Rahul Balusu, a core member of the LISSIM Executive Committee and of the LISSIM organising committee every year for the last 7 years, passed away unexpectedly on 20th July, 2020, in Hyderabad, India. This unfortunate event has left a big gap in LISSIM and in the formal linguistics world of Indian linguistics.
FOSSSIL organised an online Memorial event on 30th July, 2020, to remember Rahul's excellent academic achievements and his contributions to LISSIM. The following friends, colleagues, teachers, and students spoke during the occasion; the links provide the videos and accompanying texts of their statements:
| Tanmoy Bhattacharya: Introduction | video |
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| Veneeta Dayal: on behalf of linguists outside India | video |
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| Shruti Sircar: on behalf of linguists, EFLU | video |
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| Lama Mando: on behalf of linguistics students, EFLU | video |
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| K.A. Jayaseelan: on behalf of formal linguists, India | video |
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| R. Amritavalli: on behalf of formal linguists (Dravidian), India | video |
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| Tanmoy Bhattacharya and Ayesha Kidwai: on behalf of LISSIM | video |
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| Yangchen Roy: on behalf of LISSIM students | video |
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