Prof. Vijay Gurudas Phansalkar, a highly respected paleontologist and stratigrapher, passed away on 12 th December 2019. In his passing away we lost a warm loving personality, free thinker, mentor, friend and guru of several generations of students from Pune. He is survived by his wife, Pramila and two daughters Kaumudi and Snehal. Vijay Phansalkar, was born at Varanasi on 14 th May 1939. His early years were spent at the Theosophical Society, Varanasi, which laid the foundation for his intellectual abilities and philosophical approach to life. He obtained his B.Sc. and M.Sc. (Geology) from the Banaras Hindu University in 1960 and 1962 respectively. He embarked on his teaching career at the Department of Geology, BHU in 1962 before moving to the
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