When finished, he had returned it neatly folded to their on-street mailbox, then walked over and tried jiggering my front door open. Pretty cool guy and helped me later with Tamil Cultural Association. Tech. Joining in the conversation subtly, Shankar simply said that in the inter-class cricket matches, he has had a few long innings with Sunil Gavaskar. Bajrang Punia: He won a bronze medal in the 65kg category in wrestling. A fortnight before his demise he called me up and offered yet another big opportunity to partner and work with him. and Ph.D. degrees from UC Berkeley, all in mechanical engineering. 2020 9th Convocation 9th Feb, 2021 Address by Mr. Jay Chaudhry H3). Our dear friend and batchmate Brian Siqueira was called to the great beyond, on Thursday, the 30th of April 2020. And I second Kalyan's comment on his looks. Thanks, and best to all *** It is indeed sad news. He had a rough idea of my commuting schedule and had resourcefully soloed his way to my house an hour earlier. and Hostel 4. Let's meet and enjoy the rest of the time to complete our innings here. 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. Shrikant leaves behind his wife Mrunalini, daughter Shilpa and son Srinivas. Was indeed a jovial and happy go lucky fellow. Later I was told he had devoted himself to doing social work by helping a school. which was a commercial venture manufacturing engineering test rigs and educational equipment for engineering colleges. MBA Application Open, IIT Bombay Placements 2023: 25 students get CTC over 1 Cr, ISB Hyderabad Admission 2023. CNN-IBN Indian of the year 2012. 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 An exceptional student, Swati always topped her class right from her school days. Tech., ME. D. Thesis Awards : It is given to Ph.D. We were all thrilled that this union had been forged on the Charles and one of us had the distinct honour of being the custodian of the wedding rings! He also tried to discourage me from indulging in smoking marijuana and taking drugs and I remember his advice. Our dearest eldest brother, Linus Stanislaus Anthony D'Souza, passed away suddenly and peacefully, on 20.9.2022, at the age of 74. That was the last time I heard his voice. Mr.HarshadAmratlal Bhinde of Hostel No.8 had settled in Ahmedabad about 4 years back, after retirement along with his wife. A diligent student and a badminton and tennis champion, Ashok graduated from the IIT Bombay in 1968, specializing in Mechanical Engineering. Very soon friendship consolidated among us including Sunil Navare, Ajit Tipnis, Kedar Diwan, Telang, Joglekar, and myself. 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. Farewell dear Brian, we are sure you will be entertaining the angels and saints in the heavens above, playing Poinciana or Desafinado in your inimitable style. 7. He was the co-founder of one of the unique life skills-oriented school in Indore. Gold Medalist (5x) in athletics; led 162 members in the 49th tournament, securing 2nd place for IIT Madras in the overall championship. That morning both of them had gone to Shri Siddhi Vinayak Mandir, Prabhadevi for darshan and had lunch together at home. You will always be in my heart. Thanks for checking, I assured the policeman and sent him away. Sameers illness never took away his love for life, and he lived every single day to the fullest with his endearing perpetual smile. - Hari BhargavaVery Sad News. But he did leave strong memories in my mind. I was happy to oblige him. More importantly, his pleasing personality and magnetism allowed Kandy to develop deep friendships with one and all. But will never forget his smile, humor and simplicity in life. Alas, we will miss him on our future trips. Shekhar invited their team, sent them to see the set up at Kolhapur and guided them. He will be dearly missed by all who knew and loved him! He would quip, You are going to make me write part of some proposal, right. 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. 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. IIT Bombay Convocation 2022: Indian Institute of Technology Bombay's (IIT B) 60th convocation was held on August 20, 2022. Ajits two elder brothers live in the same building Parijat, one of them next to him in age was away to the UK for a holiday, the other elder brother and neighbours rushed to her on her call but Ajit was no more. Login. Politics was something he was deeply passionate about. He and Phyllis moved to Boston, where Ashok worked for various research and technology companies. He started his career as a lecturer in IIT Bombay and joined Powergas Corporation (now Aker Solutions) in 1965 as Project Engineer. Unflappable to the very end, he smiled and flashed a thumbs-up sign out of his ICU to visiting friends, only a day before tuberculosis took his life. - S. ShivashankarVery sad. Later, his calls were almost daily but brief Ranju, please tell Urban to call me. My mother is 91 years old now, also knew his family very well. May his soul remain in peace and tranquillity. He proudly adhered to the values he believed in until his last days. 