Brian stayed true to his profession of Civil Engineering, the basics of which he had learnt at IITB. He has come from Rhodes to roads. This introduction made him smile the glint in his eyes unmistakable. Or he added you to his pantheon, alongside stalwarts like Romesh Wadhwani 69, Kas Kasturirangan 69, Anuvrata Dunu Roy 70, Victor Menezes 70, Mahesh Morjaria 74 and me! Around 2 am or so, we silently parked the scooter and went to bed. Being with him was always fun. He is survived by his wife Jayanthi, Sons Radhesh and Sriram, and grandchildren Ojas, Idhaant and Siri. ~~Milind Patankar. I also had unwritten responsibility to be the glue between TCS (the business) and TRDDC (the research). 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. As he explained, his time at IIT was put to good usenot necessarily so much on studyingbut on courting and eventually marrying his wife of almost 50 years, IIT alumnus Noorjehan Desai (ne Kheraj) (also spelled Noorjahan; her life is described below). After Noor passed, he moved to the Washington, DC area to help take care of his grandchildren for two-plus years. That was the last time I heard his voice. 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. Despite his past medical history, Vrajlal Vyas decided to undertake the Amarnath Yatra and registered with the Amarnath Shrine Board. I was happy to oblige him. After waiting for some weeks, we pressed them to let us know their schedule. 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. He believed that an appropriate tribute would be to install a statue of Te Whiti next to statue of Mahatma Gandhi in Wellington, giving the Maori leader a status equal to that of Mahatma Gandhi. Highest Salary 3.7 Cr, SJMSOM IIT Bombay Admission 2023. Grateful thanks to Satish Desai for valuable aides-memoire. ~~Krishnakumar Purswani, Hostel 4, IIT-B, EE, 1981. An out-and-out family man, he was always there not just for immediate family, but also extended family and friends. The apartment at 54 Western Ave near Central Square was legendary as a dharamshala for almost every Indian and definitely every IIT Bombayite, to live in, however briefly. Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma (Former President of India) Gold Medal 'GENIUS' is a word doing justice, but still falls short!!! Eccentric to be sure, in the true sense of the word, but brilliant in his own out-of-the-box way, long before that phrase came into being. 2515 students were awarded the degrees on successful completion of their academic programmes. He was an effortless achiever and had mastered the knack of commanding success with minimal effort. I remember his smiling face every time we met him in the hostel corridor along with his wingmates, on his way to the Mess. Prof. Menon had been associated with IIT Bombay in a number of ways on many occasions. He found great joy in approaching complex technical challenges with creativity and ingenuity.He also had two children, Anura and Ojus. Kesav picked the table mat and created a beautiful American Eagle and calligraphed Stars n Stripes. And then on D 7days came the stage when Sid and Rebecca announced their decision to get married. His gentle smile, open heart free of prejudice made his good-heartedness shine through. One party he organized for IITians on the terrace of his building I can never forget. Sharvas excitement for this ritual was evident in his squeals of delight each morning. Chalekode was a victim of Parkinson's for the last few years and suffered from dementia too in recent times.Chalekode studied in SIES High School, Mumbai from 1st to 11th std - passed out in 1964. You are the future of this great nation. Kamte was a mischievous but a lovable friend. 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. Pally (along with Mohan) were great at Drafting - many of us admired their skills during the freshman year. Your love for life, challenges included, or shall we say challenges wanted, was time and again noticed, admired and just so contagious and inspiring. Besides exceptional professional achievement, here was a warm-hearted, genuine and simple person. He would quip, You are going to make me write part of some proposal, right. 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. He told me not to spread the bad news. All that's gold doesn't glitter. He would always call and suggest that we should join hands and do business together. Step 2: On the main page, verify the NSO 2022-23 level 1 result. Ajit Anant Tipnis (16.8.1946 - 9.5.2019) passed away suddenly at his home in Sion, Mumbai after a massive heart attack on the afternoon of Thursday 9th May 2019. It often happens that after leaving IIT-B in 1971, we are not able to meet all of our IIT friends for whatever reason. Anant (Nanda) Khare passed away on July 22, 2022 at the age of 76 after a lengthy battle with seriously compromised lung functions. Paid all personal travel and medical bills from his credit card. Medals to School/Class Toppers. Yogesh received his B. College had a very nice jogging track, not unlike the one in IIT Powai. Find every unique opportunity to reinforce humanness., IIT Bombay partners with JSW Group to establish Technology hub for steel manufacturing. However, he forever remains with us with his laser-sharp intellect, his ability to always dig to the core of any problem, his wit, and his love for Math and Science. I had fond memories of many chats and visits to his home at that time in Sion. Too early for SN to depart. In my mind, I imagined the couple being able to eat guacamole to their heart's content. After IIT, we parted and went our ways, but kept in touch quite frequently. Sitapati Ganesh passed away on 17th February 2019 at a Singapore Hospital where he had undergone a cardiac procedure. Prior to the Ph.D., She . We also talked about Gujarati literature as a hangover from our Elphinstonian days ( e. g. about authors/their novels of the pre-independence India having famous initials like. It gave me the opportunity to catch up with a friend I was meeting after more than twenty years. Sci. He will always be remembered for his kindness, strength and eternal spirit of learning. Rules Prizes FAQ Themes. I was in H7 and he in H2. 