[Open-education] Sad news from our community: Our Indian Ambassador Subhajit Ganguly has passed away

Wed Apr 8 09:39:18 UTC 2015

Ohh..very sad news.. :( Really Sad..:(

I meet with in person with Subhajit last year at Open Knowledge Festival at
Berlin, Germany. It's really good for me that Subhajit and I both talk in
Bengali language. This year in January I go to Kolkata to attend a
conference. Before go I send an e-mail to Subhajit and then he replies, He
has big tragedy recently.There had been three deaths in his family,
including his father.

After that, when I read this mail, I am too much shocked.. :(

On Wed, Apr 8, 2015 at 2:16 PM, Marieke Guy <marieke.guy at okfn.org> wrote:

>  Dear everyone,
>
> We've been informed by our Community team that Subhajit Ganguly, one of
> our two Open Knowledge Indian ambassadors has suddenly and tragically
> passed away. His relatives have informed us that following a short period
> of illness he passed away in the hospital yesterday morning.
>
> This is quite a shock since he was so young and energetic. Subhajit was a
> real powerhouse in the community in the Asian region, and most recently he
> was the main driving force behind India Open Data Summit. He was also a
> huge advocate of Open Education in India and wrote a blog post for us
> about it <http://education.okfn.org/open-education-india/>.
>
> Our Community team will be commemorating Subhajit and all his great work
> in a blog post, and if anyone of you would like to contribute to that or
> have other ideas for how we can support his family and acknowledge
> Subhajit's work and memory they can get directly in touch with Christan
> Villum <christian.villum at okfn.org>.
>
> Thanks
>
> Marieke
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