IN MEMORIAM: Indrajit Ghosh

Monday, April 3, 2017

Indrajit K. Ghosh, P.E., F.ASCE

Indrajit passed away on April 3, 2017, at 7:14 am at French Hospital, in San Luis Obispo, California, from health complications that he suffered seriously in past two weeks.  His wife and his two daughters were with him and held his hands while he peacefully left us.

Indra received his B.S. degree from Calcutta University in India in 1964, and MS degree from the University of Surrey in U.K., in 1967.  He worked in India for a year and then moved to U.K. In 1973, at the height of nuclear power plant development projects, he began working in the U.S. and soon after met the love of his life, Ira.  From 1973 till 2010 he worked for a number of companies including a few years with Bechtel Corporation and Enercon Services, Inc.  He retired in 2010 but remained active and periodically went back to his homeland and lectured in Civil Engineering subjects at Indian Institute of Technology, Gujarat, India which he enjoyed very much.

Indra was a licensed Civil Engineers in the State of California.  He was a Fellow and Life Member of American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE).  He maintained a good name and respected by his peers.  Indra served as branch president for Central Savannah River Valley Branch of ASCE, 1994–1996, in South Carolina; and also branch president for Columbia Section of ASCE, 2000-2001. 

Indra loved his family and his profession, and remained devoted to both. He is survived by his lifelong love, wife Ira and his lovely daughters Sujata living with her family in Switzerland, and Surabhi living with her family in Canada.