Kanu Gandhi (scientist)
{{Short description|Indian scientist}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Kanu Gandhi
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| birth_date = 1928
| death_date = {{death date and age|2016|11|7|1928|df=y}}
| death_place = Surat, Gujarat, India
| alma_mater = MIT
| mother = Nirmala Gandhi
| father = Ramdas Gandhi
| relatives = Putlibai Gandhi (great-grandmother)
Karamchand Gandhi (great-grandfather)
Mahatma Gandhi (grandfather)
Kasturba Gandhi (grandmother)
}}
Kanu Gandhi (1928{{cite web|title=A Rare Glimpse Into Four Generations Of Mahatma Gandhi Family - MERE PIX|url=http://www.merepix.com/2013/03/mohandas-karamchand-mahatma-gandhi-family.html|website=www.merepix.com|access-date=13 February 2017}} – 7 November 2016) was an Indian scientist and son of Ramdas Gandhi, thus a grandson of Mahatma Gandhi.
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.{{cite web|title=Supporting Gandhi and going to MIT were part of building India - Times of India|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/rajkot/Supporting-Gandhi-and-going-to-MIT-were-part-of-building-India/articleshow/7231769.cms|website=The Times of India|access-date=13 February 2017}} Later he worked for NASA and United States Department of Defense on aircraft design. His wife Shivalaxmi was a professor and researcher in Boston Biomedical Research Institute. They had no children. In 2014 they moved back to India. He died in a private hospital in Surat.{{cite web|title=Mahatma Gandhi's Grandson Kanu Gandhi Dies At 87|url=http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/mahatma-gandhis-grandson-kanubhai-gandhi-dead-1622501|website=NDTV.com|access-date=13 February 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/mahatmas-grandson-kanu-gandhi-passes-away/article9316187.ece|title=Mahatma’s grandson Kanu Gandhi passes away|date=8 November 2016|access-date=8 November 2016|via=The Hindu}}
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Category:Scientists from Gujarat