Mithra G Augustine, a former pri-ncipal of Madras Christian College and director of the Ecumenical Chri-stian Centre, has died in Chennai. He was 95. The death occurred in the early hours of February 18 at a Chennai hospital. Mithra was born on June 25, 1930, at Guntur in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. He was attached with MCC in various capacities, first as a student, then warden of Bishop Heber Hall, professor and head of the Department of Zoology, eventually becoming the principal. After retiring from MCC, he joined the ecumenical centre in Bengaluru as its director in 1990 and held the post for 7 years.

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