Sir, On the 5th of February 2018, Prof. B. Mahananda, former Deputy Director of Placement and Training in SJCE, breathed his last. He was a good friend of mine of whom I had seen very intimately the way he worked as the Deputy Director of Placements. He and I joined the College as lecturers more or less at the same time; he as a lecturer in English and I as a lecturer in Mathematics. Unfortunately, the English language lost its importance as a subject in the curriculum. He was entrusted with the responsibility of Placement and Training of fresh graduates from the College. Without any prior experience, using his common sense he evolved his own model and established a good rapport with employment sector. Recently, the 1993 batch graduates (not all, about 200) of SJCE across the globe met in Mysuru and they have formed a WhatsApp Group of which I am a member as a teacher. I posted the news of sad demise of Prof. Mahananda in the group. Following are some responses: Sorry to hear this news. I knew Mahananda Sir. Very nice person and when I couldn’t secure placement, he was super encouraging and made us feel good. Our condolences.
- Sudhakar Prabhu from USA
