My father-in-law, Shomie Das, who has died aged 89, was an educationist who, following his formative experiences as a teacher at Gordonstoun boarding school in Moray, Scotland, set up schools in his home country of India.
Shomie spent 15 years teaching physics at Gordonstoun, where he was inspired by the founder Kurt Hahn’s principles of a holistic, outdoor-based education. Among others, while there he taught the future King Charles III.
