Srinagar, Nov 17 (UNI) Former Vice Chancellor (VC) of Kashmir University (KU) Prof Abdul Wahid Qureshi passed away due to a cardiac arrest on Sunday, family sources said.
Prof Qureshi, who was admitted to Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) Sour after complaining of chest pain at his Saderbal Srinagar residence this morning, suffered cardiac arrest, and doctors declared him dead on arrival in the hospital, family sources said.
A distinguished academician and senior most professor, Qureshi served as the Vice Chancellor of Kashmir University from 2004 to 2008 and from his service.
Prof Qureshi was appointed as VC Central University of Kashmir (CUK) later in 2009 for a period of five years.
Professor Qureshi, a native of Karnah in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district, was presently residing in Srinagar.
His body is being taken to Karnah for last rites, and he will be laid to rest in his ancestral graveyard in Karnah, sources said.
