IIT, Powai award posthumous degree to Nagpur lad
By Vikas Vaidya The convocation of IIT, Powai on August 10 witnessed an unusual happening. One of the degrees was received by father of the student, and that too, when the student had not appeared for the final examination! The extraordinary story of a young student, whose big dreams were shattered by the whims of fate, had compelled the institute to make an exception. His father, Siddharth Dhoke, a loco-pilot with Central Railways, recieved the degree with moist eyes. Siddharth Dhoke accepted the degree at the hands of Abhay Karandikar, Professor and Head of Department of Electrical Engineering. With his intellect and compassionate nature, Akshay had left a mark which made the institute award him the degree posthumously. His father, not a very rich man, too did not lag behind. He gave an amount of Rs 2 lakh to IIT, Powai, so that every topper in Microelectronics could be given medal and three students of weaker section could get scholarship for research project. Siddha...