Here is a list of our dear classmates who have passed away. If you know of others who might have passed please pass on their information. We will endeavor to keep this updated as much as is feasible. Obituaries, when available, are below the table and linked to their names.
| First Name | Last Name | Department | Hostel |
| Kaied | Barot | Chemical Engineering | H-5 |
| Suresh | Bhagwat | Electrical Engineering | H-3 |
| Balachandran | Bhaskar | Metallurgical Engineering | H-6 |
| Sushil | Bhuta | Chemical Engineering | H-4 |
| Vikram | Chabra | Electrical Engineering | H-6 |
| Cawas | Cooper | Chemical Engineering | H-5 |
| Chandraprakash | Deo | Aeronautical Engineering | Other |
| Satish | Desai | Aeronautical Engineering | H-7 |
| Anil | Gokhale | Electrical Engineering | Other |
| Sunil | Hattangdi | Aeronautical Engineering | H-8 |
| Rameshchandra | Kanade | Chemical Engineering | H-7 |
| Sudhir | Karnik | Mechanical Engineering | H-3 |
| Venkataraman | Krishnan | Mechanical Engineering | H-5 |
| Mahendra | Malu | Master of Science – M.Sc. / S.M. | |
| Yohanan | Mammen | Metallurgical Engineering | H4 |
| Balaji Madhukar | Mane | Aeronautical Engineering | H-3 |
| Nikhil | Mehta | Electrical Engineering | Other |
| Narendra | Menon | Metallurgical Engineering | H-5 |
| Robert | Miranda | Mechanical Engineering | H-8 |
| Suresh | Modgi | Metallurgical Engineering | H-3 |
| Rajan | Modi | Electrical Engineering | H-2 |
| Dattaram | Palve | Mechanical Engineering | H-2 |
| Maneck | Panthaky | Metallurgical Engineering | H-3 |
| Anant | Parulkar | Civil Engineering | H-6 |
| Vinayak | Pore | Aeronautical Engineering | |
| Rajendra | Ringe | Mechanical Engineering | H-6 |
| Milind | Sanzgiri | Metallurgical Engineering | |
| Prem | Setty | Electrical Engineering | H-7 |
| Vishwas | Thakurdas | Civil Engineering | H-3 |
| Dooie | Thomas | Electrical Engineering | H-2 |
| Arvind | Tongaonkar | Chemical Engineering | H-3 |
| Chandrakant | Trivedi | Mechanical Engineering | Other |
| Ramesh | Ukidve | Chemical Engineering | H-5 |
| Manguexa | Wagle | Chemical Engineering | H-2 |
Vishwas Thakurdas
Vishwas Thakurdas, 1974 Civil, H3 – 1950-2008 Written by Narayan Kulkarni, Chem H4 Vishwas Thakurdas was a beloved friend whom we lost in 2008. Here is a brief sketch of how I saw Thakur (as we used to call him). Thakur was from Solapur. Our other friends – Dilip Shete (Mech Engg, H4) and Uday Karogal (Chem Engg, H3) were…
Keep readingVinayak Pore
Pore was a dear friend, though a few years senior to me. His sister was a Physics teacher at Bombay University, and I, being the son of a Physics professor, felt a special bond with him. He was always close to me. Originally from Thane, Pore moved to Pune for a job at Kirloskar Commins. After my fresher year in…
Keep readingNarendra Menon
We used to call him Mani Menon. He was a very confident and strong-willed person in the department, with a remarkable ability to influence many of us. Brilliant and no-nonsense, he made a significant impact, but he also knew how to bring fun to the class. Post IIT days, I had a chance to meet him again after a long…
Keep readingRamesh Ukidave
He was so humorous and cheerful all the time. His jokes were always remembered. During one of the sessions, Ramesh asked the deputy director about a particularly tough subject and how the grading system worked. The director responded with a question: “Have you been exposed to this subject?” Without missing a beat, Ramesh replied, “Only once, Sir,” humorously indicating that…
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I knew Suresh Modgi throughout all five years at IIT. He was always biking alongside our group of H6 guys. Even if we were walking, he would slow down on his bike to stay with us, keeping us company and chatting. Modgi stayed in the third hostel, and he had two routes to get there: one before the Gymkhana and…
Keep readingMammen Yohannan
This guy was truly admirable, with his convent accent and mature attitude. He didn’t sound like a typical Bombay boy; instead, he had the distinct tone of a Goan. We were in the same branch, metallurgy, and spent a lot of time hanging out together. One day, I overheard him speaking on a public phone, and to my surprise, he…
Keep readingBalachandran Bhaskar, Met, H6
I got to know Balachandran Bhaskar (November 3, 1951 – March 3, 2014) as my wing mate in our freshman year. We were in an all-fresher wing, and all of us got to know him as a playful, even zany individual, but one always ready to help his friends out, whatever the occasion. He was also known on the IITB…
Keep readingSunil Prabhakar Hattangdi
Sunil Hattangdi was a keen photographer and an aeromodeller. He used to fly his model airplanes on the Gymkhana ground. He used to handle his Pentax K1000 very creatively. One of his photographs had made it to the cover of a British photographic magazine. He followed his BTech (Aero) with MTech (Mech-Prod), and then joined Telco. He did a lot…
Keep readingBalaji Madhukar Mane
Balaji Mane was from Kolhapur. A quiet person, but not shy. He had a thin physique, but very piercing eyes – and one of the sharpest brains I ever came across. We were classmates during B Tech and also during M Tech. After finishing his M Tech, he joined Larsen & Toubro Switchgear, while I joined Siemens. A couple of…
Keep readingOur friend Arvind Tongaonkar (Tonya) H3, Chem
By Dilip Vaidya, Nandu Kulkarni and Ajit Pimpalkhare All three of us were very close to Arvind Tongaonkar (Tonya to his friends) during all the five years of IIT and later, until his unfortunate passing at the young age of 39. In this article, the three of us fondly remember Tonya’s brilliance, his ready wit, and also some of his…
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My memory of Dattaram is that he always had my back. In the 1st and 2nd year, we were partners at workshop practicals and he would be the one to do the jobs and I was his willing assistant. He didn’t feel bad that he was doing the job alone. Next memory is of table tennis. He and I would…
Keep readingVenkatraman Krishnan, Mechanical, H5
Venkatraman Krishnan 1974 batch IIT B Mechanical, hostel 5, passed away in Bangalore on 29th April 2021. Krish was undergoing medical treatment for complications resulting from kidney transplant done 24 years back. Unfortunately, he had two strokes in recent days. He is survived by his wife and two married sons. Post IIT, he did an MBA from Bajaj specializing in…
Keep readingRemembering our friend – Rajan Modi, Electrical, H2
It is said, children often know their parents, especially their fathers, through a lens and an image of love, respect, awe, fear, and many more. But how many know them as the young men and persons they grew to be in their formative years? The picture is often incomplete as their friends move on and away to their own new…
Keep readingDooie Thomas – a shooting star, now a fading glow
Dooie Thomas was my classmate. He was also a good friend. We first met at IIT in the Class of 1974 (EE) and we studied together for 5 years. Because of our last names beginning with “T” (Thakor and Thomas) meant that we shared many labs and workshop times together. As years went by, another opportunity to study and hang…
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IIT Bombay 1974 Reunion 