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. One of his friends in SIES college gave him JEE application form and made him apply. Lockheed Martin Corporation, US and Department of Science and Technology, Govt of India - Gold Medal 2016; . His brilliance, positive outlook on life, and devotion to his family defined him. He started his career as a lecturer in IIT Bombay and joined Powergas Corporation (now Aker Solutions) in 1965 as Project Engineer. It is less likely, that many would have taken up this. God rest her soul. Prof. Menon was born in Mangalore on August 28, 1928. I had joined a new job at Tata Consulting Engineers what caught my attention was his disarming mischievous smile. Venkatraman Krishnan passed away in Bengaluru on 29th April 2021. (12 hr./wk, 2010-2014) . Mr. Sadanand Yadwadkar, another IIT batchmate, came from Mumbai and joined us at the S.P. respectively, but all three of us were given rooms in Hostel 5. He could not be tempted by anyone or anything to take a short cut of dishonesty. I pray to the Almighty God for his blessed soul to rest in eternal peace. Robotics. At that time, he was working for Chicago Pneumatics (CP Tools), Mulund along with Tony Fernandes (Mech 71, H4) and Pat Sengupta (Mech 72, H4). He finally established his own firm, becoming the Principal of Siqueira LLC. Jana had given Shares of his company to the key employees and in turn they produced complex valves made for defence and the Exports. It is also unfortunate that my nephew (my brothers son Rishabh born on August 23, 2020) will never experience the joy of his company. As someone has already said, we do lose touch with many of our classmates, but memories come flooding back. And they made a good couple. Knew him well at H8. Srivastava had won the gold medal in IMO in 2019 and before that, he had won the silver medal in 2018. After Dr Bhabhas demise in an air crash in 1966. Linus was the eldest of 6 siblings of a middle-class family living at Belgaum. While his extracurricular exploits need not be detailed here, suffice it to say he had a great time at IIT and made many of his closest lifelong friends during his time at the school.Upon graduation, Satish joined Metal Box, an industrial manufacturing company where several IIT graduates cut their teeth in the workforce. He came to the US and earned a graduate (MS) degree from Stanford University in Industrial Engineering. He was highly respected as a Welding Professional in the country, and was admired for his humility. He would always stop to chat. During Bijus wakeful moments he had been asking for Nancy and me! Services, IBI Chematur, SNC Lavalin and Shiva Engg. Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur Jun 2010 - Jul 2010 2 months. He said whatever strange ideas Sreeram may have he would follow them seriously and would be very successful in the long run. I participated in a few sessions of the interviews we used to conduct to decide the names of students to get the Vilas Karnik scholarship. Tiwari/Bihari) took his last breath on 19th Feb, 2022 after battling cancer for 18 months. Obviously, he did not let his status and success get into his head. He either quickly found you uninteresting, or unyielding to his wisdom -- perhaps you were judgmental of his quirks -- and then snubbed and dropped you. 453K subscribers "In the 60 years of IIT Madras history this is the first time that the highest honour 'President of India Gold Medal' is won by a girl student:Ms.Kavitha Gopal" Ms.Kavitha. As we got introduced to other Hostel mates, we stuck together night and day due to the fear of ragging. He loved outdoor adventure, tracking, kayaking and scuba diving. Any amount of coaxing him by my mother to eat fresh homemadechapatis would not budge him because he wanted to do justice to the food given by his mother/wife. He was brought up under the care of his grandmother. - Raj Nair, He was staying in the same hostel 6 I was staying initially. Then siren would start off causing a mini confusion in the hostel. The cocktails were quite refreshing at the end of a hard days work. At the end of 5 years, I remember we shared the kali peeli taxi to bring all our belongings from a hostel room in Powai to homes in Sion, Matunga as I had moved to Matunga by then where I continue to live. We were told the doctors werent holding out much hope. All through this period, he never talked much about his engineering achievements and never had any airs about himself. Bezos used this Framework to start Amazon and quit his job at DE Shaw, and we do know how it Colleges with their emphasis on IT and Comp. He developed global and country-specific models for the evaluation of costs and climate mitigation potential options in California, India, China, Brazil and other major developing countries. He will be missed by family and friends. Their quick reply was, 'we are managing at home'. Yogi, as he was known to his friends and family, very regretfully passed away on April 30, 2022 after a brief but brave fight with cancer.After IITB (Hostel 8, Civil 1971), he completed his MBA from Bajaj, Bombay, and did a 12 year stint as a Corporate executive in Dhootapapeshwar, Wipro and Parle Beverages. Gold Medal, Top 1% Topper, Sustainable and affordable sanitation solutions for small towns: policy, planning and practice, NPTEL, IIT Bombay, August 2019. We were friends on FB but he was not as active on FB so our interaction was occasional. I came to know those much later. He has 110 issued US patents (with more coming) and over 80 publications. 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. We also tussled often on quiz teams. For where you are is what matters most to us. 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. He did all of this while working through a genetic heart condition and other serious maladies that eventually would claim his life, without ever seeking a break for himself.Satish is survived by his son Sachin, daughter-in-law Ankita, grandchildren Saya and Ellora, brother Ajit, mother Suvarna, and an extended circle of family and friends he was very close to and who also will miss him greatly. On the way back over heartbreak hill, we would be filled with josh for how we would train to participate in the next years marathon if only for some portion of the 26 miles 485 yards. Biju had been hospitalized few days earlier, was in the ICU, and had been drifting in and out of a coma. Vinayak was born in Karjat, Maharashtra on 5th Sep 1947 exactly on Teachers Day and 20 days after India achieved its Independence. 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. 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. 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. April 2021 he organized for IITians on the terrace of his friends in SIES college him! 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