Prof. Shankar Memorial Scholarship

Prof. Shankar Memorial Scholarship is available to needy and deserving students. The nature of awards would be decided by an institute committee.
About Prof. Shankar: Prof. K. Shankar joined IITB in August 1963 as an M.Tech, student and continued as a faculty till the end. Prof. Shankar had endeared himself to a large community of students, colleagues, friends and their family members - both within and outside the campus, in various walks of life. Apart from intense academic involvement in IIT, he was extremely dynamic in many professional organisations like IEEE, IETE etc. He was associated with a large number of other academic institutions and universities in various capacities.

Prof. Shankar was also a great lover of music. He patronized many music sabhas by instituting memorial concerts. He was a voracious reader. He had a large collection of music cassettes and books on varieties of topics - many of them being bought not only for his personal use, but also for gifting away to various friends and their families. His philanthropy extended to help many individuals and institutions, in terms of financial assistance as well as personal help. Whenever any of his friends, associates or their family members, young or old, were suffering or hospitalized, Shankar used to run to them at the earliest to offer assistance and solace.

In academics also, Shankar was very sympathetic towards weak and poor students; he used to identify their shortcomings - academic, financial, social or psychological; he encouraged them by offering suitable help and advice, to boost their morale. Students of good standing also enjoyed Prof. Shankar’s friendly association inside and out of class rooms. Shankar, with his enormous memory and capacity to nurture friendship, had kept contact with a large number of students, wherever they settled in their career.
Prof. K. Shankar expired on 2nd Feb. 2000, due to sudden cardiac arrest. He had a long continuous association of nearly 37 years with IIT Bombay. He had completed about 60 years just a couple of months before his death. He was active and dynamic till the last day, though he was suffering from a heart problem for almost 8 years; in fact, he even took a lecture before going to hospital on 1st Feb 2000.

In order to propagate and keep alive the spirit, of at least a few laudable values that Prof. Shankar practiced and nurtured during his life, it is thought befitting to institute 'Prof. K.Shankar Memorial Fund', through contributions from his friends and admirers. Annual proceeds from this fund would be utilized to award scholarships to the needy and deserving students, prizes and medals for meritorious student-achievements in some specified areas etc., in memory of Prof. Shankar. The nature of awards and the actual amount associated with the awards would be decided depending upon the amount of the fund collected. A small committee in IIT has been set up to function in an advisory capacity to make suitable recommendations for the appropriation of the proceeds of the fund for the purpose mentioned above. Implementation of the recommendations of the committee would be looked after by the IIT administration.