GORAKHPUR, Sept. 28 -- Eminent educationist Prof. Uday Pratap Singh passed away in Gorakhpur on Saturday morning. The 92-year-old had been unwell for some time.

Prof. Singh was the chairman of Maharana Pratap Education Council and had served as the vice-chancellor of Purvanchal University in Jaunpur.

Chief minister Yogi Adityanath expressed grief over his demise and described him as a rare academic who served under three successive head priests of the Gorakhnath temple.

In a post on X, the chief minister wrote: "The passing of Prof. U.P. Singh, who was the chairman of Maharana Pratap Education Council in Gorakhpur, an ideal teacher, former head and professor of the mathematics department at Deendayal Upadhyay Gorakhpur University, and ...