Literary critic B. Hridayakumari is dead

B. Hridayakumari, winner of the Kerala Sahitya Academy award and a literary critic, died at a private hospital here Saturday, her family said. She was 84.

She was suffering from age related illness.

A respected figure in the social milieu of the state, she was the former principal of the Government Women's College here

She headed a committee constituted by the Kerala State Higher Education Council to suggest improvements and reforms to the choice-based credit-and-semester system.

The funeral will take place here later in the day here.