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Prof. Amitabha Mukerjee passed away on 24 January 2024. He was a gifted individual with diverse talents and interests , not just in research and academics, as a poet, a very avid nature lover, a biker who is known all over India for his trekking through the Himachal mountains, South India, Uttarakhand, Northeast India and even in Europe in the Alps. He was a pioneer in organizing biking rides with IITK students, faculty and staff, the rides would take them all around Kanpur, from Bithoor to Nawabganj. He was a very avid bird watcher and had a wonderful collection of bird photography in campus, including many migrant birds which have now become a rarity. His interests in music from Indian classical to Bollywood, to pop and Latin hits is also amazingly diverse. He was a master at word play, these became the basis of many of his poetry. Those who know him remember him as an exceptionally wonderful person, very friendly to all--you were always invited to his home.
On the academics side, He received his MS and PhD from the University of Rochester and B.Tech. from IIT Kharagpur. His research interests include artificial intelligence, spatial reasoning, video analytics, robotics, and virtual reality. He has served as a faculty member in the Mechanical Engineering department and the Computer Science and Engineering department at IIT Kanpur.
Sadly he had met with an accident on 24 January 2016, while cycling with our IITK student group. He was hit by a bus, fell into a coma and remained in a semi-conscious state since then. Doctors gave up on him, but his brother and sister, his parents and some of his close friends at IITK did all they could for so many years so that there would be a chance for him to regain full consciousness. That sadly, perhaps was not the will of God!!
May he be with the Lord, in rest and in peace, in full consciousness and bliss, may he never have to cross these difficult days that he endured for 8 years.
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