He was born August 25, 1946 in Karachi, India, the son of Menghraj and Rukmani Gehi. Sunder grew up in Nairobi and Bombay with his parents and siblings. He earned an undergraduate degree in law in India and a masters degree in engineering in the United States. He immigrated to Flushing, Queens in 1970 and started a job in advertising. One year later, he married his wife Geeta, in Bombay, and brought her back to Queens to start a new life. A few years later their first child, Pooja was born. Soon thereafter, Sunder secured a job as a packaging engineer with Johnson & Johnson, which was a major achievement in his life. He and his wife relocated to Somerville, New Jersey, where his next daughter, Kajal was born. Sunder soon moved his family to Canton, Connecticut, where they lived until 1986. One of the many things that he accomplished in his work with J&J was his invention of the dissolvable surgical screw, which impacted the face of healthcare in the 1980’s. Another was his invention of the circular packaging for ortho tri cyclen, or birth control, which was revolutionary. In 1986, Sunder and his family moved to Tampa, Florida where he continued his work with J&J and where his daughters grew up. Eventually, they went on to earn their own degrees and start their own careers in different parts of the country. Sunder’s achievements shaped the lives of his family members and friends in countless and important ways. He spent his entire life taking care of the people who he loved. He was, quite simply, as good a man as you could ever know. Survivors include his wife of 47 years, Geeta Gehi; daughters, Pooja Gehi (Jacob Rolls) and Kajal Gehi; brothers, Kishin Gehi (Radha), Mohan Gehi (Roshan) and Gopal Gehi (Geeta); and sister, Kamal Subbiah (A. Subbiah). Sunder is also survived by many loving family and friends.
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