Former JNTU VC P. Dayaratnam no more

Former Vice-Chancellor of JNTU-Hyderabad Pasala Dayaratnam passed distant present connected November 11 (Tuesday). He was 93.

A prof of Civil Engineering, helium was JNTU-H’s VC betwixt 1995-1998. Earlier, helium was the caput of Civil Engineering Department and Dean, R&D, IIT Kanpur. Some of his textbooks, Structural Engineering, Brick and Reinforced Structures, Prestressed Concrete Structures, among others, stay fashionable among students, designers and builders.

For his contributions, helium was awarded Sir Arthur Cotton Gold Medal, Nickolaidas Gold Medal from Institution of Engineers (India), Distinguished Engineering Alumnus grant from University of Colorado, Outstanding Concrete Technology Award 1997 from Indian Concrete Institute.

Rajendra P. Bhattarai, president of Clean Water Strategies successful Austin, Texas, wrote connected his societal media page: “He was 1 of the champion professors I had astatine IIT Kanpur. He was besides the Head of the Department of Civil Engineering erstwhile I was there. He was a elephantine successful reinforced and prestressed factual structures. He was besides precise kind, generous and brushed spoken. I beryllium him a lot.” Another technologist from Chennai recollected Mr. Dayaratnam arsenic a large writer and that his books were wide referred successful teaching and practice.

Mr. Dayaratnam’s ceremonial was held astatine the Sahebnagar cemetery successful Vanasthalipuram connected Wednesday.