My B.Tech. Gurus at IIT Bombay, 1968-1973.

My teachers during the B.Tech. Programme : 1968 to 1973, at IIT Bombay

The following teachers are no longer at IIT Bombay. Those marked with an asterisk (*) are no longer with us. They rest in peace.

1. Achuthan M [ME]
   - Thermodynamics.
   "Goofing up is nobody's unique birthright."

2. Batra RL * [MA]
   - Mathematics and Numerical Analysis.

3. Bhargava HD [CH]
   - Inorganic Chemistry.

4. Bhattacharyya SP * [MA]
   - Mathematics.

5. Bose MSC [ME]
   - Experimental Stress Analysis

6. Chakraborti DK [CH]
   - Inorganic Chemistry.

7. Chandrasekharan VS [CE]
   - Applied Mechanics (Engineering Mechanics as it was known then).
   The subject was considered a terror, not the teacher. One of the best teachers of engineering science that I had.

8. Chatterjee A [HSS]
   - English.

9. Chindarkar UN [ME] (aka Powle US)
   - Fluid Mechanics, Fluid Machinery.

10. Dange YK [ME]
    - Theory of Machines, Machine Design.

11. Desai PD [EE]
    - Instrumentation.

12. Deshpande AS * [ME]
    - Production Engineering (Rolling).

13. Dhariwal HC * [ME]
    - Prime Movers.

14. Divekar MV [MA]
    - Mathematics.

15. Ghosh Deb K [PH]
    - Physics (Mechanics). Part of Volume I of Resnick and Halliday.

16. Gopalan MN [MA]
    - Mathematics.

17. Iyer PR * [CH]
    - Organic Chemistry. English and Cassidy was the text.

18. Jagadish BS * [ME]
    - Gas Turbines.
    Founder of the Heat Transfer Laboratory.

19. Jaganmohan A * [ME]
    - Steam Turbines.
    Founder of the Steam Power Laboratory.

20. Jagannnath Rao M * [PH]
    - Physics (Electricity and Magnestism). He completely uncovered the volume II of Resnick and Halliday (or was it Halliday and Resnick?).

21. Jain PC [MA]
    - Mathematics.

22. Jaiswal K [ME]
    - Workshop Technology. I later realised that he was a TTT - Technical Teacher Trainee.

23. Jog DV * [HSS]
    - English.

24. Kamalapurkar DB [ME]
    - Mechanical Engineering Drawing.

25. Kamath MS * [EE]
    - Electric Machines.
    Mine was perhaps the only non-EE batch which faced MSK for three semesters!

26. Khemchandani MV * [ME]
    - Machine Design.

27. Krishnamurthy S [MA]
    - Mathematics.

28. Kulkarni MD [ME]
    - Steam Power.
    Vanished in 1973. Apparently, went to the USofA. Could not be traced.

29. Kumar RD [EE/CSE]
    - Electric Circuits.
    Provided an excellent exposition, using Heyt and Kemmerly. Also, taught us the programming language ACE for MINSK-2 (remember the CNA tapes?, and the HSP output ribbon?).

30. Magal BS [ME]
    - Nuclear Engineering.
    Set up the lab in Room 112.

31. Mahajan AS [PH]
    - Physics.

32. Malvadkar CB * [ME]
    - Machine Design.

33. Mokashi-Punekar MK [HSS]
    - English.

34. Nagachandran A [ME]
    - Casting.

35. Narayankhedkar KG [ME]
    - Airconditioning.

36. Padalia BD * [PH]
    - Physics (Optics).

37. Palekar MG [MA]
    - Mathematics.

38. Parikh PP * [ME]
    - Combustion, IC Engines.

39. Parulekar BB * [ME]
    - Refrigeration.
    Where is Khandu Patil?

40. Patil SH [PH]
    - Modern Physics.

41. Prabhu PH [HSS]
    - Industrial Phychology.

42. Rajan R [PH]
    - Modern Physics.

43. Raju VC [ME]
    - Instrumentation.

44. Ramaswamy N * [ME]
    - He was my seminar guide.

45. Ranga Rao MP [MA]
    - Mathematics.

46. Reddy CT [ME]
    - Production Engineering.

47. Reddy GP [ME]
    - Strength of Materials.

48. Sanyal BS * [HSS]
    - Logic.

49. Sethuraman TV * [HSS]
    - Economics.

50. Shankar K * [EE]
    - Electronics.

51. Soni RY * [CE]
    - Strength of Materials.

52. Srivastava HN [CH]
    - Physical Chemistry.

53. Sukhatme SP [ME]
    - Heat Transfer.
    His textbook was first used by us.
    He was also the guide for my Home Paper (as the BTP was known then).

54. Sundararajan A [PH]
    - Physics (Thermodynamics and Waves). Part of Volume I of Resnick and Halliday.

55. Swaminathan N [HSS]
    - Ethics.

56. Tembe RG [CE]
    - Geometric Drawing, Civil Engineering Drawing.

57. Vartak MN * [MA]
    - Industrial Statistics and SQC, Operational Research.
    What a teacher!

58. Vasudevan P * [ME]
    - Machine Design, Theory of Elasticity.

59. Venkataraman G [MT]
    - Physical Metallurgy.

60. Viladkar BG * [PH]
    - Thermodynamics.

61. Vyas BD * [ME]
    - Fluid Mechanics.

The Manchester Bee

2022 January 25, Tuesday: The Manchester Bee

One item one may or may not notice in Manchester is one of its common symbols: the worker bee. 

The formal coat of arms for Manchester is:

At the top is a globe with a map and seven bees in a geometric honeycomb pattern.

The worker bee is the common symbol of Manchester. 

It represents a worker in a mill from the time of the Industrial Revolution.

If one is observant, one will notice the bee almost everywhere.

Here you see the bee on a litter bin and on a bollard.

And on one of my caps.

Here it is on a keychain/pendant and on the entry passage of a shop.

And on the windows of shops - from the high-end to the DMart types.

The bees also ride the Stagecoach Green Electric Buses.  I see three on this side of this bus.

Search Google for ‘Manchester Bee’.  

Does Mumbai have such a symbol? 

If so, what is it?

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