B . Te c h A l u m n i P h o t o b o o k IIT MADRAS SECOND BATCH B . Te c h A l u m n i P h o t o b o o k IIT MADRAS SECOND BATCH
FOREWORD It is July 1960; IIT Madras is ready to welcome the 2nd b a t c h i n i t s B . Te c h p r o g r a m m e . Hostels and many Academic buildings are under construction. A young, excited group of 120 students with a gleam in their eyes and loads of expectation and aspiration, join; the batch expands in 1961 by 20 Direct Entrants and finally by another 26 from the 1st batch, who become a part of 2nd batch in different years. A few did not complete the course; and over 30 have gone to t h e i r fi n a l a b o d e ; e v e r y o n e o f t h e m , h o w e v e r, i s fe a t u re d h e re in this Photobook in an attempt to reminisce, re-live and rejoice in the bonding, camaraderie and friendship of this Group who lived on campus like one family for over 4 unfor gettable years; students from all parts of the countr y, taught and mentored by brilliant Professors from leading Universities of the world, including many from RWTH Aachen Univ ersity of Ger many, responsible for laying a strong foundation for the curriculum and culture at IITM. Creating a Photobook of this nature over 55 years after leaving the IIT campus was a Herculean task; Credit for being able to commence this project must go to the hard work and f o c u s o f K . N a r a y a n a n , p o p u l a r l y k n o w n a s ‘ G H O S T. S i n c e 1980, he made tireless efforts to collect contact information o f e a ch b a t ch m e m b e r. A s a re s u l t , G h o s t bu i l t s i n gl e h a n d e d l y a readily usable database for the entire batch.
Using this database as a springboard, the Photobook project was launched in April 2020 in a modest way but with a missionary zeal, by Chandrasekaran Subramanian, popularly known as Chandru. His relentless follow-up with all the 80-odd members of the group, who are now contactable, has contributed to make this Photobook project “successful”. Besides participation / collaboration of the batch-mates in this project reflecting the camaraderie of yesteryears, what is noteworthy is the contribution of the families of the 'Departed Souls' for helping to put together the pages for their deceased h u s b a n d / fa t h e r. The biggest hurdle was to get the photos of the individuals during IIT days. The Archive department and Alumni Association team of the Institute came on board and were finally able to supply around 120 photos from the Application For ms. Chandru then reached out to several batch-mates across the globe to give inputs individually and also formed a TEAM to assist him in editing the profiles and finalising nitty-gritty d e t a i l s. T h e A l m a M a t e r, I I T M A A , t h e H e r i t a g e C e n t re a n d a Design agency in Chennai joined hands at all stages to finally produce this volume. Grateful thanks to each and every one!
INDEX 01 02 CHEMICAL ENGINEERING 04 Chandrasekaran K 06 Digambar Barde 08 M a n i R . V. S 10 Narayanan K 11 Sadasivan K 13 Veerara ghavan Subramanian 14 CIVIL ENGINEERING 16 Ganga Rao Hota 18 Kripanarayanan K M 20 Nandakumar R Dave 22 Jayant Pandya S. 23 Amal Krishna Biswas 24 Bhagwan Das 25 Bhawalkar S.M. 26 Chandan Kumar Das 27 Chandra Kant Gupta 29 Harirao Baburao Fuke 30 ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING 32 Ananthu T S 34 Aravindakshan Nayar C M 36 Mani Chandy K 38 Pradeep Mallick Syed Abdul Aleem
Basheer Ahmed 40 Carol Fairstone Syiemlieh 41 Jang Bahadur Singh Katiyar 42 Mahimachandra Gangwar 43 MECHANICAL ENGINEERING 45 Basu John Vetteth 46 Esmail Olia 48 R Prabhakaran 50 Ramesh A Vaswani 52 Siddhartha V 54 Ratan Babu V 56 Sharma Jumman D 57 M E TA L L U R G Y 59 Bhagiradha Rao E S 60 Chandrasekaran S 62 Mahesh K 64 Prabhakar O 66 Amitav Patnaik 68 Meduri Krishanamurthy 69 Nageshwar Prasad Rama 70 Narayanan Kutti Menon M 71
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CHANDRASEKARAN K 1969 2022 1969 2022 02
