Former vice-chancellor of Andhra University Yedla C. Simhadri (80) died of COVID-19 related complications, here on Saturday.
Apart from serving as vice-chancellor of Andhra University, he also served as vice-chancellor of Banaras Hindu University, Patna University and Acharya Nagarjuna University.
He obtained his PG degree in Social Work and degree in Law from Andhra University. He also obtained a PG degree in criminology and sociology from Indiana State University and Ph.D in sociology from Case Western Reserve University. He completed his post-doctoral research from Commonwealth Institute.
He started his teaching career in the 1980s as professor in the department of sociology, Andhra University.