Overview

• Singh died in Gorakhpur on Saturday at age 92 after months of illness, according to multiple reports.
• Final rites were held Sunday at noon at Rajghat on the Rapti River, with Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and Gorakshpeethadheeshwar in attendance.
• He had chaired the Maharana Pratap Education Council since 2018 and earlier served as vice-chancellor of Purvanchal University in Jaunpur.
• A mathematician by training, he rose to head the mathematics department at Deendayal Upadhyay Gorakhpur University and worked under three successive heads of Gorakhnath Peeth.
• His roles extended to RSS and Vidya Bharati, he took a senior post at Mahayogi Gorakhnath University in 2021, and he is survived by sons Prof. V. K. Singh and Prof. Rajiv Krishna Singh.