Pioneer of Computer Science Education in India Prof. Vaidyeswaran Rajaraman passes away at 92
Bengaluru: Prof. Vaidyeswaran Rajaraman, considered the Pioneer of Computer Science Education in India, passed away at home in Tata Nagar on Saturday due to age-related health issues. He was 92.
Prof. Rajaraman was born in 1933 and strove for six decades to develop computer science education in India. He also played a prominent role in setting up the country’s first computer science program at IIT Kharagpur, which was a stepping stone for the country's technological revolution.
Chairman of the Supercomputer Education and Research Centre at IISc, Bengaluru, from 1982 to 1994, the professor was instrumental in developing India's supercomputing and alternative computing capabilities, thereby contributing to strengthening research institutions with cutting-edge computing resources.
Known to have mentored several renowned names in the field of science and technology in India, Prof Rajaraman was teacher of Farooq Chand Kohli, the first Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Tata Computer Sciences (TCS), as well NR Narayan Murthy, co-founder of Infosys.
"I was his student at IIT Kharagpur in the 1960s. He was not only a genius and a scholar but also always available for any kind of guidance. His wife Dharma too was a patron of every student in the EE Department of IIT-K," Narayana Murthy has said.
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Screenwriter Salim Khan on ventilator support and stable, say doctors
Mumbai (PTI): Veteran screenwriter Salim Khan suffered a brain haemorrhage which has been tackled, is on ventilator support as a safeguard and stable, doctors treating him said on Wednesday, a day after he was admitted to the Lilavati Hospital here.
The 90-year-old, one half of the celebrated Salim-Javed duo which scripted films such as "Sholay", "Deewar" and "Don" with Javed Akhtar, is in the ICU and recovery might take some time given his age.
"His blood pressure was high for which we treated him and we had to put him on a ventilator because we wanted to do certain investigations. Now the ventilator was put as a safeguard so that his situation doesn't get worse. So it is not that he is critical," Dr Jalil Parkar told reporters.
"We did the investigations that were required and today we have done a small procedure on him, I will not go into the details. The procedure done is called DSA (digital subtraction angiography). The procedure has been accomplished, he is fine and stable and shifted back to ICU. By tomorrow, we hope to get him off the ventilator. All in all, he is doing quite well," he added.
Asked whether he suffered a brain haemorrhage, the doctor said, "Unko thoda haemorrhage hua tha, which we’ve tackled. No surgery is required.
As concern over Khan's health mounted, his children, including superstar Salman Khan and Arbaaz Khan, daughter Alvira, and sons-in-law Atul Agnihotri and Aayush Sharma, have been seen outside the hospital along with other well-wishers. His long-time partner Akhtar was also seen coming out of the hospital.
Khan, a household name in the 70s and 80s, turned 90 on November 24 last year. It was the day Dharmendra, the star of many of his films, including "Sholay", "Seeta aur Geeta" and "Yaadon Ki Baraat", passed away.
Hailing from an affluent family in Indore, Khan arrived in Mumbai in his 20s with dreams of stardom. He was good looking and confident he would make a mark in the industry as an actor. But that did not happen. And then, after struggling for close to a decade and getting confined to small roles in films, he changed lanes.
He worked as an assistant to Abrar Alvi and soon met Akhtar to form one of Hindi cinema's most formidable writing partnerships. They worked together on two dozen movies with most of them achieving blockbuster status.
Other than "Sholay", "Deewar" and "Don", Khan and Akhtar also penned "Trishul", "Zanjeer", "Seeta Aur Geeta", "Haathi Mere Saathi", "Yaadon Ki Baarat" and "Mr India".
