Dear Signallers,
I am sad to inform you about the demise of Maj TM Krishnan, Signals. The only information available to me is as received vide the email of Brig Sarathy appended below.
I request Signallers at Chennai to kindly get more information about Late Maj TM Krishnan and forward to me.
Kindly also inform the nearest Signal Unit/ HQ, who in turn be requested to inform the Dte Gen of Signals.
We pray to Almighty to give peace to the departed soul and strength to all near ones and dear ones to bear this irreparable loss.
In sorrow -
Chander Kamboj.
From: Brigadier Sarathy
Dear Kamboj Sir,
You may or may not have received the news about the sad demise of Maj(Retd) TM Krishnan (Signals) yesterday(02 Nov 2009) at about 0900 hrs in the morning in Apollo hospital here in Chennai after cardiac arrest
His full name is Thayyari Madabusi Krishnan. He was SO2 Signals in Tezpur (4 Corps) in 1969. The cremation was over on 02 Nov itself. No other details are available.
Brig Sarathy (Retd)
Obituary: Maj TM Krishnan (Retd)- Published in the Hindu dated 03 Nov 2009
Our beloved Father passed away on 02 Nov 2009
May his soul resst in peace
Ranganatan and Shoba (Son and his wife)
Chithra and Prasankumar (daughter and her husband)
Kalpana and Aswanth (daughter and her husband)
Mrs. Rathi Krishnan (Radha), W/o. Major T.M. Krishnan passed away on 28 Aug 2009.
(inserted by Son, daughters and Grand children)
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Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Monday, November 2, 2009
Lt Gen ID Verma
The passing away of Lt Gen ID Verma (Retd), PVSM, former Signal Officer-in- Chief and Senior Colonel Commandant on 30 Oct 2009 has left a great void amongst the Corps fraternity. He was Signal Officer-in- Chief and Senior Colonel Commandant for nearly five years from 1966-71. Joining the Corps in 1940, he superannuated in 1971.
General ID Verma made remarkable contributions to the Corps and the Army with his vision and stellar qualities. He had great ability to influence events with his towering and genial personality. Corps of Signals was able to get a hand on Electronic Data Processing with his persuasive efforts. He also geared up the Corps to a high peak for
1971 War against Pakistan.
He was a thorough bred gentleman with suave disposition and compassion for all. Popular amongst all ranks and his peers, it was always a pleasure to meet him. The General was a role model for all.
The last rites for the General were performed in a befitting manner by the Corps at Brar Square, Delhi Cantt. The Chautha ceremony at New Delhi on 2nd Nov at Lodi Road was a sober and very dignified indeed. The stage was beautifully decorated with flowers and a large portrait of the General. The Kirtan and the brief but very emotional speeches by General's son and daughter made everyone's eyes moist. Hundreds of Signallers as also friends and relatives of the Family attended the Chautha.
General ID Verma leaves behind a great legacy. He will always be
remembered for his contributions to the Corps, professionalism, great personality and friendly disposition. His was a father figure for the Corps for many years after superannuation.
May the departed soul rest in peace and Nimmi Ji and the Family bear the immense loss with fortitude.
Harbhajan Singh
Lt Gen (Retd) PVSM
Signal Officer-in -Chief and Senior Colonel Commandant 1988-91
General ID Verma made remarkable contributions to the Corps and the Army with his vision and stellar qualities. He had great ability to influence events with his towering and genial personality. Corps of Signals was able to get a hand on Electronic Data Processing with his persuasive efforts. He also geared up the Corps to a high peak for
1971 War against Pakistan.
He was a thorough bred gentleman with suave disposition and compassion for all. Popular amongst all ranks and his peers, it was always a pleasure to meet him. The General was a role model for all.
The last rites for the General were performed in a befitting manner by the Corps at Brar Square, Delhi Cantt. The Chautha ceremony at New Delhi on 2nd Nov at Lodi Road was a sober and very dignified indeed. The stage was beautifully decorated with flowers and a large portrait of the General. The Kirtan and the brief but very emotional speeches by General's son and daughter made everyone's eyes moist. Hundreds of Signallers as also friends and relatives of the Family attended the Chautha.
General ID Verma leaves behind a great legacy. He will always be
remembered for his contributions to the Corps, professionalism, great personality and friendly disposition. His was a father figure for the Corps for many years after superannuation.
May the departed soul rest in peace and Nimmi Ji and the Family bear the immense loss with fortitude.
