Guwahati, March 12 -- Former General Manager of the Oil India Limited, Ponananda Borgohain passed away at a private hospital in Guwahati, Assam on Wednesday.

Borgohain passed away at the age of 78 years after a tough struggle with cancer for several years.

Ponananda Borgohain was born on 21 September 1953 in Shuktiali, Hahchara, Nazira in Shibsagar district. He was a bright student and completed his schooling at Nazira.

He was a student of mechanical engineering at the Guwahati College of Engineering. After completing his degree in Mechanical Engineering, he started his career as a training engineer in the Mining Department of Oil India Limited, one of the leading oil companies in the country.

He later served as Head of the Mining Dep...