Obituary

Shri.D.G.Borkar died on July 2, 2013  in Mumbai. He was 90 years old. Borkar was one of the veteran officers of the Economic Department in the halcyon days of Chandavarkar, Narasimham, Khatkhate and Bhatt. He was a tough disciplinarian. He gravitated to  I F D  and from there moved on to become Joint Chief Officer in  D B O D, Hyderabad. He used to contribute letters to Times of India on economic and banking matters. He was a close friend of mine and read scores of books given by me -- especially those relating to R B I.

Smt. Vaidehi Sreeram Deshpande (nee. Vijaya  Chandwadkar) expired on June 30, 2013 in Pune.  She was ailing for the last 3 months.She  leaves  behind her daughter and husband Shri. Sreeram Deshpande, also from the DEAP. Smt.Deshpande was one vivacious personality and extremely popular and had a wide circle of friends.

- P.P.Ramachandran (via e-mail)