This is heartbreaking.

With you in this grief.

Team Piramal Fdn

Ramya Rajagopalan

Deepest condolences. She was a great colleague and a good friend.

May her family and friends have the strength to bear with the loss.

 Sumitha Chalil

Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme,

Govt. of India 

It's really shocking to learn about her sudden demise. She will be missed badly. My prayers for her departed soul. She was a dear friend.

With Regards,

Dr. Sneha Shukla

MBBS, MPH, MBA

PGD-Health Economics, Healthcare Financing & Policy

WHO-NTEP Consultant

Hyderabad, Telangana

 It's really hard to believe such a thing has happened to a dynamic personality like Amrita . may her soul rest in peace. More importantly, God should provide the courage to her family members to get over this catastrophe.

Dr. G. Narendran

Senior Deputy Director / Scientist 'F' Medical,

Head of the Dept.of Clinical Research,

National Institute for Research in Tuberculosis ,ICMR-NIRT

Thank you for sharing this sad news.

We share your grief. Our thoughts are with Amrita’s family and with the USAID team.

With our deepest condolences

Madhav Joshi 

India Health Fund team

This is heartbreaking. May her family have the strength to cope with this loss.

In solidarity,

Shyama

Shyamashree Das

Gates Foundation 

What an amazing person , this is really shocking!

Our condolences to Rahul and Tara.

William J. Clinton Foundation (India)

Thank you for sharing this heart breaking news. The personal and professional connection she shared with me are unforgettable. Amrita's untimely passing is deeply saddening, and my thoughts are with her family, friends, and colleagues during this difficult time.

I join you in mourning the loss of such an exceptional individual and a cherished member of the TB community. Please convey my heartfelt condolences to her loved ones.

With deepest sympathy and solidarity,

Dr Rehana Begum

KHPT 

Dear all,

Our deepest condolences to the USAID family. Please know that our thoughts and prayers are with you all and Amrita’s family during this incredibly difficult time.

Meghna Desai

 (CDC/GHC/DGHP)

Extremely sad and unfortunate loss. Pls accept my condolences With USAID team and Amrita's family.

Warmly, Neelam Makhijani

MSH India 

Very sad to hear this news, may her soul rest in peace

With Best Regards,

Dr. Rajendra P Joshi

Deputy Director General (TB)

Central TB Division

Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Govt. of India

I am so sorry to hear of Amrita's passing. My deepest sympathies to her colleagues and family as they mourn her passing.

Best regards,

LAURA CHITTENDEN, PHD, MBA

Lead Global Health Security Advisor, USAID/Tanzania

Dear India team - I'm so sorry to hear of Amrita passing away. What a huge and devastating loss. Thinking of you all and keeping you and her family in my thoughts and prayers.

Take care,

Meena Srivastava, DO, MPH | Medical Officer, Pediatric Maternal Clinical Branch

USAID | Bureau for Global Health, Office of HIV/AIDS, Division of Prevention, Care, & Treatment

Our heartfelt condolences to you and colleagues at USAID and her family on the untimely passing of Amrita Goswami. May her soul rest in peace.

He contributions to the TB work are exceptional and her loss irreplaceable.

Regards,

Sameer  Bharaswadkar

Gates Foundation/India 

I want to send along this upsetting news below and the opportunity for those who knew Amrita to join her funeral today virtually. I feel lucky that I got to spend time with her during my visit to USAID/India and see even a little bit of what she did for her team, for USAID, and for the millions with TB in India. What a joyful person and leader. She had so much life. It is hard to imagine the India Health team without her infectious smile and energy.

Atul Gawande 

Assisstant Administrator

Global Health, USAID

Hi, I just heard about Amrita's passing. How incredibly sad. I hope you and everyone in the mission are doing okay. She was so full of joy and a wonderful person. What a big loss. Sending a hug to you.

 Catherine Bollinger

USAID, Washington

This heartbreaking news is so hard to understand. I’m feeling empty. I was very fond of Amrita and the light that she broadcast to the world.

Thanks for sharing this devastating news. I miss and love her. I am so grateful for the impact she had on my life. She taught me so much both personally and professionally, just as all of my USAID/India family has. I look forward to the time when my soul meets Amrita again.

I’m currently on R&R, but am 100% there with everyone in spirit. I will also separately leave thoughts for Rahul and Tara on the message board.

With the heaviest of hearts,

Nehal

Nehal Sanghavi, Esq.

Private Enterprise Officer

Office of Economic Growth

U.S. Agency for International Development | Burma

I am just returning from annual leave to find out about this terrible news. I cannot believe our dear Amrita is gone. I am so, so very sorry. This must be such a shock for you and all the colleagues and friends at the mission.

I first met Amrita about five years ago at a gender training in El Salvador and she made such an impression on me...her smile, her energy, her joy. Amrita was such a light - she was an incredible addition to our most recent AGILE cohort, and she had an amazing way of connecting the dots for skeptical colleagues between health and gender ... but what I loved most about her was her unrelentingly bright and generous spirit, and her selfless kindness. The last time I saw her at the gender conference was in the lunch line on the last day. I complimented the earrings she was wearing and she told me they were from an income-generating project she worked on with TB patients through the mission....and then she gave them to me. It was such a kind gesture and so emblematic of how she lived and gave her love to others. I will treasure those earrings for the rest of my life.

I wanted you to know, as well, that Amrita touched a lot of people at the gender conference and many of our colleagues are with you and supporting you from afar in your grief. Our colleague Cathy Odera just gave a lovely tribute to Amrita at our monthly gender-based violence community of practice; I'll send you the recording when it comes out.

Sending all of you at the mission a big hug,

Bonnie Robinson

Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment (GenDev) Hub

US Agency for International Development | USAID

I'm shocked....and confused. I didn't realize that Amrita never returned to India after the global gender conference and became so very ill. I remember sitting around a table at the conference laughing with all of you and Amrita, and the fun happy hour event.

I'm so deeply saddened by this news and send a huge digital hug to you all in India who knew her best.

Thinking of all of you,

Gwen Snyder

I am so deeply sorry to hear about Amrita's passing. It is a shock to me, so I cannot imagine the shock and loss that it is for you and others at the Mission. I am thinking of you, Amrita's colleagues at the Mission, and her family and friends. I hope you are doing alright, considering: taking the time and space you need. I'm so very very sorry.

Georgia Hartman

This is heartbreaking news! My condolences to her family and all colleagues.

I just sent an email to her AGILE course colleagues and mentor.

Best,

Fazel

This, indeed is very sad news. Please convey our condolences to the staff and her family.

Rabihah Mateen

Oh my goodness! We just saw her! Sending my deepest sympathies to the Mission and her family ❤️🙏🏽

Sharing this with the TS/Health team for awareness.

Best,

Adeline

Adeline Joshua  

Acting Senior Gender Advisor

USAID | Asia Bureau

What tragic news. My sincere and deepest condolences to her family and all who knew her. Ritika thanks for letting us know.

I was so touched by Amrita's positive, energetic and vibrant personality when I met her in DC in May. She is the kind of person that brings sun rays into a poorly light room with her infectious smile and her deeply engaged attitude. The capstone project she worked on for the AGILE training was incredible, integrating a gender responsive approach into TB programs in India, and seems to have brought important changes.

I am truly honored to have met Amrita, even though for a short time, I have been inspired by her. May we all continue to carry forward her important legacy.

Best,

Aline

Aline Magnoni

Senior Inclusive Development Advisor

USAID| ASIA Bureau | SPO | PSP

Washington, DC