It was with shock and sadness that we heard of the untimely demise of Aurovilian R. Kovalan, who passed away during a road accident between Thiruvannamalai and Tindivanam in the evening of Friday June 9th.

About 

Kovalan came from Edayanchavadi and joined Auroville in 2000. Most of us knew him from his work in Auronet. Being highly qualified in IT, he entirely programmed the first interactive AVNet version during the initial years of his stay here. After this he spent some time in France from where he recently returned. He was a bright young man, who had turned 31 years old just this last April.

Kovalan's remains were cremated on Saturday, June 10th, at 6.00 pm at the Edayanchavadi cremation ground near the Visitors Centre. Our love and condolences go out to his grieving mother, brothers and sisters.

Fare well, Kovalan..