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

Wed Apr 8 12:14:30 UTC 2015

RIP !!! Mr. Subhajit Ganguly's soul.

On Wed, Apr 8, 2015 at 3:09 PM, Hasive Nurunnaby <nh at nhasive.com> wrote:

> 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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