B. Chandrasekhar, Assistant Regional General Manager, Advertisement, The Hindu , Visakhapatnam, died of a massive heart attack here on Monday. He was 44 and is survived by wife B. Sujatha and daughters Sruthi, 15, and Shivani, 13.
Mr. Chandrasekhar, who came here to attend a family function, collapsed suddenly in The Hindu office, where he had come to meet his colleagues. He was given first aid and rushed to a nearby hospital, but all efforts to revive him failed. The funeral will take place here on Tuesday afternoon.
A postgraduate in economics, Mr. Chandrasekhar joined The Hindu in 1994, after a brief stint with The Times of India , Visakhapatnam. Known to be an affable and soft-spoken person, he mixed easily with other staff members.