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING Roll No: 1.008/60 After graduation, KC worked for 4 years in various chemical and paper industries in India, before migrating to the USA in 1969 for higher studies. In 1971, he g r a d u a t e d w i t h M . S . Pa p e r S c i e n c e , f r o m S y r a c u s e , N Y. After post graduation, Chandrasekaran moved to Canada and worked for 37 years in the Canadian Pulp & Paper Industry before retiring in 2009. In the last assignment a t E s p a n o l a O n t a r i o m i l l , h e w o r k e d a s Te c h n i c a l Director for 29 years and was instrumental in the introduction of new bleaching technology and advanced environmental controls to make the mill the most advanced in Canada. He also introduced ‘Kaizen’, the concept of continuous improvement, giving decision making powers to mill production workers. In 1966, KC married Lalitha. They have a son working for Accenture in the US as Associate Director and one g ra n dd a u g h t e r. Currently leading a retired life in Estero, Florida, USA. Hobbies include playing tennis, teaching and playing bridge, organic gardening, world traveling, and listening to music. 03
DIGAMBAR BARDE 1965 2020 1970 1995 04
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING Roll No: 1.020/60 Digamber was fond of Volle yball and re presented IIT at inter-IIT meet and in Madras (Chennai league) He started his career with Ashok Leyland, Chennai as Mana gement Trainee and left in 1967 to Join Michigan Te c h n o l o g i c a l U n i v e rs i t y, U S A t o d o M S i n C h e m i c a l Engineering which also included work with NASA on Apollo Project. He then worked with Container Corp. Of America as a p ro d u c t D e v e l o p m e n t E n g i n e e r, ( 1 0 / 6 9 t o 0 3 / 7 3 ) , H P D I n c / Ve o l i a Te c h n o l o g y ( u p t o 0 4 / 8 9 ) a n d fi n a l l y w i t h Eastern Pulp & Paper where he became CEO in ’98 and r e t i r e d i n ’ 0 4 . J o i n e d T E M B E C I n c , C a n a d a a s S r. V. P (Corporate Engineering and Business Development) and retired in 09/08. Returned to Virginia, USA and started Consultancy for Pulp and Paper Industry and Gas Plant Brine recovery- .Retired for GOOD in 2018 and Currently enjoying time with family in Virginia. Loves to visit India every year for a month or two. 05
M A N I R . V. S 1960 2017 1969 2019 06
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING Roll No: 1.043/60 RVS Mani stood first in Chemical Engineering in the Class of 1965. During IIT days, he was an avid player of ping pong, cricket, ball badminton and was in love with carrom board. A f t e r g r a d u a t i n g f r o m I I T, h e c o m p l e t e d h i s M S ( C h E ) i n 1966 and started working in America. In 1973 he switched his career to instrumentation and process control. After working for several engineering and manufacturing companies, he spent 24 years at Merck in the engineering and plant maintenance groups and retired in 2011. H e m a r r i e d D r. S w a r n a M . D. i n 1 9 6 9 a n d h a s t w o children, Sumathi and Ajay. Mani and Swar na cur rentl y live in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Both of them are oc- casionally “working from home”, His current interests are HELP Foundation of which he was one of the found- ing fathers, supporting 200 orphan and destitute children through High school and 200 more through college in various Indian Ashrams. He studies Vedanta, Sanskrit and enjoys cooking, watch- ing TV with famil y. He is an avid student and listener of Carnatic Music. 07
NARAYANAN K. 1960 2017 1969 2011 08
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING Roll No: 1.046/60 K.Narayanan known to IITM and his classmates as “GHOST” worked in IOC, Guwahati Refinery (1965 – 68) . From 1968 to 2004 he was with Madras Refin- eries Ltd (Chennai petroleum Corporation) from where he retired as Director (Operations). During his tenure at MRL he obtained a PGDiploma in Petroleum and Petro Chemicals, at IPG, Ploiesti, Ro- mania under UNESCO scheme; attended MDP at IIM, Ahmedabad (PG Dip syllabus). He was the leader of “Train the Trainers” g roup from Petroleum India Inter- n a t i o n a l t o N N P C , N i g e r i a fo r o n e ye a r. A p a r t f ro m h i s profession, Narayanan was very much involved with Sri Guhananda Mandali, Freemasonr y, and IITM Alumni Association being the main co-ordinator for 1965 batch. Narayanan married Bhagirathy in 1975. They are blessed with 2 daughters, Prathibha and Swetha, both married and settled in USA and have one grandson and three granddaughters. Though born in and a resident of Chennai for over 7 decades, Ghost continues to cherish his association with Assam - the State under whose re-allocated quota, he got late admission to IITM and where he also got his first job. Not surprisingl y, Ghost has named his house as ‘Kamakhya’, the supreme deity of Assam. 09
