Mysore/Mysuru: Professor Shivram Malavalli (76), Founding Director of SJCE-Science and Technology Entrepreneurs Park (SJCE-STEP) in Mysuru and a resident of Bogadi 2nd Stage, passed away this morning in city.

He leaves behind two sons — Manjesh Bhargav and Akhilesh Bhargav  — and a host of relatives and friends.

Last rites were held at the foot of Chamundi Hill this noon, according to family sources.

A Mechanical Engineering graduate from SJCE with a Master’s from IIT Bombay, Prof. Shivram served as the Founding Director of SJCE-STEP from 1981 to 2002. He had also served as the MD of eHealth Technology Business Incubator (TBI);  Vice-President of the Indian Science and Technology Entrepreneurs Parks and Business Incubator Association (ISBA); Resident Chairman of the San Francisco-Bangalore Sister City Initiative; Trustee of Indus International Schools, member of the Board of Governors at Swami Rama Himalayan University, Uttarakhand.

Prof. Shivram had constructed a temple for Agasthya Maharshi and Lopamudra on the banks of River Cauvery at Balamuri.