We sadly announce the sudden passing-away of Old Cottonian Rajat Mukarji [Ibbetson 1969 batch], today who suffered a massive cardiac attack.
An alumni of Bishop Cotton School (1967-69) and St. Stephen’s College, Rajat worked as a general manager at Birla AT&T from 1996 to 2002. He joined UK-based Vodafone (now Vodafone Idea) in 2002.
During his nearly 17-year stint at Vodafone Idea, Mukarji represented the telecom company at many national and international forums, and helped in several strategic initiatives.
Later, he also briefly served Chinese telecom gear maker ZTE as a corporate affairs officer from July 2019 to February 2020.
In 2020, he joined Broadband India Forum (BIF) as a director general at Gurgaon till date.
Rest in Peace dear OC.Our Deepest condolences to the bereaved family.
Am shocked and deeply grieved at the very sad, sudden and untimely passing away of Rajat. Rajat was loved and admired for his endearing, cheerful, kind and helpful nature
Deepest condolences to his bereaved wife Sareeta, daughter Shreya, sisters Ronjana and Lolita and all family members.
I pray that God uphold you and give you the strength to cope with this indelible loss.
May his soul rest in eternal peace🙏🏼
In sorrow
Amrita
Sad , may the family have the strength to overcome this loss and may he rest in peace . Amen
I recall Rajat, back in 1968, practicing western classical music on a violin that he probably inherited. The violin was kept at my parents home at BCS and Rajat would come by, diligently clean the instrument, wax the bow strings with a special rosin, and play music for hours. Rajat, his cousin from (then) at St Stephen’s College, and I did a wonderful trek Simla – Narkanda – Hatu peak – Khadrala – Kothgarh. Stayed with the Bhalaik’s home in Kothgarh for a few days. This would have been during the “tenner’s” of June 1968 or 1969…
RIP dear friend. You will be missed