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING SADASIVAN K Roll No: 1.087/60 1960 10
VEERARAGHAVAN CHEMICAL ENGINEERING SUBRAMANIAN Roll No: 1.099/59 1959 11
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GANGA RAO HOTA 1960 2016 1969 2019 14
CIVIL ENGINEERING Roll No: 1.024/60 In 1965 Hota migrated to the US and completed his MS (‘67) and PhD in (‘69) from North Carolina Univ ersity, Raleigh, USA. In 1969, Hota joined West Virginia University as Asst Professor and rose to the position of Maurice & JoAnn Wadsworth Distinguished Professor in the De partment of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Hota has super- vised 300 M.S. and Ph.D. students, and has published over 400 technical papers on a wide range of subjects, and several books. Since 1988, Hota continues to direct US-NSF sponsored the ‘Constructed Facilities Center’, a C e n t e r o f E x c e l l e n c e d e s i g n a t e d by t h e U. S . C o n g re s s a n d the ‘Center for Integration of Composites into Infrastruc- t u re ’ a t W V U. H o t a re c e i v e d fo u r t e e n p a t e n t s a n d m a n y awards, including the prestigious SAMPE’s Delmonte award. Hota has made pioneering contributions to advance the state-of-the-art of FRP composite materials for infra- structure systems for use in a wide spectrum of engineer- ing systems including modular housing, high pressure gas pipes, hydraulic structures, highways, and bridges. Hota is still active with his academic and research work a t W V U a n d l i v e s i n M o r g a n t o w n , W V, U S A w i t h h i s wife, Rajeswari. Hotas have one son and a daughter and four grandchildren. 15
KRIPANARAYANAN K M 1960 2010 2000 2022 16
CIVIL ENGINEERING Roll No: 1.031/60 K r i p a s t o o d fi r s t i n C i v i l E n g i n e e r i n g a t I I T. B e s i d e s Academics, his interests at IITM were debates, music a n d C a m p a s t i m e s. A f t e r I I T, K r i p a w o r k e d i n I n d i a f o r o n e y e a r a n d i n 1 9 6 6 , h e l e f t I n d i a o n a J. N. Ta t a scholarship for higher studies. He joined the University of Iowa, and completed his PhD in Civil Engineering in 1970. After his PhD, Kripa joined Portland Cement Associa- tion, Illinois and worked there for 10 years as staff en- g i n e e r. I n 1 9 8 0 , h e m o v e d t o P RO C O N ( a d i v i s i o n o f UOP) as its Head of Structural Engineering Dept till 1990. From 1990-1996, he worked for Brown & Root Braun, CA. In 1996, Kripa started his own consultan- cy company in San Diego, CA and has been in business s i n c e t h e n . D u r i n g h i s l o n g c a re e r, K r i p a h a s w r i t t e n several technical papers and manuals. M a r r i e d t o N i r m a l a , ( M BA ) ( re t i re d a s S r. V P o f Union Bank, California), they have 4 children and 11 grandchildren. Kripa is still active in his professional career with his own consultancy business in San Diego, CA. His current interests are walking, listening to music and some physical exercise at the local gym. 17
NANDAKUMAR R DAVE 1965 2015 1968 2018 18
CIVIL ENGINEERING Roll No: 1055/60 A t I I T, D a v e h a d e x c e l l e d i n fi n e a r t s, a c c o u n t a n c y & building construction. In 1967, he started his own enterprise as a consultant and builder & constructed residential, commercial & community buildings in Chennai. He is an approved valuer & engineer for soundness of public buildings. After M A, in 2010, he did his PhD (Sanskrit) from University of Madras. As a member of Lions International, he founded Lions Hearing Aid Bank & Lions Eye Bank Tr ust & became the d i s t r i c t g o v e r n o r i n 1 9 9 1 - 9 2 . I n 1 9 9 9 , Ta m i l N a d u G o v t . allotted him land in the govt. eye hospital for constructing the ‘Lions Cornea Block’. His service activities & inter- views were given publicity by newspapers & media. 25000 bl i n d p e o p l e h a v e b e e n g i v e n t h e g i f t o f s i g h t s o fa r. I n 1994 he was the Under Sheriff of Madras.He was awarded the ‘Distinguished Alumnus Award’ by IITM in 1996. He is the president of 2 centenar y schools, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Memorial Tr ust & Tr ustees of many or ganizations. He was president of the Hindustan Chamber of Commerce in 2014. Married to Smt. Sugna in 1968, he has one doctor daughter and two entrepreneurial sons & 5 grown up grand children. 19
