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Press Trust of India Kolkata
Indian Information Service officer Antara Ghosh Mallick passed away today.

A PIB release said here today that Antara was suffering from some complicated liver ailment and had a transplantation of liver recently.

Born on April 4, 1963, Antara completed her Masters in English and attended training on Basic Course in Communication at IIMC New Delhi in 1989.

She was proficient not only in English and Hindi, but also in German language.

Beginning her career at Press Information Bureau (PIB), Kolkata, as Information Assistant in 1987, Antara was elevated to the rank of Assistant Editor and then to the rank of Editor, Yojana in Publications Division.
 

With her sudden demise, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting lost a very promising officer, the release pointed out.
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First Published: Nov 27 2015 | 10:28 PM IST

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