Cancer victim donates flat for brain research
New Delhi, February 26
She battled cancer for nearly three years and when death finally came knocking, former bureaucrat Sharwaree Gokhale donated a major chunk of her hard-earned money for brain research in India.
A former Maharashtra-cadre IAS officer of 1974 batch, she passed away in January last year. She bequeathed her flat in a posh Mumbai area to the Centre for Brain Research, an autonomous body under the Indian Institute of Sciences, Bengaluru.
Gokhale retired as Additional Chief Secretary (Health) after serving for nearly 36 years. But post-retirement, she was diagnosed with stomach cancer.
“She underwent treatment for nearly three years, which included chemotherapy and a surgery. But when Sharwaree realised she was losing her battle to the disease, she did extensive research for over six to eight months on how her money could be put to good use.
“She would say my money should remain in my country and used for scientific research,” Chandra Iyengar, former home secretary of Maharashtra, says. Her US-based brother Jagadeesh says it was her fascination for science that made her take that decision. — PTI
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