Veteran educationist Kamal Chandra Goswami passes away

Guwahati, May, 14, 2019:

Eminent educationist and the satradhikar of Aadi Alengi Satra of Lakhimpur in Assam Kamal Chandra Goswami departed for the heavenly abode on Tuesday.

The satradhikar who had been suffering from senile illness for a long time passed away at his residence in Khanapara this morning.

Goswami's was 96.

He was the father of eminent journalist Manoj Kumar Goswami (Editor-in-chief, DY 365).

Born at Majuli in 1923, Kamal Chandra Goswami worked as a lecturer of geography in Nowgong College and later retired as the Vice Principal of the college in 1985.

He established the Gopinath Deb Commerce College in Nagaon.

It may be noticed that as soon as the news of his death was announced, many well-wishers and relatives of the educationist flocked to his residence to pay their last respects to the departed soul.

Family members of the satradhikar stated that his dead body was cremated at 1 pm on Tuesday in Nabagraha.