Former Indian Ambassador Abasar Beuria passed away while undergoing treatment at a private hospital here late on Wednesday night. He was 80 and is survived by his wife and a daughter.
He complained of chest pain, following which he was taken to the hospital from his Saheed Nagar residence here. However, he died of heart attack at around 1 am.
A Master of Arts degree holder in Political Science from the Utkal University, Beuria had started his career as a Lecturer and then a bank officer before joining the Indian Foreign Service. He was critically involved as a member of an Indian delegation in bilateral and multilateral international talks including Non-Alignment Summit, Commonwealth Heads of Governments Conference and G-77 Conventions and served in Indian diplomatic mission in Japan, former Soviet Union presently Russia, USA, United Arab Emirates, Myanmar, Sri Lanka and Madagascar. He has authored five books.