Harbhajan Singh
Lt Gen (Retd) PVSM
Signal Officer-in -Chief and Senior Colonel Commandant 1988-91
Saturday, October 31, 2009
Lt Gen ID Verma
General Verma was the Commandant of the School of Signals, Mhow, when I attended the Young Officers’ Course commencing in January 1958. I served under the General again, when he was SO-in-C and I was posted as the first GSO II in the newly formed Signals 9, during the mid 1960s.
It was a pleasure to work at the Directorate during that time, when innovations and new practices were coming in, enabling the Corps of Signals to take the lead in the introduction of computerised procedures into various functions at Army HQ – all managed with such finesse, by the SO-in-C, in the face of strong competition from other quarters!
I have fond memories of those times– of General Verma’s benign hand on the tiller as we progressed from strength to strength, culminating in the establishment of the EDP Centre at Signals Enclave, with the late Brigadier Sandy Sunderam as the first Commandant.
My wife, Major (Dr) Helen Diwan, as she then was, also knew General and Mrs Verma well, as her patients. She used to be the MO at the Armed Services MI Room, in New Delhi, during the mid to late 1960s.
We were very saddened to learn of the passing of Lt General I D Verma earlier today, 30th October 2009. We understand bereavement in the family only too well! Helen was widowed in 1964 when her husband, the late Major Mohan Diwan, was killed in Nagaland – and, more recently, in August 2009, we lost our son-in-law to a sudden and massive heart attack.
Helen and I offer Mrs Verma our most sincere condolences.
Major Ossie Pereira (Retd)
It was a pleasure to work at the Directorate during that time, when innovations and new practices were coming in, enabling the Corps of Signals to take the lead in the introduction of computerised procedures into various functions at Army HQ – all managed with such finesse, by the SO-in-C, in the face of strong competition from other quarters!
I have fond memories of those times– of General Verma’s benign hand on the tiller as we progressed from strength to strength, culminating in the establishment of the EDP Centre at Signals Enclave, with the late Brigadier Sandy Sunderam as the first Commandant.
My wife, Major (Dr) Helen Diwan, as she then was, also knew General and Mrs Verma well, as her patients. She used to be the MO at the Armed Services MI Room, in New Delhi, during the mid to late 1960s.
We were very saddened to learn of the passing of Lt General I D Verma earlier today, 30th October 2009. We understand bereavement in the family only too well! Helen was widowed in 1964 when her husband, the late Major Mohan Diwan, was killed in Nagaland – and, more recently, in August 2009, we lost our son-in-law to a sudden and massive heart attack.
Helen and I offer Mrs Verma our most sincere condolences.
Major Ossie Pereira (Retd)
Lt Gen ID Verma
We pray for peace to the departed soul and share the bereavement of the family.
Vijay Mehra
It was with a sad heart that I attended the funeral the former SO-in -C, IC 404 Lt Gen ID Verma. He was the Commandant of the then School of Signals, when I landed in Mhow as a YO in 1955. Despite the very short notice Signals gave a befitting farewell to the General, with most of the former So-in-C's, Lt Gen P Mohaptra, AVSM, So-in -C and other senior serving and retired officers, ladies and relations present at Brar Square cremation ground.
Brig lakshman Singh
Vijay Mehra
It was with a sad heart that I attended the funeral the former SO-in -C, IC 404 Lt Gen ID Verma. He was the Commandant of the then School of Signals, when I landed in Mhow as a YO in 1955. Despite the very short notice Signals gave a befitting farewell to the General, with most of the former So-in-C's, Lt Gen P Mohaptra, AVSM, So-in -C and other senior serving and retired officers, ladies and relations present at Brar Square cremation ground.
Brig lakshman Singh
Friday, October 30, 2009
IC- 404 Lt Gen ID Verma
Dear Kamboj
It was with a sad heart that I attended the funeral the former SO-in -C, IC 404 Lt Gen ID Verma. He was the Commandant of the then School of Signals, when I landed in Mhow as a YO in 1955. I cannot express my feelings for him any better than given in the extract from my book as given below.
Brig lakshman Singh (Retd)
Brig A C Iyappa the Director Signals on a visit with the Commandant Brig ID Verma.......We would rush to Indore on Sundays and holidays to partake of Dahi-Vadas in Indore Coffee-House, see a movie as also for a change from the sleepy Mhow. Certain protocol in dress and travelling by the train was required yet very seldom followed. On one of such outings, late in the night, while waiting for the train to steam out of the Indore station, without Ties, while strolling up and down the length of the train a shock awaited us; whom do we see! The Comdandant (Brig ID Verma) himself sitting next to the window in a first class compartment, making us beat a hasty retreat. All the fun and joy of the day spent in Indore quickly subsided with our spirits getting deflated fast.
