All at the Indian Institute of Technology – Bombay (IIT-B) remembers late Manohar Parrikar as a simple man, who had immense potential and a vision for the nation. As the Acting Director of the Institute, A K Suresh, opened the condolence meet for its distinguished alumnus at the P C Saxena Auditorium, several others spoke about their most respected IITian - Parrikar - who was the first from the institute to become an MLA.

Sharing his fondest memories of Parrikar, 71-year-old Budram Barai, who was the guard at Hostel 4, where the late Goa CM lived as a student of Metallurgical and Material Engineering, said, "We used to call him Mannu. He was everybody's favourite. He was very simple and down to earth."