Obituary:

Dr. A. G. Bhusari hailed from Shendurjuna Bazar village, near Tiwsa on N.H. 6, of Amravati district. His father was a popular medical practitioner there. Completing his B.Sc. with a Rai Bahadur J.P. Trivedi Gold Medal for the highest score in Geology, he did his M.Sc. with a first class standing first in merit, and joined as Lecturer in the University Department of Geology, Nagpur in 1959. By 1965, he did his Ph.D. in Petroleum Geology at the Institute of Petroleum and Chemistry, Baku, then in U.S.S.R. He learnt Russian during his stay and attained perfection and proficiency to speak and write in the language. The Chairman, USSR (then undivided) Academy of Sciences, paid a visit to our Geology Department at Nagpur University, in the late 1970's. As an alumnus has recalled, Dr. Bhusari also stood on the dais and translated his speech instantly into English, also earning praises from the visiting dignitary.