Kanu Gandhi (scientist)

Kanu Gandhi (1928 - 7 November 2016) was an Indian scientist. He was a son of Ramdas Gandhi, thus grandchild of Mahatma Gandhi.

He studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, graduated with a master's degree in civil engineering in 1963. Later he worked for NASA or United States Department of Defense on aircraft design. His wife Shivalaxmi was a professor and researcher in Boston Biomedical Research Institute. They have no children. In 2014 they moved back to India. He died in a private hospital in Surat.