KOCHI: In the passing of eminent space scientist K Kasturirangan, the SRV High School in Kochi has lost an illustrious alumni. The school held a special place in his heart and he had always been in touch with the Old Students’ Association (OSA) office-bearers to enquire about the activities happening there.“Right from the launch of OSA in 2003, Kasturirangan had been actively associated with the efforts to improve his alma mater,” former SRV OSA president and Krishna Hospital director Dr A K Sabapathy tells TNIE.Kasturirangan joined SRV in Class 3, in 1947, he recalls.“He did Classes 1 and 2 at a school in Tripunithura. He studied up to Class 5 in SRV and left for Bombay (now Mumbai) in 1950. I was in Class 9 then.”The former Isro chief had always said the schooling he had at SRV during his formative years played a great role in moulding his life, Dr Sabapathy says. For good measure, Kasturirangan decided to show his gratitude by setting up a Science and Technology Museum at the school. “He got Rs 1 crore sanctioned from the MP fund (he was a Rajya Sabha member from 2003-09) and set up the museum to ensure that the students passing out from SRV would have developed a scientific temper. The museum was inaugurated in 2006 by the then President A P J Abdul Kalam,” Dr Sabapathy says.
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