Veteran writer, educationist and writer Narendra Kumar, who was the founder chairman of Har-Anand Publications, died of age-related illnesses this morning, his household stated. He was 85.

He is survived by sons Ashok and Ashish, each publishers, and daughter, who’s a lawyer.

”His final rites have been carried out on the Lodhi crematorium this night,” Ashok informed PTI. Kumar, thought to be the doyen of Indian publishing, donned a number of hats.

He was earlier managing director of Vikas Publishing House and wrote extensively on Indian publishing and promoted its trigger on world platforms. He was a member of varied UNESCO and WIPO working teams and president of the Federation of Indian Publishers. Kumar had different pursuits and penned books on Bangladesh, Russia, China, Central Asia and Africa in addition to on training. He was a former chairman of DPS group of faculties and was answerable for creating an training system aware of the altering societal wants at nationwide and worldwide ranges. He had eager curiosity in sports activities administration additionally and was chairman of the Delhi Lawn Tennis Association. He was founder chairman of World Intellectual Foundation apart from heading a number of different well-known organisations.

He was writer and printer of the Pioneer newspaper in English and Hindi. Kumar was conferred Italy’s ‘Order of the Star of the Italian Solidarity’ award.

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