Category: Obituaries
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Obituary – Khorshed Pavri
The eminent Indian virologist, who was the first female director of the National Institute of Virology in Pune, India, died on December 27, 2021. Khorshed Pavri, a renowned Indian virologist known for her contributions in research relating to HIV, enteric and hepatitis viruses, and various other viral diseases, died in Mumbai on Dec 27, 2021,…
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Obituary – Fr. Conrad Mascarenhas S.J
Fr. Conrad Mascarenhas passed away to his eternal reward on 17 February 2022. He was 84 years old and had been a Jesuit for 63 years. He was ordained a priest in 1974. An alumnus of the Microbiology Department of St. Xavier’s, Fr. Conrad began with teaching for two years in the Junior College at…
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Tribute to Gerson da Cunha (June 1929 – 7 January 2022)
Gerson da Cunha (Alumnus 1945 – 1949): “A Colossus of a human being. Whence cometh such another?” That’s with due apologies to the bard: ‘But let me begin by sharing the stage with a bouquet of mutual friends, all Xavierites.(I have been well trained by that once pernicious MRTP provisions that governed quite a sizeable chunk …
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Obituary – Squadron Leader Kuldeep Singh
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Obituary – Soli Sorabjee
Soli Sorabjee, Padma Vibhushan, and legal luminary, who served India and the cause of human rights in a way, perhaps, no one else has done, was one of the most illustrious alumni of St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai. We mourn his loss at the age of 91 to Covid-19, knowing that the pandemic has claimed one…
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