We are sad to announce the demise of Prof. P. Ramachandra Rao. He died on Jan 10 at Coimbatore due to a heart attack. He was 67 year old. He is survived by his wife, a son and a daughter.
Prof. P. Ramachandra Rao was a world renowned metallurgist. He had unique distinction of the only Vice-Chancellor (2002-05) of Banaras Hindu University who was also a student (1963-68) and faculty (1964-92) at the university. He worked in many govt. organizations and institutes in the capacity of scientist as well as administrator. He received SS Bhatnagar award from CSIR in 1985 and countless other awards for his research work in metallurgy.
Recently, he was working as Raja Ramanna Fellow of DAE at the International Advanced Research Centre for Powder Metallurgy and New Materials.
His interview was published in chronicle April 2008 issue:
http://www.itbhuglobal.org/chronicle/archives/2008/04/chronicle_inter.php
His cremation is planned on Wednesday at Hyderabad.
May his soul rest in peace.
Readers are requested to post their tributes in the space provided below.
Prof.P. Ramchandra Rao was one of the rarest of rare jewels of the Metallurgy Deaprtment of BHU and India.In his demise we have lost one of the finest engineering scientist.May the departed soul rest in peace.My heartfelt condolence to his family members
January 16, 2010 7:11 AMI was fortunate enough to have Dr. Rao as our VC during my time at ITBHU. I was deeply impressed by his forward-thinking vision.
He was also one of the few super-senior alumni who was in frequent contact with the alumni association volunteers by email.
It is indeed a great loss.
Animesh
CSE03
I sincerely pay the tribute and respects to the departed soul. I was lucky enough to have Prof. Dr. Rao as our Vice-chancellor during my last 3 years time at MCA BHU. We were (International Students + BHU Youth Festival Team, Cultural team)enough boosted up by his support. He is an unforgettable personality.
May God help us all.
S.M. Attabur Rahman (BHU 1999-2005)
Sydney NSW 2000
Australia
Dr. Rao was indeed a visionary. I meet him during the inception of the ITBHU WiFi project. He was a visionary and will be sorely missed.
Ujj
Met79
I was privileged to learn metallurgy basics and splat coolig from Prof. Rao. He was a dedidcated teacher, guide to me. May his soul rest in peace.
GSS prasad
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January 31, 2011 4:21 PMDr Ramchandra Rao is always in my heart. Whenever I think of metallurgy Dr Rao comes to my mind. He was a great metallurgist and a trua gentleman. He had helped us to make our vision in metallurgy. I feel obliged to be a student of him.
July 4, 2011 11:49 PM
I sincerely pay the tribute and respects to the departed soul.
January 12, 2010 8:41 PM