Archive · 29 Aug 2026
Assam Professor, Husband Missing After Floods In Nepal
Deepali Sarkar and her husband, Manash Ghosh, travelled to Nepal with other tourists.
Their group had about 30 people.
Nepal was hit by devastating floods.
The group was contacted at about 8:30 p.m.
Later, there was no contact after about 10:30 p.m.
Sarkar and Ghosh were reported missing.
Their names were added to an Assam government list.
Their families are waiting for news while rescue teams search for missing people.
Former Guwahati-based professor Deepali Sarkar and her husband, Manash Ghosh, are among Indians reported missing in Nepal.
The Assam government added their names to its list of people missing after devastating floods.
The couple travelled to Nepal with a larger tourist group of about 30 people through a travel agency.
The group was reportedly contacted around 8:30 p.m., but communication stopped after about 10:30 p.m.
Families are awaiting updates as authorities and rescue teams continue efforts to locate those unaccounted for.
- Who
- Former Guwahati-based university professor Deepali Sarkar and her husband, Manash Ghosh, are among people from Assam reported missing.
- What
- They and other members of a tourist group have been reported missing after contact was lost in flood-hit Nepal.
- When
- The group was reportedly contacted around 8:30 p.m.; there was no further contact after about 10:30 p.m.
- Where
- Nepal, after the group travelled to Kathmandu; Sarkar is based in Guwahati and Ghosh works in Kolkata.
- Why
- Communication was lost after devastating floods affected Nepal, leaving the group unaccounted for.
- Missing people
- Deepali Sarkar and Manash Ghosh are among Indians reported missing in Nepal.
- Sarkar’s background
- She is a former professor associated with a Guwahati-based university.
- Travel group
- About 30 people reportedly travelled to Kathmandu through a travel agency.
- Last reported contact
- The group was contacted around 8:30 p.m.
- Communication ended
- There was reportedly no further contact after about 10:30 p.m.
- Family contact
- The couple have a daughter who is a doctor and is in Delhi for further medical training.
- Response
- Authorities and rescue teams are continuing efforts to locate people who remain unaccounted for.