tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6908362959739425575.post3537499299638766078..comments2024-03-26T21:47:45.016+00:00Comments on MEI's Barry Wills: Kal Sastry, 1942-2016MEIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14834780351452765156noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6908362959739425575.post-10363709292390461462023-01-04T06:35:44.531+00:002023-01-04T06:35:44.531+00:00I recently came across this post and these kind wo...I recently came across this post and these kind words about my grandpa. Thank you all. We still miss him every day. He certainly had an impact on us all. Thank you for your condolences.Anjuli Sastry Krbecheknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6908362959739425575.post-36192725237834187032016-07-26T19:58:26.442+01:002016-07-26T19:58:26.442+01:00Outstanding husband, father/grandfather, dedicated...Outstanding husband, father/grandfather, dedicated educator and number one friend. You will be greatly missed.<br />John A Herbst, Chair of Mining, WVU,USA Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6908362959739425575.post-35206811003428001712016-07-25T10:57:44.195+01:002016-07-25T10:57:44.195+01:00Very sad to hear the demise of Prof.Kal Sastry. I ...Very sad to hear the demise of Prof.Kal Sastry. I had an opportunity to associate with him in conducting three workshops for the working engineers of ESSAR STEELS, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India. I learned few things from him even as a resource person. We used to discuss several things before we start the workshop. My association with him is very memorable.<br />My heartiest condolences to Prof.Kal Sastry family<br />D.V.SUBBA RAO<br />Retired Associate Professor<br />Department of Mineral Beneficiation<br />SDS Autonomous College, Garividi, A.P., IndiaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6908362959739425575.post-55101384486851327322016-07-25T10:14:27.017+01:002016-07-25T10:14:27.017+01:00I regret very much the departure of a friend. He w...I regret very much the departure of a friend. He was a great help in organizing IMPC in San Francisco in October 1995. <br />Fathi Habashi, Laval University, CanadaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6908362959739425575.post-21310142343482125712016-07-25T08:43:09.202+01:002016-07-25T08:43:09.202+01:00I have also received the sad news from Professor S...I have also received the sad news from Professor Som and Professor Doug Fuerstenau. It is really a shocking news. I did not know that he was so unwell and had to undergo a lung transplant. I convey my heartfelt condolences to Mrs. Sastry and all the members of the Sastry family. <br /><br />Professor Sastry was my teacher at Berkeley. He taught me modeling of various mineral processing unit operations at UC Berkeley. He had joined UC Berkeley as a young faculty member around the same time (in fact, in the same year if I recall correctly) as I joined there as a graduate student in Professor Fuerstenau's group in 1975. Kal Sastry taught us Mineral Process Engineering and Population Balance Modeling. I recall I had taken all the courses offered by him at Berkeley including an undergraduate course on computational techniques in engineering and another one on process control. I was closely associated with him when he developed an undergraduate lab course on particle technology. Professor Sastry was extremely passionate about Mineral Process Engineering and he taught us with a lot of enthusiasm and dedication. He is of course well known for his work on pelletization and agglomeration. Professor Sastry also worked on column flotation and dewatering at Berkeley. I recall that my contemporaries at Berkeley who worked with Professor Sastry for PhD include Cetin Hosten (dewatering), VP Mehrotra (pelletization) and Dr. Ebaadi (column flotation). <br /><br />I returned to India in 1981 but continued to remain in touch with Professor Sastry. I recall he had spent sometime at IIT Madras and I recall going there to meet him. Professor Sastry had also visited us in Hyderabad when I was there working at Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) in the early 80's - he was a member of the US delegation who had come for an Indo-US workshop held at Udaipur. Later he visited our centre in Pune, Tata Research Development and Design Centre (TRDDC) and delivered invited lectures on mineral process engineering. He has also delivered invited lectures during our International Conference on Mineral Processing (MPT) organized by IIME. We used to meet off and on in India during his visits, but our meetings became less frequent lately I guess, after his superannuation from UC Berkeley. My last meeting with Professor Kal Sastry was in Salt Lake City during the SME- IMPC symposium organized by SME, in honour of Professor Fuerstenau's outstanding contributions to the field, a few years back. <br /><br />I have spent many memorable evenings at his home, not far from Berkeley in the company of Mrs. Sastry, Jaya and Suresh. I am really sad to learn that he is no more. I shall miss him. I shall cherish pleasant memories of our several intense discussions and close interactions with him on several occasions on various topics including life in general. <br /><br />With my heartfelt condolences to the Sastry family <br />Pradip <br />Currently Vice President (Technology at Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), Pune, IndiaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6908362959739425575.post-59130473886701263192016-07-25T00:33:56.265+01:002016-07-25T00:33:56.265+01:00It is indeed a sad news. I know him personally, vi...It is indeed a sad news. I know him personally, visited him in U,S.A. and interacted on many occassions. I always found him to be very communicative and full of enthusiasm to talk on mineral processing. His pioneering work on column flotation would remain as a bench mark.<br />My sypathies to the bereaved family. May his soul rest in peace.<br />Rao,T.C.Rao,T.C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11160713677908165404noreply@blogger.com