Former Kashmir University VC Hamidi Kashmiri dies at 86

SRINAGAR: Former vice chancellor of University of Kashmir, Professor Hamidi Kashmiri passed away late last night, a family source said.

He was 86.

Kashmiri was 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.