And from H8! He retired on Mar 3, 2005. It is indeed sad to know of his death. - Sunil Navare, Pained to know about the sad demise of MNR. When finished, he had returned it neatly folded to their on-street mailbox, then walked over and tried jiggering my front door open. To her surprise and shock, he collapsed on the floor. He did his MBA (Finance) from Saint Louis University. He is survived by his wife of twenty years, Darshana, his daughter Nandini, 20, and son Ninaad, 14. In 1983, he immigrated to the US with his family and settled in New Jersey. While many patients struggle with the slur and the shuffle to hide their symptoms, Rebecca stood like a rock beside Sid and confronted the big P head on. Mr. Sadanand Yadwadkar, another IIT batchmate, came from Mumbai and joined us at the S.P. #gold #Au. Those bicycles are still being used!!! Kesav was the Buddha who showed me the light to search the science of software and gather the courage to swim in the stormy ocean of computer science. We also tussled often on quiz teams. Still, after my return to India in May, he contacted me and again in two more occasions. ~ Edited by Arvind Keerthi from reminiscences provided by Neelesh's friends and family. Pic:ANI New Delhi/Mumbai. As a result, I used to look forward to talking to Mohan. I promised to get back to him and before I could, he left us. And I second Kalyan's comment on his looks. He was a competent and jovial guy. My heart goes out to his family and my prayers for the liberation of his soul. Biju was a go-getter, extrovert and a bindaas guy. He will always be remembered as a pleasing personality, hardworking, humble and a true gentleman at heart! He was the most caring person I have met in my life. Subsequently, he had a sterling globe-trotting career across India, UK, US, and Singapore comprising stints at AF Fergusson, KPMG, iFlex Solutions, Deutsche Bank, and the Royal Bank of Scotland. An analytical mind, Kandy was superb at analyzing people. One friend noted his respect for women; another, meeting him after decades, noted that time hadnt created any chasms.. Never ever mentioned it on any occasion over the years. My deepest condolences. As an equally brilliant lad and a rising musician, Yash carries his beacon further; and, we all as his IIT uncles and aunts wish Yash and Sangeeta the best in life. IITB Internship. It is with a great deal of sadness that I compose these few lines to remember and celebrate the life of my classmate and friend Manguexa Wagle. George Varghese, Indian-American computer scientist. My thoughts and memories of my dear friend Shivshankar Nayampally: He along with his other schoolmates who joined us in IIT were very close to me, DP Nadkarni, Mohan Patil, Kothari and others. I was unmarried at the time and lived alone. The conversations we had about sports, movies, about EE coursework, about random lab mishaps, about projects, about profs, about university applications. He then took up cultivation of turmeric(Haldi) and started to produce very high-quality organic turmeric powder. Upon graduation, our paths diverged. He worked extensively on forestry programs to reduce carbon dioxide and alleviate poverty in developing countries for 25 years. Prof. Chaudhuri will assume charge as Director, IIT Bombay on April 15, 2019. The Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB or IIT Bombay) is a public engineering and research institution located in Powai, Mumbai. ~~Krishnakumar Purswani, Hostel 4, IIT-B, EE, 1981. After he completed his MTech course, Caltech sent him back to India at their own cost. In our Wing, we called him Bandya. He could not be tempted by anyone or anything to take a short cut of dishonesty. 100 + e-Yantra Labs. Shekhar was "Dada", in Reverse Engineering, and had come to our campus also, to give a talk to the Faculty and students of the Engineering College, about how to go about it. He has a few papers to his credit published in international journals where he has written about his pioneering work in the field. D. Thesis Awards : It is given to Ph.D. He was the co-founder of one of the unique life skills-oriented school in Indore. Previous Themes; Technical Sessions; eYIC 2022-23; Register. Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay conducted 60th Convocation ceremony at its campus today, August 20. on Wednesday morning, there has been [] As late as just the day we met over dinner on 28th April 2019 at Hotel Central Peninsula at Sion, he remembered my mother.That is Ajit Tipnis.May God give his wife Sulabha, son Satyajit, daughter Sujata, son-in-law Mayuresh, grand-daughter Ariana and all members of his family the strength to overcome this irreparable loss and the courage to move on.May his soul find eternal peace. Bhimsen Joshi and I was partial to Pt. 