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IIT Kanpur mourns Loganathan’s death

IIT Kanpur mourns Loganathan’s death

The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) of Kanpur is mourning the death of distinguished achiever and alumni G.V. Loganathan, the professor who died in a US university shootout along with 32 others.

Loganathan, who had done his masters from IIT Kanpur after graduation from IIT-Madras, is credited with linking the IIT Alumni Centre here to the Virginia Techs engineering education department on certain projects.

We held a condolence meeting on the campus on Tuesday evening, IIT director Sanjay Dhande said on Wednesday.

More : timesofindia.indiatimes.com

 

IIT Kanpur mourns Loganathans death

IIT Kanpur mourns Loganathans death

Kanpur, April 18 (IANS) The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) here is mourning the death of distinguished achiever and alumni G.V. Loganathan, the professor who died in a US university shootout along with 32 others.

Loganathan, who had done his masters from IIT Kanpur after graduation from IIT-Madras, is credited with linking the IIT Alumni Centre here to the Virginia Techs engineering education department on certain projects.

We held a condolence meeting on the campus here Tuesday evening, IIT director Sanjay Dhande told IANS Wednesday.

More : andhracafe.com

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