Former KU VC Prof Hamidi Kashmiri passes away

Srinagar: Former vice chancellor of the University of Kashmir Professor Hamidi Kashmiri passed away late last night.

He breathed his last at his residence in Srinagar.

Hamidi Kashmiri is a recipient of the Ghalib Award and Sahitya Akademi Award (2005). The Government of India honored him in 2010, with the third highest civilian award of Padma Shri. (PTK)