The journey back to Mhow and the sleepless night was spent with visions of being marched up to the Commandant the next day haunting me. Mercifully nothing happened possibly he had not seen us, rather improbable under the circumstances, or he must have remembered his own days as a YO and let it go with a smile to himself.
I am indebted to Lt Gen ID Verma, PVSM, the former SO-in-C for more reasons than one, not only for ignoring the peccadillo of the young YO back then when he was the Commandant of School of Signals but also for very kindly agreeing to preside over the function for the release of my book ‘Letters From The Border and Other Less Told Stories’.
It was with a sad heart that I attended the funeral the former SO-in -C, IC 404 Lt Gen ID Verma. He was the Commandant of the then School of Signals, when I landed in Mhow as a YO in 1955. I cannot express my feelings for him any better than given in the extract from my book as given below.
Brig lakshman Singh (Retd)
Brig A C Iyappa the Director Signals on a visit with the Commandant Brig ID Verma.......We would rush to Indore on Sundays and holidays to partake of Dahi-Vadas in Indore Coffee-House, see a movie as also for a change from the sleepy Mhow. Certain protocol in dress and travelling by the train was required yet very seldom followed. On one of such outings, late in the night, while waiting for the train to steam out of the Indore station, without Ties, while strolling up and down the length of the train a shock awaited us; whom do we see! The Comdandant (Brig ID Verma) himself sitting next to the window in a first class compartment, making us beat a hasty retreat. All the fun and joy of the day spent in Indore quickly subsided with our spirits getting deflated fast.The journey back to Mhow and the sleepless night was spent with visions of being marched up to the Commandant the next day haunting me. Mercifully nothing happened possibly he had not seen us, rather improbable under the circumstances, or he must have remembered his own days as a YO and let it go with a smile to himself.
I am indebted to Lt Gen ID Verma, PVSM, the former SO-in-C for more reasons than one, not only for ignoring the peccadillo of the young YO back then when he was the Commandant of School of Signals but also for very kindly agreeing to preside over the function for the release of my book ‘Letters From The Border and Other Less Told Stories’.
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Lt Gen I D Verma
Dear Friends,
I am sad to inform you about the demise of Lt Gen I D Verma, Ex Signal Officer in Chief, who passed away at 5.00 AM on 30 Oct 09, at New Delhi.
Next of Kin: Mrs Nimi Verma
Cremation: The cremation will take place today, 30 Oct 09, at 1200 hrs at Brar Square Cremation Ground, Delhi Cantt.
Other Information about Officer
1. Date of birth: 16 Feb 1921
2. Date of retirement: 01 Jan 1971
3. Date of demise: 30 Oct 2009
4. Last appointment held: SO-in-C
We pray to Almighty to give peace to the departed soul and strength to all near ones and dear ones to bear this irreparable loss.
Those of you who wish to write a "Shradhanjli" for him, may kindly send it for being posted to our weblog-http://reportmysignal-shradhanjli.blogspot.com/
The Shradhanjli be kindly emailed to - Col James Kanagaraj, The Moderator at - reportmysignalblogspot@gmail.com
In sorrow -
Chander Kamboj
SAD DEMISE OF LT GEN I D VERMA, Ex SO-IN-C
Dear Sir,
We are sad to info you that Lt Gen I D Verma , Ex So - in -C, expired today morning at 0500h. Cremation will be at Brar Square Cremetorium at 1200h on 30 Oct 2009.
NOK: Mrs Nimi Verma
Brig KD Arya
DDG SS
I am sad to inform you about the demise of Lt Gen I D Verma, Ex Signal Officer in Chief, who passed away at 5.00 AM on 30 Oct 09, at New Delhi.
Next of Kin: Mrs Nimi Verma
Cremation: The cremation will take place today, 30 Oct 09, at 1200 hrs at Brar Square Cremation Ground, Delhi Cantt.
Other Information about Officer
1. Date of birth: 16 Feb 1921
2. Date of retirement: 01 Jan 1971
3. Date of demise: 30 Oct 2009
4. Last appointment held: SO-in-C
We pray to Almighty to give peace to the departed soul and strength to all near ones and dear ones to bear this irreparable loss.
