Kanu Gandhi (scientist)

For the photographer, see Kanu Gandhi.

Kanu Gandhi (1928^[1] – 7 November 2016) was an Indian scientist and son of Ramdas Gandhi, and a grandson of Mahatma Gandhi.

Kanu Gandhi
Born	1928
Died	7 November 2016(2016-11-07) (aged 87–88) Surat, Gujarat, India
Alma mater	MIT
Parents	Ramdas Gandhi (father) Nirmala Gandhi (mother)
Relatives	Putlibai Gandhi (great-grandmother) Karamchand Gandhi (great-grandfather) Mahatma Gandhi (grandfather) Kasturba Gandhi (grandmother)

He studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, graduating with a master's degree in civil engineering in 1963. Later he worked for NASA and United States Department of Defense on aircraft design. He moved back to India with his wife in 2014. Gandhi died in a private hospital in Surat.

Career

In 1963, Gandhi graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with a master's degree in civil engineering.^[2] Later he worked for NASA and United States Department of Defense on aircraft design. His wife Shivalaxmi was a professor and researcher at Boston Biomedical Research Institute. They had no children. In 2014 they moved back to India. He died in a private hospital in Surat two years later.^[3][4]