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. In fact, there was never a dull moment when he was around. But he was cool, shared a selfie taken by him with his two daughters who had arrived from the USA to be with him. Mr. Navratan Singh Verma, Chemical engineering, 1967 batch, IIT Bombay, expired on 9th March 2019 at the age of 75 years. TRIBUTE TO OUR ELDEST BROTHER LINUSWe were the 6 Ls before God decided that Linus should suddenly leaveAnd move on to the heavenly realms, leaving us 5 Ls and family to grieveThe eldest of the six siblings of the D'Souza clanWe all looked up to him, our brother, an extraordinary man.Always foremost, he secured the first rank in St Paul's High School, BelgaumObtaining cent percent in the State's SSLC Boards, to him it was the normThen he successfully cleared the Entrance tests of IIT PowaiChoosing the faculty of Chemical Engineering, his choice and obvious joy.Tall, fair, handsome, our Linus had a deep baritone voiceOur big brother was our hero, our guide, we followed his adviceHe loved to sing, play the mouth organ even tried to strum a guitarWas an avid reader, shy and reticent, never stepping out too far.Studious to the nth degree, he was never known to take a breakKeenly ambitious to retain first place in all he'd undertakeSo it was no surprise that he topped in Chemical Engineering of the IITsThough he missed the first rank in the collective engineering categories.Silver Medalist, securing a scholarship to the prestigious Institute of Caltech, USHe travelled overseas to obtain his PhD and return to native shores, to us.But when he displayed his genius, scoring high, in that foreign land,He became target and was pressurized by an envious, merciless band.This lad of delicate constitution, could not withstand the battering torturesFalling prey to a mental breakdown, yet obtaining his Masters.He returned and fought his way to regaining his mind's equilibriumSet out to find a position he could do justice to, and that would do justice to him.Why put up these details in this obituary I am penning?That's LIFE, it's not made only of success and doesn't always have a happy endingFor our brother, suffering became the mainstay, the bane of his existenceHe went through humiliation, contempt, his frail mind putting up brave resistance.He worked and held posts in Standard Alkali, Gharda Chemicals, with zestAnd in Larsen and Toubro, a company considered among the bestFor a few years, was actively involved with the IITB Alumni Association,But his mind relentlessly bore him down, halting him at every station.Age and a quickly evolving world put end to his aspirationThrough the years that followed he would have erratic bursts of inspirationHe stepped back, but kept track of friends, colleagues, striving hard to keep in touchThere were a few loyal friends, to the end, and he loved them very much!This charming, engaging, charismatic personality, never any could ignoreHe made us laugh, he made us cry, he made us love him all the moreThough a loner, when he entered a room, he was the cynosure of every eyeOur central figure has departed to higher realms, leaving it hard to say goodbye.Be free, soar high and achieve the heights you were denied in a cruel worldMisunderstood, sidelined, lonely, yearning to be loved and heldIn God's Kingdom, you'll find your rightful place, beloved brother Linus.It's au revoir, not adieu, or goodbye, for assuredly, you're gonna meet us! 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. He was from the Class of 1971, and I am from the Class of 1974, EE. I wondered how most of them knew Kandy and his popularity was undeniable. 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. Sushil joined IIT a year earlier than us i.e. Krishnan and I shared a room in the IIT Guest House. College had a very nice jogging track, not unlike the one in IIT Powai. A group of us Civil guys knew that Nanda was studious and clever, but what set him apart from the most was his keen interest in literature. Jana had given Shares of his company to the key employees and in turn they produced complex valves made for defence and the Exports. I quickly associated "baram bare chavve chalase" with Dilip's birthday. Shivshankar Nayampally, popularly known as Shiva, was born on 16th June 1948. Satish Jashwantlal Desai passed away on January 15, 2021, taking a well-deserved final rest after a lifetime of looking out for others. We played Table-Tennis (Ping Pong) at the same club in Sion and were in touch for a few years. I was aware of his farm and had visited a few times in connection with the water pumping issue and once with my nephew, an Agriculture graduate. Seemed satisfactory enough in the middle of January. He passed away on May 8, 2020. 