Those of you who wish to write a "Shradhanjli" for him, may kindly send it for being posted to our weblog-http://reportmysignal-shradhanjli.blogspot.com/
The Shradhanjli be kindly emailed to - Col James Kanagaraj, The Moderator at - reportmysignalblogspot@gmail.com
In sorrow -
Chander Kamboj
SAD DEMISE OF LT GEN I D VERMA, Ex SO-IN-C
Dear Sir,
We are sad to info you that Lt Gen I D Verma , Ex So - in -C, expired today morning at 0500h. Cremation will be at Brar Square Cremetorium at 1200h on 30 Oct 2009.
NOK: Mrs Nimi Verma
Brig KD Arya
DDG SS
Monday, October 26, 2009
Lt Col VK Khorana
Your first Commanding Officer is always special. When he is someone of the stature and personality of Lt Col VK Khorana, the relationship is even more special. And so, I am deeply anguished to learn that Lt Col VK Khorana is no more. He was my mentor who guided me as I transitioned from GC to Officer. Then, he moved on to his next assignment. But we kept in touch, me forever the callow youngster and he, the Tiger. Over the years, Colonel and Mrs Khorana were a part of every major development that life had in store for me.
When I married, we both happened to be stationed at Mhow. So, soon after we landed there, Benita and I went to pay our regards to them. Among other things, Colonel Khorana, connoisseur and gourmet, taught us about different wine glasses. He shared with us a diagram that we diligently pasted on the inside of the bar cabinet till we realized, years down the line, that we could not rise to his expectations and remember what was sipped from which receptacle. Gracious and generous hosts, their den, resounding with the laughter and shouts of his two young sons Vikram and Nitin, almost became our second home.
Colonel Khorana retired from Goa and settled in his ancestral house in Dehra Dun. We met again when I was posted there. By then, we were a family of three and loved visiting their home, verdant with Colonel Khorana’s amazingly healthy plants. The warmth of Colonel and Mrs Khorana’s welcome was matched by the woofs of Sheena, their affectionate and incredibly intelligent Labrador. With Sheena, we saw a side of Colonel Khorana I had barely noticed before: a keen empathy with animals and the unwavering patience to take her out, every pre-dawn she nudged him awake.
Occasions like birthdays and anniversaries were a special treat since Colonel Khorana would stride into the kitchen and take responsibility for at least one exotic dish. Sir, no one can make fish curry quite like you!
He retired from service but not from being an Armyman. He was always abreast of developments in the Services and especially in the Corps of Signals. He followed with keen interest the career graph of all his cubs and continued guiding me as I grew in service.
In spite of indifferent health, Colonel Khorana never lost his sense of humour. In our conversations, he always referred to Mrs Khorana, who grew up in Kolkata, as his Tigress. That meant, he was her Tiger. Sir, wherever you are, we are sure few can match your roar.
Mrs Khorana, may you find the strength to bear with this loss.
Arup, Benita and Moen
(BRIG ARUP SEN)
When I married, we both happened to be stationed at Mhow. So, soon after we landed there, Benita and I went to pay our regards to them. Among other things, Colonel Khorana, connoisseur and gourmet, taught us about different wine glasses. He shared with us a diagram that we diligently pasted on the inside of the bar cabinet till we realized, years down the line, that we could not rise to his expectations and remember what was sipped from which receptacle. Gracious and generous hosts, their den, resounding with the laughter and shouts of his two young sons Vikram and Nitin, almost became our second home.
Colonel Khorana retired from Goa and settled in his ancestral house in Dehra Dun. We met again when I was posted there. By then, we were a family of three and loved visiting their home, verdant with Colonel Khorana’s amazingly healthy plants. The warmth of Colonel and Mrs Khorana’s welcome was matched by the woofs of Sheena, their affectionate and incredibly intelligent Labrador. With Sheena, we saw a side of Colonel Khorana I had barely noticed before: a keen empathy with animals and the unwavering patience to take her out, every pre-dawn she nudged him awake.
Occasions like birthdays and anniversaries were a special treat since Colonel Khorana would stride into the kitchen and take responsibility for at least one exotic dish. Sir, no one can make fish curry quite like you!
He retired from service but not from being an Armyman. He was always abreast of developments in the Services and especially in the Corps of Signals. He followed with keen interest the career graph of all his cubs and continued guiding me as I grew in service.
In spite of indifferent health, Colonel Khorana never lost his sense of humour. In our conversations, he always referred to Mrs Khorana, who grew up in Kolkata, as his Tigress. That meant, he was her Tiger. Sir, wherever you are, we are sure few can match your roar.
Mrs Khorana, may you find the strength to bear with this loss.
Arup, Benita and Moen
(BRIG ARUP SEN)
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