Ganesan Venkataraman:An Admirable Teacher, Meticulous Scientist and a Visionary

Ganesan Venkataraman, GV, as we fondly address him, has contributed so immensely in the past six decades to various fields - scientific, technical, intellectual, managerial and, in recent years, the spiritual side of life - that it would be hard to find another parallel, in depth and diversity, anywhere close to him. GV's commitment to every task that he has ever undertaken in his long career has the fragrance of missionary zeal, because he has always strived hard to achieve perfection in all his pursuits. One cannot do justice to his personality by writing a few pages.