198.211.109.39 Kamlesh was part of several construction firms in New York City and a founding member of the Association of Indians in the Construction Industry (AICI) in the mid-80s, later serving as its President and Chairman. in Computer Science and Engineering 2. mouseover healing macro wow; good name, or bad, for short; iit bombay gold medalist list. Noorjehan Desai [ne Kheraj] breathed her last on Thursday 20 September 2018 in Lawrenceville, Georgia, USA, from complications related to Alzheimer's disease. He joined Tata Consulting Engineers, was posted in Bombay and Bangalore. From all at IITBombay our heartfelt condolences to the Popat and Patel families. Three alumni of the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (IIT-B)- Anurag Meena, Nikunj Malpani, and Pratik Lodha- have developed a smartphone-based health test kit using a urine . I enjoyed playing flute with him on tabla. He showed the Marathi movie at the 40 years Ruby Reunion of our batch at Goa, and we all were surprised at him being a Film Producer.Regarding E-Cell, he had developed a similar cell at a Kolhapur Engg college. Vikas Pujari passed away at home on 18th February 2019. From his early days in Telco to his time in multi-national companies such as Acrow, Hardcastle and Waud, Kirby and Reliance, he loved to share his deep domain knowledge by actively participating and speaking in seminars, conferences, and advisory engagements. Our basis were different but the confluence we reached was spectacular and sowed wonderful seeds for the work beyond programming languages and compiler technology at TRDDC at that time. I remember an incident when we were in Bangalore for a CDAC partner conference. He was conspicuous because of rare qualities I find in human beings. Given the price avocados command even in the US let alone in India that was truly amazing. Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur Jun 2010 - Jul 2010 2 months. He was a really friendly person without any pretexts. He designed and constructed the structure by himself. The International Collegiate Programming Contest is an algorithmic programming contest for college students. Despite certain idiosyncrasies, he was a happy-go-lucky type of guy, always smiling and with a happy expression on his face. Black Cats was a Special Commando Force developed during Indira Gandhis days.I would say he had a special charm for making quick friends and practically all big guns from IITB who migrated to the US knew him well.There are many stories of Biju, one where he acquired a Rolex watch (which he showed me) given to him by the great Music Director Anil Biswas during a flight to Kolkata. Missed you all the years that you and I did not meet after 1969 and will keep missing you for all the years to come. Quoting a few:Farewell Sir, you left us too soon. We were all seated on the terrace floor with our backs to the wall. Prof. Menon had been associated with IIT Bombay in a number of ways on many occasions. He was cared for by his loving wife Kalpana, son Kiran, daughter Meera, son-in-law Scott Feldman, and faithful dog Reina. Yogesh Dalallived a healthy life until hesuddenly passed away due to aheart attack in August, 2017at theage of 69at his residence in Santacruz, Mumbai. Prostrated himself before his IIT professors. 14+ years of diverse experience across Corporate/Investment Banking, Investments, Strategy, Institutional Fundraising and technology roles in Singapore, Indonesia, India with fast-growing organizations.<br><br>MBA (finance and strategy) from FMS (Delhi University) and electronics engineer (IIT-gold medalist) by training.