Mumbai: Discovery Communications India’s associate director – distribution and Eurosport strategy Amol Majumdar has passed away due to a heart attack on Sunday morning.

Majumdar has been associated with Discovery Communications since December 2014. Prior to that, he was deputy associate director at MSM-Discovery, a broadcast distribution joint venture (JV) between Multi Screen Media (MSM) or Sony Pictures Networks India (SPN) and Discovery networks that came to an end in January 2015. He has been associated with the JV company since July 2004.

Majumdar's former colleague Rahul Johri who is president – revenue at Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd, has expressed his shock at the sudden demise of his friend on Facebook.