Professor Dr. Ing. Sheo Prasad VERMA'S Obituary

I'm honored to finally have the opportunity to create and present to the world my father's long overdue obituary. It continues to be a lengthy and difficult journey. With tenacity and perseverance we will forever uphold my father's legacy. Determination, discipline steadfastness, and dedication are the results of his unique International Legacy.

Prof. Dr. Ing. Sheo Prasad VERMA born on June 11, 1931, expired in ICU on December 20, 2019 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. His closest and older brother Dr. Ramjeevanji Verma passed in Jaipur, India 6 days before him. Professor Dr. Verma's wife Rita Verma of 23 years expired 3 months after him in the same location, unbenounced to one another.

Professor Verma's sister Sugan Devi is the only surviving sibling, of six children born to Jagganath Verma ( Dod: Nov.1983 @ age 92.) And Patasi Devi ( Dod: Feb.1982 @ age 88) in Jaipur, India. Goldsmith family. Prof. Dr. Shiva P. Verma is survived by: his daughter Sandra Verma, his grandchildren Anjalina and Andrew, his nephews: Dr. Deepak R. Verma, Shyam Kishore, Jaikishan, Narendra Soni, all Verma relations and families outside of Canada. None exist in Canada.

Prof. Dr. Ing. Sheo Prasad Verma received his BSc in Electrical Engineering from the Banaras Hindu University, Banaras, India (1954), and a Dr. Ing. from the Technical University of Hannover, West Germany (1961). In 1967 Professor Dr. Ing. Verma was recruited from Hannover, Germany , Adolf von Humboldt Stiftung, for his research brilliance and has dedicated his life's work to research and development for the University of Saskatchewan. Where he was a leading faculty member due to his Nobel Prize level brilliance, and world renowned academic. Dr. Verma was a professor, researcher and coordinator of the Power Systems Research Group. He was also part owner of a domestic power corporation. During 1976 and 1994, he had the unique invitation to instruct at the Technical University of Federal Defense, in Hamburg, Germany. Dr. Verma specialized in electromagnetic noise in electrical machines, development of specialized machines and the generation of intense magnetic fields. His publications and books are a world wide presence in three languages in which Dr. S.P. Verma himself was fluent.

Professor Dr. Ing. S.P. Verma was a gifted artist, which became a hobby, instead pursuing his intellectual brilliance, as he became the renowned Nobel Prize level research scientist in Electrical Engineering. He is well known in the communities of IEEE and his legacy and his Innovative leadership peek the interest of many top scientists internationally where he presented his research. He was the forerunner, leader and founder of the largest governmental grants approved for the University Engineering Department due to his International brilliance in his field. Multitudes of papers and written books depict his newly developed technology and his international graduate students also emerged as top graduates in their field, worldwide. His life's works will never be forgotten and his impact will live on in the Electrical Engineering fields of expertise globally.

At the University of Saskatchewan, he was a distinguished research chair, Engineering professor, nobel prize level innovative electrical engineering researcher and author. Founder and director of the Intelligent Systems Research Laboratory. He was amongst the top percentage of researchers worldwide, based on his inventions, research and innovative development, specializing in noise reduction of large machines, internationally.

Professor Verma dedicated his life to Electrical Engineering research also teaching as a professor at the University in Hamburg Germany at the Federal Defense Institute. That featured his multi faceted research areas, and worldwide books depicting his areas of specialty in electromagnetic noise reduction of power generators of intense magnetic fields. Power generators vibrational reduction and the development of intense magnetic fields. He was frequently invited by many prominent universities while appearing at International conferences and summits to present his papers. He also attended at the Nobel Prize conference in Paris, France in 1980.

Professor Verma was a global leader in his field. His preference was for German permanence. He loved the German preciseness and work ethic as well as the classy culture and intellectual brilliance. Continuously producing top Engineers worldwide. His lifelong relationships with international diplomats in multiple EU countries made him a lifelong colleague. His long term colleague Professor Dr. Madan Gupta had extremely high regards for Dr. S.P. Verma and regarded him with genius level brilliance as shown in his printed works.

In 2010, he was one of four chosen from the Electrical Engineering professors at the U of S who were honored with newly created appointments as distinguished research chairs (now distinguished professors) for "those whose research has contributed significantly to the enhancement of knowledge, whose scholarly activity and accomplishments have enriched particular areas of research, recognized nationally and internationally for leadership, and elevated the standard of research excellence having demonstrated outstanding, sustained research distinction."

In addition to an accomplished career, Dr. Verma loved non fiction books and was immersed in reading, and enjoyed some gardening. He grew a variety of vegetables and berries. He enjoyed traveling internationally, his golden retriever Muffin, visiting his relatives and experiencing foreign cultures.

His mentor was the Nobel prize winning chemist Heisenberg and his example was Einstein. Professor Verma's famous saying was, " greed is the root of all evil "

The good apple doesn't fall far from the tree, his legacy will live on and his daughter will continue to fight against injustice and persevere on his behalf. His DNA and IQ will continue with his daughter's authoring brilliance and will persevere globally, as did his.

We look forward to my father, grandfather, uncle and relative, ascertaining his final resting place in the future. We will not relent, until both he and we can rest in peace, per his frequent words... " God willing" 

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