Ramaswamy "Krish" Krishnamurthi

ALL IS WELL THAT ENDS WELDED

RK or Krish, depending on who you spoke to, didn't believe in limits except to cross them. He pushed the envelope to see how much it could hold: leadership, relationships, moments, friendships, excellence...

After an education at BIT Ranchi, he joined BHEL where he did many things including being the founder director of Welding Research Institute, an organization that 50 years later has contributed to India's space program and trained thousands in his area of expertise (and passion)! Early on, we learned terms that we knew were important to our dad - MiG welding, tungsten electrodes, arc eye, flux, TiG welding, but we had no clue about.

A dynamic individual with movie star looks and youthful disposition that lasted through his lifetime, he engaged people of all ages. His grandchildren would eagerly wait for the word of the day. Which would be something as goofy as “banana”, all well, he went about his work well into his 80s.

There was nothing called retirement in his vocabulary. He took up golf in his 50s and excelled at it, working his way through tournaments and showing up five times a week at the golf course. Passion was indeed his middle name. He never met a stranger except for the first time. Loved with all his heart and that's maybe why his heart gave in on Valentine's Day.

He chose to donate his eyes and his body to science, wanting to be of use to the living even after his last breath.  As his family, we would love to hear any stories you have of him. Do leave a note and let us know.

Chithra, Ami, Shankar, Ira, Sangi, Shankar, Laiku, Siddhu