JAYANT PANDYA S. (1943-2020) 1960 2018 2018 2019 20
CIVIL ENGINEERING Roll No: 1.064/60 A f t e r B . Te c h . f r o m I I T M a d r a s, Pa n d y a w o r k e d f o r o n e year at School of Architecture, Ahmedabad. In the next 2 years, he completed Post Graduate Diploma (MBA) by 1968. He worked for 2 years in Humphreys & Glasgow (O) Limited, and later for 2 years (1970-72) in Engineers India Ltd, Delhi. Pandya then moved to the USA in 1972 to work with EPC Management firms. In later years, he joined Deloitte from where he retired in 2009 as Director (Partner). After retirement, he continued to travel frequently to India and was associated with University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Dehradun, and, CEPT Univ ersity, Ahmedabad, where he was a visiting faculty. In 2002, Pandya passed away and is survived by his family consisting of his wife Aruna, his elder son Mehul, an orthopedic surgeon, his younger son, Nirav, CEO (Design and Manufacture) of Electronic Systems for the Defence industries. 21
CIVIL ENGINEERING AMAL KRISHNA BISWAS Roll No: 1.001/60 1960 22
BHAGWAN DAS CIVIL ENGINEERING Roll No: 1.010/60 1960 23
CIVIL ENGINEERING BHAWALKAR S.M. Roll No: 1.014/60 1960 24
CHANDAN KUMAR DAS CIVIL ENGINEERING Roll No: 1.016/60 1960 25
CIVIL ENGINEERING CHANDRA KANT GUPTA (1943-2020) Roll No: 1.017/60 1960 26
HARIRAO BABURAO CIVIL ENGINEERING FUKE Roll No: 1.025/60 1960 27
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ANANTHU T S 1964 2022 1976 2002 30
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING Roll No: 1.004/60 At IITM, Ananthu was well known for his writing and debating skills. He later obtained M.S. from Stanford in Management Science and Eng g. (Opera- tions Research). Work ed with Xerox and Esso in USA. Returned to India in 1969, giving up his green card and passport, with the intention of dedi- cating his life to social service. In 1976, met and married Jyoti who had similar ideals. Opted not to have children so that they can pursue this ideal. Jyoti and he spent 14 years among Gandhian work- ers. Also set up a Study Circle in IITD for investi- gating the link of science with spirituality and social consciousness, under the aegis of Prof. D.S.Kothari. In 1991, they shifted to a small hamlet in TN, but not far from Bangalore. Created a Tr ust called Navadarshanam, where like-minded idealists can lead eco-friendly lives in a forest-like setting. T he community lives off-grid, in homes made from compressed mud blocks, with rain water harvesting and self-sufficiency in basic needs. After the death of his wife in 2008, Ananthu shift- ed to their Gur u’s ashram in Beas, Punjab, where he is doing intensive research on the science-spiritual- ity connection. 31
ARAVINDAKSHAN NAYAR C M 1960 2010 1971 2010 32
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING Roll No: 1.005/60 A f t e r g r a d u a t i n g f r o m I I T, A r a v i n d a k s h a n w a s w i t h ALIND Switchgear Division, Kerala from 1965 to 1988; joined as a design engineer and rose to the position of Divisional Chief Executive. From 1988 to 2003, Nayar worked for Alstom T&D France in top management positions like Vice President (Global Sourcing) , Vice President (Global Industrial strategy) and Vice President (Change Management). From 2003 to 2011 he was B o a rd M e m b e r, A l s t o m T & D I n d i a . After retirement from Alsthom, CMA has been activ e as the Tr ustee of Kerala Inter national Centre, Trivandr um, a think- tank on inter national affairs and also as a Member of “Thought Leader’s council“ of IITMAA. Aravindakshan married Meena Devi in July 1971 w h o re t i re d a s P ro fe s s o r. T h e y h a v e t w o s o n s - BHASKAR and MADHU – both engineers. Nayar’s current interests are geopolitical developments, international politics and climate change. 33
MANI CHANDY K 1972 2018 1969 2017 34
