In memoriam - Jan Weber

On November 3rd, Jan Weber peacefully passed away in the arms of Roswitha, his mother, in a hospital in Karlsruhe in Germany where he had been treated for system failure caused by a Hantavirus which he contracted during a cycle tour. He would have been 40 at the end of this month.

Jan, a qualified programmer, joined Auroville in 1998 and lived here till 2006. During that time, he helped set up Auroville’s first browsing centres in Kuilyapalayam and at La Terrace, from where many will remember him. He then worked in Aurelec, preparing the first Auroville website. From there he moved to Penta Services doing hardware as well as software work. Jan was an ardent cyclist, always helpful and those who knew him loved and appreciated him.