Tributes to Prof Sharad Chandra Malaviya, former Prof. (Physics) and Dean CBSH, G.B.Pant Univ. of Agric. & Tech
RIP. Tributes. Prof Sharad Chandra Malaviya is no more. He passed away on 30-Jul-2016. He was former Professor and Dean Govind Ballabh Pant Univ. of Agric. & Tech. who retired in 1995. He was my MSc (Physics) course adviser and dissertation guide. Students used to be terrified of him as he was a strict disciplinarian. Having him as the course adviser was a huge privilege that accorded me a kind of ‘protection’ if you will. Though I wasn’t undisciplined, I wasn’t a conformist either, sporting a wild, unkempt beard, and associated with the kind of discussions and groups that were officially frowned upon by the regimented system those days. He never said a word. He taught Mathematical Physics spread across two terms. As a teacher, he wasn’t one who explained too many steps and it was not easy to keep track of the material he was covering. He would outline the content and make us discover the details from books - texts and advanced readings. He made us use some of the best books in