Tribute to an adventurous Indian sedimentologist: Sukomol Kumar Chanda (1932-1998)

摘要

Professor Sukomol Kumar Chanda entered the area of teaching and research in sedimentology in the late fifties at the time of its infancy in India and shaped the course of its destiny and journey to maturity till the day he passed away prematurely on 10th July, 1998. Sukomol was born on 8th October, 1932 into a modest family of strong East Bengalee stock in Dhaka, capital of the present Bangladesh. He was brought up in the tradition of a joint family with several brothers and sisters. He was the youngest son of the family. Sukomol had his schooling in the small, sleepy town of Digboi in Assam where his father was posted as a Railway official. He came to Kolkata to join the Asutosh College to do his graduation with honours in geology, and then did his Master's in geology in 1957 from the Jadavpur University.