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING Roll No: 1.044/60 Chandy was the 1965 winner of Siemens Medal for merit at IITM. He enjoyed playing hockey for the Institute team. After graduation, Chandy stayed behind at IITM to successfully build a pulse-code modulator under Prof. Seinecke’s supervision. He left for USA in August 1965; completed M.S. in Electrical Engineering in Brooklyn Polytechnic (1966) and PhD in Operations Research at M.I.T (1969). Chandy then worked at IBM Scientific Center f o r o n e y e a r a n d j o i n e d U n i v e rs i t y o f Te x a s, A u s t i n i n 1970; was there as Professor till 1987. Chandy then became Professor Emeritus at California Institute of Te c h n o l o g y a n d w o r k e d t i l l 2 0 1 4 . D u r i n g h i s a c a d e m i c c a re e r, h e re c e i v e d s e v e ra l awards and recognitions from: Computer Measurement Group-1 (1985); IEEE-3 (1990,1996, 2017); ACM-3 (2019, 2013,2014); National Academy of Engineering-1 (1995); and IITM Distinguished Alumnus 2018. Chandy has published 150+ papers, 4 books on Queuing networks and Performance Modeling; Distributed Simulation; Distributed Systems; Earth- quake Monitoring; Sense & Respond Systems. Cur rentl y, Chandy is Simon Ramo Professor-Emeritus a t C a l Te c h . L i v e s w i t h h i s w i f e Je a n ( m a r r i e d i n 1969) in La Canada, CA. His hobbies include Hiking a n d Yo g a 35
PRADEEP MALLICK 1965 2015 1970 2022 36
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING Roll No: 1.069/60 P r a d e e p j o i n e d I I T M a s a S c h o o l To p p e r. H e a c t i v e - ly participated in NCC and was a member of the i n t e r - I I T H o c k e y Te a m . I n J u n e 1 9 6 5 , h e w e n t t o the UK for a two-year apprenticeship and Diploma in Business Management. Back home in 1967, he worked with Corporates in the field of Po wer Distribution & Transmission, managing large turnkey projects in India, Mid- dle-East and North Africa. In 1988, Pradeep joined the Finnish Company Wartsila as MD - India; retired in 2003. He was conferred the Order of The White Rose of Finland by the President of Finland. Pradee p was Chair man-Wester n Re gion of CII and President, Bombay Chamber of Commerce & Indus- try and also Independent Non-Executive Director on over 25 Boards. He has been an Executive Leader- ship Coach since 2004. Mallick is currently engaged in social causes like girl child education, women-empowerment and senior citizen care. Mar ried Veena in 1970; resides in Mumbai. Two sons, Dhiraj and Dhruv, live in Califor nia and Va n c o u v e r. O n e g ra n dd a u g h t e r. Fo n d o f t ra v e l l i n g , walking, music, socialising and keeping up with friends – young and old 37
SYED ABDUL ALEEM (1940 – 1993) 1960 1972 1983 1985 38
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING Roll No: 1.103/60 A s h i n i n g s t a r, S ye d A b d u l A l e e m l e f t u s e a rl y i n A u g 1 9 9 3 . A t I I T, h e w a s C a p t a i n o f S o c c e r a n d Athletic teams and member of tennis and cricket teams. He was the student president during 1964-1965. After g raduation he was at Indian Cable Company, Jamshedpur until 1969, when he migrated to USA to work for Lone Star Industries, CT until 1974. While working, he joined Brooklyn Polytechnical Institute for his MS in Operations Research. He then moved to Hartford Insurance company till 1976; during this tenure he got his MBA(Finance) f r o m B r i d g e p o r t U n i v e r s i t y, C T. D u r i n g 1 9 7 8 - 8 5 h e worked for Olin Corporation and Great Northern N e k o o s a C o r p a s P ro j e c t M a n a g e r. In 1985 he started his own business ventures – Syken Corporation (1985-87) dealing with c o m p u t e r h a r d w a r e a n d s o f t w a r e , S y Q u e s t Te c h n o l o - gies (1988-93) for customised programs for business; and Aztech Mortgage Corp, a fiduciar y (1992-93). His altruism extended to starting Aleem General Hospital in his native village, run by his doctor b ro t h e r. H e i s s u r v i v e d by h i s w i fe D r. A r u n a Trehan (mar ried in 1974), son Omar r Syed Aleem, and three granddaughters. 39
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING BASHEER AHMED (1943-XXXX) Roll No: 1.007/60 0000 40
CAROL FAIRSTONE ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING SYIEMLIEH Roll No: 1.015/60 0000 41
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING JANG BAHADUR SINGH KATIYAR (1943-XXXX) Roll No: 1.041/60 0000 42
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