Kanu Gandhi (1928
– 7 November 2016) was an Indian scientist and son of
Ramdas Gandhi
Ramdas Mohandas Gandhi (2 January, 1897 – 14 April, 1969) was the third son of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. He was a freedom activist in his own right.
Biography
Ramdas was born in the Colony of Natal, the third son of Mahatma Gandhi and Kast ...
, thus a grandson of
Mahatma Gandhi
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (; ; 2 October 1869 – 30 January 1948), popularly known as Mahatma Gandhi, was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist Quote: "... marks Gandhi as a hybrid cosmopolitan figure who transformed ... anti- ...
.
He studied at
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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, graduating with a master's degree in
civil engineering
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in 1963. Later he worked for
NASA
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and
United States Department of Defense
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on aircraft design. He moved back to India with his wife in 2014. Gandhi died in a private hospital in
Surat.
Career
In 1963, Gandhi graduated from the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private land-grant research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Established in 1861, MIT has played a key role in the development of modern technology and science, and is one of the ...
with a master's degree in
civil engineering
Civil engineering is a professional engineering discipline that deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment, including public works such as roads, bridges, canals, dams, airports, sewa ...
.
Later he worked for
NASA
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and
United States Department of Defense
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on aircraft design. His wife Shivalaxmi was a professor and researcher in
Boston Biomedical Research Institute. They had no children. In 2014 they moved back to India. He died in a private hospital in
Surat.
References
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2016 deaths
1928 births
Scientists from Gujarat
Kanu
American people of Indian descent
People from Surat