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Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "Footloose":

Prof G S Sanyal of IITKGP has passed away. We would like to hear your experiences with Prof Sanyal


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gps:

I know.

I will post a full blog on him one of these days, perhaps after this August 18.

Meanwhile the Search Engine of my blogspot tells me that G S Sanyal is mentioned in at least 5 of my earlier blog posts:

http://gpsastry.blogspot.com/2009/10/sdm-slap-or-stimulus.html

http://gpsastry.blogspot.com/2010/05/everyman-his-own-boswell.html

http://gpsastry.blogspot.com/2010/07/mirrors-monkey-tricks.html

http://gpsastry.blogspot.com/2010/09/old-is-gold.html

http://gpsastry.blogspot.com/2011/01/donkeys-feet.html

The last one has this para about GSS:

"Although I lived in Bengal all my Working Life, I didn't touch the feet of either HNB or SDM: one gave me undue promotions, and the other an equally undue Ph D apart from endless intellectual fun (and does so even now blogwise).

But last January when we revisited KGP after five years I and my wife touched the feet of Professor G S Sanyal (90) in his Office rather abruptly. He was taken aback.

This is because I have a peculiar sort of admiration for him.

Apart from being a Great Teacher, he took care of his students so well while they were at KGP that he won their hearts. I came to know of this first-hand when I was at IIT Delhi on an official visit and a famous Physicist and Bhatnagar Awardee whom I came to admire gave me a letter to be delivered in person to GSS saying: "GSS is God!".

Also Sri and Srimati Arjun Malhotra (of the 1965-70 ECE Batch) funded a thriving School of Telecommunications in the name of GSS at IIT KGP (rather than their own names) in 1996.

And decreed that they will bear the expense of housing GSS in the Campus in Qrs and Office as long as GSS wished.

I happened to be riding (parasitically) in GSS's car one of those days and I said honestly to GSS that it is a symbol of the greatest respect any student can show to his favorite Teacher.

Upon which GSS blushed and confessed that he avoids going anywhere near 'his' School since it embarrasses him so.

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Of all Investments, the one that gives unfailing returns is Investing in Love of one's students...it never obeys the Law of Diminishing Returns..."

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gps:

Meanwhile, let me mention that his only son, Bratin, is a KGPhian, circa 1985.

I last met Bratin while he was taking a nostalgic walk on the road from Gate # 5 to the B C Roy Island with his infant son in his arms and his proud wife beside him, around the turn of this millennium.


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