Rajendra did his schooling from St. Xavier School, Jaipur, was school topper. Then did B.Tech. from IIT Delhi in Chemical Engineering in 1970.  Married to Manju after few months of passing out.

 

Joined Hindustan Copper at Khetri with Pradeep Krishan - his classmate  in  IITD. While at HCL Rajendra & Pradeep applied for admission to IIM Ahmedabad & were selected.  

 

While at IIMA, Rajendra and Pradeep decided to bring their wives to Ahmedabad.  They shared a two room flat on rent outside the campus. The two families had common kitchen, one room served as bed cum drawing room and the other one as bed cum dining room.   Rajendra got his first job with IPCL in marketing through campus placement. During next 15 years he made few changes in his job.  Their only child a daughter Kavita was born after 15 years of their marriage.

 

Unfortunately, Rajendra suffered a series of illnesses- schizophrenia attack, followed by depression. Before he could recover fully he had brain hemorrhage leaving left part of the body paralyzed. He recovered but after effects of paralysis continued. The misfortunes did not stop there. He fell down breaking his hip bone and had to be hospitalized for hip bone surgery.

 

Due to his health issues he could not continue to work. Manju showed exemplary courage and made tireless efforts to take care of Rajendra. She also took up a full-time job for financial support to the family.

 

Although not fully fit, he was able to attain physical independence, managing his daily routine. His memory remained sharp but he did not feel like going out and meeting people. He  did not even attend his daughter's marriage.

 

Some of the batch mates did use to visit him on & off and another of such visits was being planned in October 2018. But that was not to be! Unfortunately he passed away due to cardiac arrest on 8th of October. He breathed his last in peace.

 

Few words on his daughter Kavita: 12th from DPS Vasant Kunj, B.Sc. from St. Stephens, New Delhi, got Erasmus Mundus European Scholarship for Masters, Ph.D in Solar Energy  from France, Post Doc Research  from  Harvard.  Married to Joern Huenteler (a German) in 2015. He is working with World Bank and she is teaching in University in Washington DC.