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Professor Shri Vaidyeswaran Rajaraman, a distinguished Indian computer scientist, academic, and author often referred to as the "Pitamah" of computer science education in India.
Born in 1933 in Erode, Tamil Nadu. Most Indians have never heard his name. Every Indian IT professional owes their career to him.
He studied physics at St Stephens College Delhi, then engineering at IISc Bangalore. Won a government scholarship to MIT. Got his PhD in 1961.
The world wanted him. He came back.
In 1963, a massive IBM 1620 computer arrived at IIT Kanpur. It was so large they had to break down a wall to bring it inside. It came on a bullock cart.
Rajaraman stood next to it and asked one question nobody else was asking.
What if India taught this as a subject.
In 1965, he launched India’s first Computer Science academic programme at IIT Kanpur. His first batch had 20 students. One of them was Narayana Murthy, who went on to build Infosys.
He designed the MCA programme that opened IT careers to an entire generation of Indian graduates. He chaired the committee that created C DAC to build India’s first indigenous supercomputers.
He authored 23 textbooks. Guided 30 PhD students. Won the Padma Bhushan in 1998.
He passed away on November 8, 2025. Aged 92.
India’s IT industry is worth 250 billion dollars today. He built the classroom it started in.
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