ET’s consulting editor Abheek Barman passes away

Abheek Barman, till recently Consulting Editor with Economic Times, passed away. He had held senior editorial positions in the newspaper, The Times of India and ET Now, as also with NDTV Profit. Abheek learned economics at Presidency College (Kolkata) and Delhi School of Economics (Delhi). He was the most widely read journalist, whose interests ranged from physics, through art, film and literature to the history of the North East India. His wife Maitreyi Handique hails from Assam. He joined Economic Times in 1994.