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

Wed Apr 8 15:23:41 UTC 2015

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On Wed, Apr 8, 2015 at 8:10 PM, Hardik Vachhrajani <hardikbv at gmail.com>
wrote:

> It is shocking to receive news of untimely demise of Subhajit.  He was a
> committed volunteer to the cause in India.  May almighty give strength to
> his family and friends in this terrible situation.
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> RIP Subhajitda. Aum Shanti Shanti Shanti...
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> On Wed, Apr 8, 2015 at 5:44 PM, G.T.RAO <netwebsteps at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> RIP !!! Mr. Subhajit Ganguly's soul.
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>> On Wed, Apr 8, 2015 at 3:09 PM, Hasive Nurunnaby <nh at nhasive.com> wrote:
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>>> 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.. :(
>>>
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>>> On Wed, Apr 8, 2015 at 2:16 PM, Marieke Guy <marieke.guy at okfn.org>
>>> wrote:
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>>>>  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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