<br><br>Engineer at heart with a strong business acumen, I am passionate . He taught us how to ride a bike and helped us with our science homework. He also had a deep love for Hindustani Classical music, both vocal and instrumental. Unfortunately, I did not get a chance to interact with him much all these years. The giddy joy he exuded after some of these conversations made me reminisce about my college days and then giggle imagining my father getting into the kind of trouble I did! Kamlesh fondly remembered his time at IIT and the lifelong friendships he made there in Hostel 8. My obituary for my dearest friend Mohan Patil who departed for heaven on 24th May 2021.Mohan can be described in one word - "GEM". Oh yeah! Internal Links. Although I was reluctant, I was also pulled into these acts. In his 2 acre farm, he built everything himself with the help of friends like us, Gaurishankar being one. I became his confidant, and he would tell me about his childhood in Belgaum. AA Nashik: Sukanya Vijaysingh Patil from Jalgaon bagged two gold medals and a silver medal for her outstanding achievements in Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bombay, at the convocation ceremony on Saturday. 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. Never cursed. I had fewer and fewer occasions to meet with Dilip and his family after M.Tech., but we remained in touch by phone calls, letters and later via e-mails. Many of us will forever cherish very fond memories of Dusy and how he helped us through some of our academic, career, and other life challenges. Credit goes to his innate intelligence and the determination of his visionary parents to educate all the children till the highest level in spite of their rural background.It will be difficult for us city dwellers to digest that his village had no school till 1960 and no electricity till 1970. Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page. His child-like quality is something rare we see these days. We last met Brian at the Sapphire reunion held at the Cidade de Goa in January 2016, when he sportingly agreed to perform and gave us a glimpse of his brilliant guitaring skills playing the Guitar Boogie with consummate ease, to everyones delight. Very soon friendship consolidated among us including Sunil Navare, Ajit Tipnis, Kedar Diwan, Telang, Joglekar, and myself. The Institute stands proud to be an alma mater to such great souls. Looks like it has been around for a while. Following a musical performance at IIT Bombay in 1967, she introduced me to Nandita Mazumdar, a "fresher" student in Electrical Engineering. I remember his smiling face and the good times we had together. He published technical results in peer reviewed journals, in scientific and technical conferences, regular internal seminars, and several client reports. 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. While visiting my brother or me he could be found chatting for hours with some mate of his that he hadnt spoken to in 40+ years. Anna was suffering from cancer for the last couple of years which he faced very boldly. Celebrating his 49th birthday only weeks before, and their twentieth wedding anniversary only months before, we still cannot believe Neelesh, the family man, the giant gentleman, the erudite investor, is no more. She had just turned 70 on 29 July. He fought the good fight to the very end and ran the race to its finishing line. He was a really an outgoing guy. May his soul rest in peace - Sampath Purushothaman, Very very sad beginning to the year for Ramamurthys children Radheshyam, Shriram and the entire family! A brilliant mind and a wonderful person. It never mattered how much money we had! Cooking his wifes favorite food was hardly the only way he showed love to his family. Nandan Nilekani is an entrepreneur and one of the famous alumni of IIT-Bombay. courses (admitted through JEE) who is being adjudged to be the best in all round performance, on the same criterion as is being followed in respect of Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy Memorial gold medal. I came to know more about him when we joined IIT together, in the same hostel, and shared the same floor in Hostel 5. Secretary for nearly 2 years helping the fledgling body to develop. Sanjay Shamkuwar, B.Tech (Civil) from IIT Bombay, 1990 batch, left for heavenly abode, on May 9, 2020. He attended St. Xaviers School in Vile Parle, Mumbai, a seedbed for higher-education talent that sent many of its sons to IIT. He used to praise my family a lot. 