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. Ajit was relaxing when he walked to Sulabha and complained of uneasiness and breathlessness; she told him to lie down and rest. This would be our residence for the time till we left IIT. Suresh Bhagwat left for his heavenly abode on 22nd February 2018. One friend noted his respect for women; another, meeting him after decades, noted that time hadnt created any chasms.. I would often visit him in H8 but he never came to my room in H4. He visited me once in Melbourne many years ago. He was the chillest dude ever - calm, placid, serene in the face of any adversity, never losing that gentle smile. Performance & security by Cloudflare. His writings also exposed the societal truths which specifically demanded unwavering determination, strong will and iron guts, which all were indeed Nandas very own trademarks. He came from a modest middle class family living in a small village Adivare near Rajapur in Konkan, Maharashtra. His research interests were mainly in modeling and statistical analysis of biological systems. It is said that when Satish spoke everyone listened, no matter who. You would have cried and laughed. Few Indians could get into those slim snazzy suits like Sid could. Never ever mentioned it on any occasion over the years. We all had been in the same wing all 5 years (or was it 4 years) and all that has been stated about his nature is so well described by his persona. He came to USA many times, since his son Amit lives in the mid-West. 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 learned so little of him after passing out. - Jay Naidu, I remember MNR from my freshman year at IITB. Most of our evenings together included those simple pleasures complemented with some jazz classics like Stan Getz or the Brazilian variety.. He was a sweet man and I'm sorry he had to suffer an illness. Both his parents had brought him up in the environment of Gandhian ideals of honesty, humility, humanity and compassion. I just woke up (in Canada) to the sad news. Brian was a hugely gifted musician and played the guitar and piano with consummate skill and artistry. Ajit was the youngest of 5 siblings- 4 brothers and 1 sister.Ajit and Sulabha (maiden surname Kotwal) were a happy family-elder daughter Sujata, son-in-law Mayuresh Vaidya and grand-daughter Ariana settled in Vile Parle and younger son Satyajit working and living in Dubai. Deepak had a unique ability to forge deep long-lasting friendships wherever he went. - Reminiscences by IITB67 friends from Hostels 4 & 5. Deeply distressed to hear about the passing away of a dear friend and a noble soul. The 59th convocation of IIT Bombay was held today online in Virtual Reality (VR) mode, keeping in view the safety measures during the ongoing pandemic. The steely negotiating skill shown with his first employer by the young Neelesh Wagle, who passed away on 13th Dec. 2019, prefigured his spectacular success as an investor. God rest her soul. Such was his personality. He loved outdoor adventure, tracking, kayaking and scuba diving. 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. IIT Delhi's 51st Convocation- List of Medal Awardees: Medal Awardee's Name 1. Ankur fondly remembers you yelling at him in the corridors of H9: spend some time studying for exams! That was your way. The other was that he had found out Swami Chinmayananda's Ashram on the other side of Vihar Lake and went there at times. 2) Physical Chemistry - in the first year. To help him cope with his life was a Herculean task for his family and friends. He will always be remembered as a helpful colleague, a thorough gentleman and a sincere friend. He continued with his consultancy work until the end.Mr. He would often push business opportunities that came his way to me. 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. The Borivali college has then set up the E Cell which is running very well.Also, Shekhar was passionate about Reverse Engg of imported components. In 1985 he joined the Datamatics Group as a Director, taking over Datamatics Financial Services Ltd which later grew into Datamatics Business Solutions Ltd, now a leader in solutions for demand generation and sales acceleration processes for corporate entities.A few years ago, Yogi founded and chaired the Matix Group together with Nishant, his elder son, commencing with Matix Fertilisers and Chemicals Ltd., to manufacture urea.A keen Billiards player, he could be found playing the game at the club opposite his Shivaji Park home every evening in his younger days. 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)'. We had never discussed which college to go to at any time while in high school, and several of our classmates form the high school had chosen to go to Fergusson College, which was generally perceived as a more prestigious local college. S. Ganesh - my neighbour during the first year, and wing mate for all 5 years. The action you just performed triggered the security solution. 