Tuhin Kanti Ghosh, who was president of the Indian Newspaper Society and chairman of the news agency UNI in the mid-1980s, passed away at his south Calcutta home on Wednesday. He was 73.

He was also a member of the Press Council of India.

Ghosh, who chaired the regional committee of the IENS eastern region in the early 1980s, was the grandson of Tushar Kanti Ghosh, who headed the house that published the newspapers, the Amrita Bazar Patrika and the Jugantar.

Tuhin Kanti was known for his musical skills and love of sports. An outdoor person whose childhood idol was Jim Corbett, Tuhin Kanti became a conservationist later in his life.

Tuhin Kanti is survived by his wife Subarna and daughters Labonita and Anandita, sisters Rita and Ronita and brother Tamal.