Our former colleague, Prof SN Vyas passed away on 11th December 2016. He was 76 years old.He was in good health and the death was sudden and peaceful. The department deeply mourn this sudden death. A brief profile of Prof Vyas is given below. We invite people who have been associated with him, in any manner, to pay tributes and recall fond memories, by communicating through this page, for others to read and cherish.
Profile : Prof. Vyas was born on 17th Nov. 1940. He got his bachelor’s degree from Rajasthan University in 1958. He later got his PhD from IIT Bombay in 1969. He was appointed as assistant professor in 1973 and later became professor in 1988. He took voluntary retirement on 10th August 2000 after a service of 27 years. His academic contributions are in the area of reaction engineering, catalysis and gas separation using molecular sieves. Along with late Prof. SR Patwardhan, he has published several papers relating to carbon molecular sieves. They have several publications that are well cited in leading journals, such as Fuel, Carbon, IECR, Journal of Catalysis and Journal of Colloid and interface science.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------My interaction with Prof. Vyas has been academic and mainly in the department. I found him to be friendly and helpful. About a decade back, I had met him when I went to Jodhpur to conduct JEE exam. He made it a point to meet me and he remembered his days in the campus and we had a leisurely chat. And my last remembrance of him will be of that meeting in Jodhpur. We have conveyed our condolences to the family by sending a written note from the Department.I pray to god that his soul rests in peace.
Written by Prof. KV Venkatesh, Head, Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Bombay