In Memoriam

HICCUPS received by Director COEP Dr. Anil Sahasrabudhe

Hiccups being received by Dr. Anil Sahasrabudhe, Director College of Engineering Pune (COEP) Pune. Dr. Sahasrabudhe is the present director of College of Engineering, Pune (CoEP), Asia’s third oldest Engineering institute. He is also the secretary of the Board of Governors of CoEP and has been successful in improving National Ranking of COEP from 40s to top 15.

He was also the Director when Harsh was studying at COEP, where Harsh scored a perfect 10 pointer in his final semester and also won the Gold Medal at TRDDC. Harsh was also the Magazine committee Chairman of the English Section and many of his articles in Hindi and English are printed in the magazine. Harsh held Dr. Sahasrabudhe in very high esteem.

Below is a photo of Dr. Sahasrabudhe receiving a copy of Hiccups from Harsh’s father

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‘One has to experience life before one can express it’ – Harsh Pande

“Harsh Pande, author of our latest bestselling novel, Hiccups” – Jaico Publications


Harsh Pande was born and brought up in the amazing city of Pune. He completed his education at St. Vincent’s High School and College Pune, where he was a topper in both the SSC and HSC Examinations and also featured in the popular TV Show Bournvita Quiz Contest representing the West Zone. After that he aced his Computer Science B Tech Degree at the prestigious College of Engineering Pune (COEP). He was then campus-selected by a leading consulting firm.


Harsh displayed exceptionally admirable spirit and intelligence which helped him achieve excellent results in academics and other endeavors, despite suffering from complicated orthopedic disorder by birth which entailed a separate battle for rehabilitation through several surgeries. However, his resilient spirit and lust for life were indefatigable.
Those who came in contact with him were fascinated by his wit and indomitable cheerful attitude towards life.


Through all his years from St. Vincent’s to COEP and then the crazy world of Consulting, writing had remained a consistent passion : from writing actively for the school and college magazines to publishing a post on his blog to launching Project Breakup on Facebook. After completing HICCUPS, he was simultaneously working on a book of quotes penned by him and outlining the theme of his next novel.


His entrepreneurship and sagacity is evident from his literary effort so vividly put forth in his first novel HICCUPS inspired after experiencing an “epiphany” while holidaying in Goa.


Harsh Pande passed away after a cardiac arrest on 23rd April 2012.
He was 24 years, 3 months and 16 days old.
Hiccups is his first novel with approximately 1,20,000 words

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