May his heavenly abode soul rests in . SP On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 9:44 AM, Sengupta Ashok <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > Hi all! > > A shear loss to the world and the cause of Conservation. May his soul rest > in peace. > > > Regards, > > Ashok > > ------------------------------ > *From:* "Kunte, Krushnamegh" <[email protected]> > *To:* butterflyindia <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Tuesday, 14 June 2011 7:39 PM > *Subject:* [ButterflyIndia] Prof. Navjot Sodhi, a leading conservation > biologist, has passed away > > > Folks, I write to pass on a very sad news. Prof. Navjot Sodhi, a > prominent conservation biologist based at National University of Singapore, > passed away on 12 June: > > http://conservationbytes.com/2011/06/13/sodhi-is-gone-not-forgotten/ > > > http://nusbiodiversity.wordpress.com/2011/06/13/the-loss-of-our-esteemed-colleague-and-friend-professor-navjot-sodhi/ > > Navjot was a great inspiration to me. He was a prominent advocate of nature > conservation, especially for SE Asia, and had done tremendous work on > butterfly biology and extinction risks. He had written many influential > papers on the subject. He spent a year at Harvard as a Hrdy Fellow in > Conservation Biology a couple of years ago, where we interacted regularly. > He was interested in Indian butterflies and, had the Indian bureaucracy been > kind to him, he would have contributed a lot to butterfly conservation and > nature preservation in India. This is a great loss for the nature > conservation community. > > Krushnamegh. > ------------------------------------------------- > > Krushnamegh Kunte, PhD > > Post-doctoral Research Fellow > FAS Center for Systems Biology > Harvard University > 52 Oxford St., Northwest Lab Room 458.40-3 > Cambridge, MA 02138, USA. > > Ph: (617) 496-0078 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting (617) > 496-0078 end_of_the_skype_highlighting, Cell: (512) > 577-1370begin_of_the_skype_highlighting > (512) 577-1370 end_of_the_skype_highlighting, Fax: (617) > 495-2196 > Email: [email protected] > Other emails: [email protected], [email protected] > > Personal website: http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~kunte/index.htm > Indian Foundation for Butterflies: http://ifoundbutterflies.org/ > Google profile: http://www.google.com/profiles/krushnamegh > > > > -- Surya Prakash, Ph.D. ( Zoology) Room # 219 C.C.I.F. School of Life Sciences Jawaharlal Nehru University New Delhi 110067 INDIA Phone (Work) 26704184 -- Enjoy
