Ananda Deb Mukherjee Kolkata: Renowned academician Ananda Deb Mukherjee passes away
Kolkata/IBNS: Well-known Bengal academician and geologist, emeritus professor of Jadavpur University (JU) and former Vice-Chancellor (VC) of Vidyasagar University, Ananda Deb Mukherjee, who was diagnosed with Covid-19, died in a south Kolkata hospital on Thursday morning. He was 82.
Ten days ago, Mukherjee was diagnosed with the contagious virus and was admitted to a private health facility at Shakespeare Sarani in south Kolkata where he breathed his last on Thursday.
Mourning his death, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said in a statement: "Saddened to hear the demise of renowned academician Ananda Deb Mukherjee, who died in a Kolkata hospital today at an age of 82."
"Ananda Deb Mukherjee was an emeritus professor of Jadavpur University and a founding-member of the Centre for Oceanography at the university, and he was also actively attached with the National Council of Education till his last day," the statement read.
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