I left Eastleigh with ‘O’ levels in 1957. I did my ‘A’ levels at the Duke of Gloucester school in 1959. I was a Land Surveyor in Kenya and then moved to the UK to graduate as a civil engineer in 1964 and a chartered engineer in 1968. As engineering consultant, I served in the UK and abroad mostly on water supply/waste water/flood relief and related projects. In 1976 I was elected Fellow of the Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management.

In 1981, I was elected Member of American Water Works Association. After a spell of project managing defence works, I spent the final 15 years of my career as an advisor to the UK government on ‘water’ engineering matters. The career and the love for travel were brought to an abrupt end in 2002 by two heart attacks and by-pass surgery.

In 1967 I married Sanjiwan Marwaha who taught in Mombasa and then in England. We are now proud parents of a daughter, Nisha and a son, Sunil. The daughter a scientist is married to another scientist, Dr Sailash Kaura born in Kenya and bred in Norway. They have given us two lovely granddaughters Avani and Annika. Our son, a chartered accountant, works as an investment banker in the city and married a charming fellow-banker Natalie Lawton. They have presented us with two delightful grandsons, Sanskar and Aalok.

- As of May 2017