Somak Raychaudhury
I knew Naresh from when I joined IUCAA in 1995, though I had met him before. It was clear from the beginning that he was the one working closely with Jayant Narlikar to build this amazing institute. From day one of the project, Naresh was the key person who helped shape IUCAA in every possible way. From sitting down with architect Charles Correa to planning its design to digging the first hole on an empty plot to seeing the entire institution come to life, IUCAA became his life's work.
Nitin Karmalkar
Prof. Dadhich initially worked at Pune university in its mathematics department and was a supervisor for one of his friends. He was a genius and ably handled the responsibility. His work on black holes and many other facets of the universe are well-known. It's a great loss to the country.
Shyam Tandon
I remember that soon after taking over as the director he took deep interest in resolving two important issues which were not fully resolved during Jayant's tenure. One of these was the commissioning of the 2-m telescope which was halted due to extra funds asked for by the company and he saw through its successful completion. The second issue was of the pension for IUCAA-staff and which had been pending for more than a decade. He got this resolved.
We shall always remember him with gratitude.
Sanjeev Dhurandhar
I have known Naresh since 1973 when he taught us relativity in Masters at the Mathematics Department of Pune University. He was my first mentor who inspired me into the field. It is because of him that I got interested in relativity. His lectures fascinated me and got me hooked. After that, I had his support for half a century in every way. He will be sorely missed.
I join his family in their grief.