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. His research comprised of analytical and computational work solve certain wave field problems in fluids. He developed a habit of writing to me on postcards. I can understand it was not always possible for Urban to do this and tried to explain to Linus but his calls continued with the same request which I conveyed to Urban. Yes. He left full-time scientific work to enable him to spend more time with humanitarian causes. !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. 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. Though I came to the US after graduation and lost touch with him, I often remembered him and so looked him up online and read that he had become the CM of Goa and Defense Minister of India, while remaining truly down to earth, like a common man. He never married and. When he didnt respond, she visited his Santacruz flat to discover the sad news.Last time I met him was at the Varsha Stuti classical music program at IIT in August 2016 and dropped him home. In my career till then, I was yet to come across a student so certain about what he wants to do. I recall Harshad as the jovial fellow in class who easily blended with all the different groups of people in our class. Enjoyed treasure hunts, crosswords, quizzes. Paramjits young niece phoned us one day in late October 2013, from a hospital in Delhi. As part of a socialist teachers' group, she participated in University-level movements, being elected Vice-President of the BHU Teachers Association. ., he was very calm and composed. , [maut us kii hai kare jis kaa zamaana afsos, yuu.n to duniyaame.nsabhiiaa.ehai.nmarne me liye, vahii kaarvaa.n vahii raaste vahii zindagii vahii marhale, magarapneapnemaqaam par kabhii tum nahii.nkabhii ham nahii.n ]. The spirit of service was always prevalent in all aspects of his life. Ganesh enjoyed explaining the complicity of the Haldi crop. We used to pull each other's legs but would never get angry. 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. On the second day of the Reunion, we all were staying at the Resort Hotel in Madh Island, we got close to each other and since then for the last 4 years, we have remained close. 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. Mr. Deodhar later took over Sterling Insulation Co. Pvt. A few days ago, Ranju had informed us about his moving from Bandra to a nursing home in Vasai. He joined i2 technologies in 1996 and was with Hyperion/Oracle for a few years. In 2014, when we started promoting our 45th Reunion, we came across communication from Karkala Mohan Shenoy, who was not in our communication lists till then. An analytical mind, Kandy was superb at analyzing people. Now you need to reinforce and retain human empathy. Those bicycles are still being used!!! Still, after my return to India in May, he contacted me and again in two more occasions. in EE (Batch of 1992), he joined the ranks of budding entrepreneurs, industrialists and bankers at IIM-Calcutta for his MBA in Finance. He was highly respected as a Welding Professional in the country, and was admired for his humility. The Centre for Studies in Resources Engineering owes its existence to that Committees report. The sitting around and singing. 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. All of you have proven yourself as great graduates. Medals to School/Class Toppers. Your room and music system were an exotic world. He was dignity personified. Through this scholarship, he was able to continue his schooling at Sanjeevan Vidyalaya, a renowned boarding school in Panchgani, Maharashtra. My father Satish Bapat passed away on 16 November 2020 at the Jupiter Hospital in Thane after an almost 3-month long battle with the Coronavirus. A unique house which didnt need MSEB power as everything was Solar, Didnt need fans as the house was so designed based on the Iranian examples mostly by Gaurishankar, didnt need a fridge as he used Godrej 'Chhotucool; which worked on the principle of Thermocouple TIp. Alas, that flat would most likely remain unoccupied in future. Nanda was a 1967 Civil Engineering graduate from IIT Bombay. Kandy was a good fellow. 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. I was able to speak to him, though just for a few minutes. When I spoke to him this August at the Senior Citizens Home in Vasai, the only thing I could make out from his garbled speech was to wish me in advance for my birthday in early September. I had the honour of working with him at Seer Technologies, and staying in touch. The doors were never locked and the password was to name any IIT classmate, batchmate or acquaintance. Lined up in queues with lunch coupons during IITB meets. Three or four years ago I and Archana were in Bengaluru and we went over to Shenoy residence. Paid all personal travel and medical bills from his credit card. 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