Worldwide BITS Pilani Alumni Mourn Sad Demise of Prof K Gopalan

Prof K Gopalan comes in for a heart-felt recognition, unstinting praise and accolades by all his students from BITS Pilani. Prof Gopalan graduated in Civil Engineering from Bangalore University in 1951. After a stint of 5 years with Tamilnadu government, he joined Birla Engineering College Pilani in 1956 as Lecturer in the Civil Engineering Department. A gifted teacher, he taught the then most sought-for Civil Engineering courses. In 1961, he became Assistant Professor and also Training and Placement officer.

He went to MIT Boston in 1967 to have hands-on knowledge about the admissions procedure at MIT. In 1968, he became Chief of Admissions and Placement at BITS.

He single-handedly headed both Admissions & Placement cells. He streamlined the admissions process including computerization. His efforts at placement brought companies in large numbers for campus recruitment. His warm relations with these companies helped BITS to establish a number of new Practice School stations .

He retired from BITS in 1993 and moved to Bangalore with his appointment as Visiting Professor to coordinate the Off Campus programs at the Bangalore hub of BITS and continued in that role till 2000.

Prof. Gopalan after a brief illness breathed his last on 25 Jun 2018. He was undoubtedly the most respected, admired and loved admissions and placement officer BITS Piano ever had. Alumni of BITS Piano across all latitudes and longitudes share the sorrow with his family wife & daughters Sujata Anita Rita and pray that his soul rests in everlasting peace.

About BITSAA: BITS Alumni Association (BITSAA) has emerged as one of the strongest alumni networks of any university. BITSAA International engages in charitable and educational activities by raising funds for setting up endowments, creating scholarships, rewarding teaching and research and generally promoting the development of resources at Birla Institute of Technology and Science at Pilani, Dubai, Goa & Hyderabad campuses. BITSAA International also aims to strengthen the ties, friendship and communication amongst former students, alumni faculty and friends of the Institute. BITSAA International provides a number of channels for people to stay connected with each other and with Birla Institute of Technology & Science. Notable other alumni initiatives for BITS Pilani include Guru Dakshina program by 70-75 batch to honour former faculty members, Prof Venkateswaran Faculty Excellence award by Karthik Krishna, Prof SSR Memorial Teaching Excellence Award, Atma Nirbara multi crore Pilani Resource Centre by 75-80 batch alumni and many more. For more on BITSAA see http://www.bitsaa.org/

Prof BR Natarajan
BITS Pilani Alumnus
Pilani Rajasthan India 333031
Phone: +91-9799476406
Email: brnatarajan@bitsaa.org
Website: http://www.bitsaa.org/

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