Mr. V. Vishwanathan retired foreman in Chemical Engineering Workshop passed away in Mumbai on Thursday 21 March 2013. Mr. V.Vishwanathan was with the department right from its inception. He had rendered an yeoman service to the department at various phases in its growth. He took charge of the departmental workshop when the department started functioning from the Powai campus. He had managed to put together a make shift workshop in N1 Bay. He had under him a handful of mechanics who had to be trained to undertake the laboratory developmental work and also carry out fabrication of equipment set ups needed for MTech and PhD projects. He was a very good and patient mentor to the staff working under him. He could understand quickly the technical aspects of the equipment needed by the faculty and research students and used his ingenuity in getting the equipment fabricated with the limited resources available at that time. When the department moved to its permanent building in 1962 he had managed to get a fully functional workshop operating on the ground floor of the department. At one point of time he was only person who could operate machines like the lathe and fabricate equipment parts with the desired precision. He was ever ready to translate his knowledge and skills to others who were working under him. He played a major role in getting the laboratory setups ready in the new departmental building. Under his motivational leadership the departmental workshop had at one time got a very good reputation as the place to go when some intricate equipment is to be fabricated. Mr. Vishwanathan's help was often sought by faculty and research students from other departments also. Mr.Vishwanthan had a very pleasant and calm demeanor and had always adopted a professional approach to tackling all problems which came up from time to time. All those who had the good fortune of interacting with him would invariably carry memories of his gracious nature and helpful disposition. The department recognises his contribution to the growth of the departmental laboratory infrastructure over four decades and establishing work ethics for others to emulate. (with inputs from Retired faculty Prof. K P Madhavan) ‹ Information regarding admission into M. Tech New Faculty Joined ›