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. In every class that I attended right from Montessori, all of High School at Robert Money Technical High School, all the way to first-year science and eventually Indian Institute of Technology Bombay IIT, he was my classmate till 1971 when we both graduated.He used to live in the building just behind mine in Mumbai where I lived near Chowpatty growing up. Linus used to know my grandkids by their names. As per him, there is so much scope for Reverse Engg, he wanted many Engg students to pursue Entrepreneurship and showed willingness to help with product identification. Srivastava had won the gold medal in IMO in 2019 and before that, he had won the silver medal in 2018. We had hoped for the best. We also developed good ties with seniors like Nadkarni group and Paradkar group. Ishwar unki aatma ko sadgati de. Prof N B Ballal, now retired, remembers Tiwaris remarkable sense of purpose. (Computer Science and Engineering), Co-founder and former Chief Executive Officer of, Joined with B.Tech. After graduation in 1974, Suresh worked at VIP industries for two years following which he completed his Management studies from IIM Calcutta in 1978. He was a down-to-earth and gem of a person. Being an adolescent kid, he took lead in 2 prank acts that he organised along with Ayyagari Radhakrishna. In due course, he was entrusted with higher responsibilities, in the companys heavy Engineering Division, and then in Oil & Gas division. 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. Within budget (and yeah usually you were the one that managed the money!) His brilliance, positive outlook on life, and devotion to his family defined him. Shekhar invited their team, sent them to see the set up at Kolhapur and guided them. He and his brainy wing-mates would finish 4 Chess games in 10 minutes after breakfast and before leaving the hostel to attend the morning classes. He would quip, You are going to make me write part of some proposal, right. As an Elphinstonian and a fellow IITian, I knew him as a humble gentle person and a man of principles. Dr. Jublee Jasmine - Assistant Professor - PG Department of Biosciences, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences (CPS), Mohuda, Berhampur | LinkedIn Dr. Jublee Jasmine Assistant Professor, P.G. 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. The 'President of India Medal' was bestowed on Siddharth Chandak, a (BTech) student from the . Sitapati Ganesh passed away on 17th February 2019 at a Singapore Hospital where he had undergone a cardiac procedure. degree. The only person to whom I could talk freely about it was Dilip and he was an amazingly good listener. - SreeramVery sad to learn about the sudden demise of dear Diwan. Ganesh was a great contributor to the close bonds Batch of 1969 developed. He appeared without any serious preparation and cleared the JEE. He then started to send me newspaper cuttings with news on IIT, international events etc. #gold #Au. Sushil Bijawargi (Biju) visited us regularly when I was working with Lloyds Steel Ind. Even after my two daughters got married and settled in USA, Linus used to enquire with me on his landline about them and their kids and husbands. He joined IIT in the same year as he came after Interscience. In such a situation, there is a continuous increase in the prices of daily essential commodities. A popular inmate of Hostel V, who would be remembered as a quiet but imposing person who made his presence felt in everything he did. I had fond memories of many chats and visits to his home at that time in Sion. To help him cope with his life was a Herculean task for his family and friends. ~~As reported by Rajiv's friendArun Bhambhra. In 1982 he moved back to Thane to work at Roche Pharmaceuticals. Apply For PhD Applications, IIT Delhi Gets New Director. A promising career had been cut short. We studied together at Robert Money Technical High School and later at IIT Bombay in Mechanical Engineering. Very committed. (When I told this to my children, they looked at me in utter disbelief and concluded that both my friend and I had to have been super Nerds). Urban De Souza, 1987 Metallurgical, Hostel 6. Swati became a founding member of the group Samta Sangathan, a grass-roots movement of the oppressed classes opposed to opportunist mainstream politics,. He and his wife were made for each other, and their two sons are well settled in life. Tech. . This he said in 1968. Georgie commenced work in Beaverton, Oregon, with the fabled Tektronix, rising to Manager, New Product Introductions, in the Grass Valley Group division of the Company. And come 9.30am.voila the puzzle was solved and passed around in the corridors to other classes too. 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. Being the gifted fellow that he was, he upended the defunct unit to compare its motion sequences with our Garrard, in our home over summer vacation. 