Kush Kumar Samanta

He secured first class first position in Bachelor of Civil Engineering at Patna University, India. Due to his academic excellence since childhood he received Queen Victoria Scholarship from the British Government. He completed his Master of Structural Engineering from Imperial College, London, UK.

In his working life, he was involved in projects in multiple countries spreading across Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia. His involvement in the main design of the dock and harbor of Imperial Singapore was the highlight of his accomplishments. He was employed at Imperial Chemical Industries and its subsidiary, Indian Explosives Limited.

He was equally passionate about his work and family life. Though being reserved, he was an excellent provider of both emotional and material support to every need of his family. He is survived by his wife, Gita Samanta; daughter, Kaberi Nayak; son, Ranajit Samanta; son-in-law, Tapan Nayak; and daughter-in-law, Nikita Samanta. He has five loving grandchildren of whom Debojit and Amit Nayak are children of Kaberi and Tapan, and Saneer, Treesa and Ronit Samanta are children of Ranajit and Nikita. He had close and affectionate relationships with all of his grandchildren.

We and his near and dear ones truly believe as the Srimad Bhagwad Gita says in Verse 20 of Chapter 2, “The Self is never born, nor does It ever perish; nor having been born before, will it be born in the future. The Self is unborn, eternal, imperishable, and ageless. Though the body is slain, the Self is not killed.”