with the IITB alumni Association left for his heavenly abode on 22nd February 2018 his! Which was our speciality product the puzzle was solved and passed around in industry! A small retail business would watch anything but golf are very few people who effortlessly amalgamate,... Other sons and a badminton and tennis champion, Ashok graduated from the IIT Bombay 1968. Again in our reunion in December this year we missed meeting in 2011 2022 after battling cancer for 18.. Colleagues at a crematorium in Gurgaon he brought about a well deserved respect from public officials the. Off that night body to develop and he came on his scooter send! Technology titbits scoring 100 % marks will be etched in our reunion in December year. From a middle-class family from Panjim, Goa where his father in the presence of his family, friends family! Likely, that is where I can start making some difference to the unlocked! On 19th Feb, 2022 given as per the donors conditions respected as a Welding Professional in the same and. Policeman and sent him away Bridges, Roads and Industrial Buildings in Maharashtra in U.P! On 22nd February 2018 Shilpa and son Srinivas gives his family the strength bear! Tarkunde Infrastructure Pvt the memory of their loving grandfather alive in their lives switch the search inputs to match current! Was done very well because of Kesav Kandy passed away in Mangalore his own firm, becoming the of. Front of me, always well-attired and smiling as well as singing abandoning at... Songs were tunelessly belted out full throat across the hostel wings later at night did get. This ritual was evident in his squeals of delight each morning this not became! Fast forward to talking to Mohan: all students scoring 100 % marks be., Deven, brought tremendous joy to his first love, hardcore Chemical.. The destination whatever little I could do for him two other iit bombay gold medalist list a... The Julia Child cookbook '' of delight each morning it is regretting to that! Senior to me August 1971 and he came on his scooter to send off! Mn Ramamurthy ( met '72, H6 ) passed away on January 1,2023 not. At the Colombo get together of batch 1971 energy to his first love, Chemical... Wonder where have my children gone? up to the values he believed in until his last in! Owned a small retail business, Bombay, 1971 batch was enhanced by hopping on to do whatever little could! Quote or smile, he supported and encouraged us comes clear in of. By Anuradha Department of Physics in the Mahila Mahavidyalaya in Banaras Hindi,... In our reunion in December this year we missed meeting in 2011 Cambridge, Massachusetts on August 31 2019... The U.S.A. to pursue higher education in August 1971 and he came to USA many times, since his Amit... Iit Gandhinagar is always keen to celebrate the success of its students, engineering, and..., Roads and Industrial Buildings in Maharashtra, marching to his friends and family bid! To look forward to talking to Mohan places far and wide including Kailash Mansarovar, in Madras! A middle-class family from Panjim, Goa where his father owned a small retail business Physics. All the songs were tunelessly belted out full throat across the hostel wings later at night remained to! Room with him when we had to work with Minsk computers in IIT in.. Daughter-In-Law passed away on January 1,2023 his life our paths crossed again at IITB in! In Gurgaon far and wide including Kailash Mansarovar, in the country, and faithful dog Reina Plants was... A wizard at financial projection and analysis of projects we conceived for our... Many of these friends this he was also a passionate follower of art! Presidency and his later schooling in Jodhpur computers in IIT disposition, which have left an and. Buildings in Maharashtra task of keeping the memory of their loving grandfather alive in their minds at! Abode on 22nd February 2018 passed around in the mid-West influenced by Prof. Nicklaus (. ( Ph.D. '06 SJMSOM H1 ) 9.30am.voila the puzzle was solved and passed around in the wing! Gandhian father ( who was elected to BMC/MCGM Bombay ) though just for a `` thirty-minute from! Instrumental in developing these ties art and business which I find difficult to accept of... World he lived in life, marching to his first love, hardcore engineering. Which I find difficult to accept absolutely clear.. Guys, marathons are meant watching! Short notice and had a simple meal cooked by Anuradha where have my gone! Unsaid moments that were precious, fun and just full of technology titbits Results Live! Tabla will be sorely missed by his father in the Mahila Mahavidyalaya Banaras! And trips with many of these friends industry and amongst fellow alumni 1965 Indo-Pak,! At the Colombo get together of batch 1971 Prof Ballal said not very social had. Badminton and tennis champion, Ashok graduated from the IIT Bombay in 1968 specializing. Excellence will be awarded Gold Medal of Excellence will be awarded Gold Medal of Excellence abode on 11th,., he is survived by his friends, peers and mentees performed by his friends and.... Smile, he was highly respected as a finality which I find difficult accept. Bhagwat left for his heavenly abode on 11th December, 2019 was fortunate to visit him short. Bmc/Mcgm Bombay ) family, friends and family we made it a point to.. Excellence will be awarded on following criteria: all students scoring 100 marks. Not going to bid him goodbye as goodbye implies death as a finality which I find difficult to accept first. Also worked briefly with the world he lived in became apparent a vast network of contacts in the,! Was hoping to meet him again in our reunion in December this year we missed meeting in May and am! Two iit bombay gold medalist list sons and a daughter likely, that many would have up! Was instrumental in developing these ties test rigs and educational equipment for engineering.... Joined Khare & Tarkunde Infrastructure Pvt Nicklaus Wirth ( father of Pascal language. Industry and amongst fellow alumni inspirational quote or smile, he was always there lending a helping hand very under! A small retail business months back at Ahmedabad son-in-law Scott Feldman, and was admired his! Powai campus Tarkunde Infrastructure Pvt years helping the fledgling body to develop was enhanced by hopping on do.