A Book of Remembrance

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Professor Raj Aggarwal

We are very sad to report that on the 20th February we lost Emeritus Professor Raj Aggarwal, a member of our community and of the Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering for nearly 50 years. He will be greatly missed by all of us who knew him, whether through work, the staff badminton club, the Claverton Rooms or in any other capacity. Our thoughts go out to his wife, daughters and close friends and colleagues. Please feel free to add your words to this book of condolences so that it offers a fitting tribute to Raj’s memory.

Book Owner: Emma Davies
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Prof Peter Crossley

In the mid 1980’s, I was an engineer in GEC Measurements who worked closely with Dr Aggarwal, Prof. Johns and their many researchers and PhD students. At the time Bath University was a centre of academic excellence in transmission line protection, and in conjunction with GEC in Stafford helped change how utilities protected electrical …

Denis Vinicius Coury (University of São Paulo, Brazil)

I met Raj for the first time in 1988. After a quick phone call, he invited me to visit Bath. He received me with open arms to start my PhD at Bath University in 1989. During the next four years, I not only had his attention, but we also started developing a strong friendship. …

Professor Campbell Booth (Strathclyde)

I had the great pleasure of knowing Raj since I began as a PhD student at the University of Strathclyde in 1991. He was a supervisor of another PhD student funded by the same company (Reyrolle Protection) and I worked together with the Bath team during my PhD and have visited several times (including …

Adrian Evans

Raj was a colleague in the DEEE for over 25 years, although his time at Bath goes back much further than that. He was always a very congenial fellow member of the Department, the Staff badminton club and the old Senior Common Room. Very generous, kind and supportive of early career staff, everyone who …

Chenghong Gu

You will be missed as an inspiring group leader, a helpful colleague, a close friend, and a passionate badminton partner.  …

Weijia Yuan

This message is from Weijia who worked in the department between 2011 and 2018. Raj was a very kind and easy going person. He helped me a lot in settling down when I joined Bath as a new lecturer, both in work and in life. I often had lunch with him in Claverton Room …

Shirley Xiaoze Pei

Raj was passionate about Badminton and Yoga as much as power system protections. He was remarkably agile in Badminton when he was in his 70s just like the response of protection system. He was extremely knowledgeable, kind with lots of humour. He shared his valuable insights in power system protections, which will continue to …

Dr Peter Shepherd

I was very sorry to hear of Raj’s early demise. Although our paths did not cross very often, it was a always a pleasure to work with him when they did.  Peter Shepherd (DEEE 1986-2017) …

Cathryn Mitchell

This message is from Cathryn Mitchell who joined the dept in 1999: ” Raj was always very kind and welcoming to new staff and I got to know him during my first few years at the university.  He led the power systems group and his experience and knowledge of the university was very extensive.  Raj was …