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. As per the data shared by the institution, four students were presented the Gold medals for their exemplary performance. They made brave appearances at social events where they gained the admiration of all while enabling Sid and Rebecca to celebrate life and mitigate the impact on their emotional health. Although the current trend is for English medium education, he admitted his son in a Marathi Medium school near his house. I am not going to bid him goodbye as goodbye implies death as a finality which I find difficult to accept. Thats when the IIT kaamchors adapted to the use of disposable plates and plasticsthose were the years of PLASTICS and Dustin Hoffman and The Graduate, sailing and rowing on the Charles, pub crawling around Harvard Square, picnics to the arboretum. Incidentally he accompanied us, namely Pradip, Kalyan and Ashim, on percussion in H4 Annual. All of us were shocked to hear about the demise of Shiva, our good friend from Hostel 4. He was a welcome member in our family. He has left behind a lot of memories to cherish, honour and emulate. He was my wingmate in hostel 4. Kamte was a mischievous but a lovable friend. Strangely, he could communicate much better with me than with his family members. OM SHANTI, SHANTI, SHANTI. 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. The other was that he had found out Swami Chinmayananda's Ashram on the other side of Vihar Lake and went there at times. 6 and also were in the same wing and same floor. Yogesh is survived by his mother Gunvanti, sister Hansa, brother Uday, wife of 22 years, Rina, and three daughters Divya, Malini, and Sarita. My research here involves structural biology, drug discovery, innate immunity and neurodegeneration.<br><br>My PhD work at the University of Queensland involved examining the structural aspects of thumb domains of Acid-sensing ion channels (ASICs) to screen for, design and refine . Jayants interests focused on research, modeling, and policy analysis of climate change mitigation, energy efficiency standards, building energy use, power and forest sector analysis. He was in Hostel 5 from 1966-71 and graduated in Electrical Engg. His nature was such that many of his contacts had not realized the depth of his literary talents. But even before that, it used to be a competition for who would get to tear out the crossword from the daily TOI; if someone had beaten Sid to it in Hostel 3 then there was Hostel 5 or hostel 7 on the way to Main and Department Buildings which provided fertile hunting grounds for the coveted crossword! Shrikant K Kudekar, Guru to his friends and colleagues, departed from this world on 13th of January 2017 aged 68. A few days later our inimitable and endearing friend Sushil Bijawargi passed away peacefully. !From Dhiren MorarjiI remember the good old days that we played bridge with him in Hostel 2.From VikasTipnisI shall fondly remember him as a warm and humble person.From Runi Ratnam (nee Basabi Mukherjee)He was smart and funny and though I didn't know him well he has always been part of the lovely memories I have of IIT and all the beautiful friendships.From Nitish ThakoreSo, everyone knows that Rajan was the IIT topper for 1969. Ltd. and the family moved to the current home in Naupada, Thane. We had intense arguments, different viewpoints and interesting debates. We last met Noorjehan when she and Satish hosted us in their Atlanta, Georgia home in 2010. Dilip came back to Pune and I was delighted to find him once again in my class in the local S.P. We arent going to forget you, Velu. Subhash Kamte died of a cardiac arrest on the 18th February 2019 at Kolhapur. For Krishnan, teaching was a lifelong passion and helping students to achieve more than their own expectations was a lifelong mission. There was a social side to Brian. 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. Though I am a little inclined towards NLP, I am passionate . Here is mine! Publications Author names are in alphabetical order of last names, as is common in theory. Indian Institute of Technology Bombay Powai, Mumbai 400076. Services, IBI Chematur, SNC Lavalin and Shiva Engg. After B Tech (1976), he also completed M Tech (1978) in Mechanical Engineering as jobs for Aeronautical engineers were not easy in those days. He was one year senior to me in good counsel high school. Tiwari/Bihari) took his last breath on 19th Feb, 2022 after battling cancer for 18 months. He was not only the loving father for Yash, but also a very fond uncle for his nephews and nieces. 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