Bengaluru: Chairperson of Karnataka Urdu Academy, Dr Fouzia Choudhary (52) collapsed on the dais at a programme here on Wednesday evening February 24. She was declared dead at the hospital.
Dr Choudhary was delivering a presidential address in the library hall of the academy at Kannada Bhavana on J C Road. At around 5.30 pm, midway-way through her speech, she fell to the ground, and was rushed to St Martha’s Hospital in an ambulance.
Dr Choudhary was from Timmapura village in Yadagiri district. She was appointed as chairperson of Karnataka Urdu Academy on June 2, 2014. She laid emphasis on Urdu literature, and towards giving a boost to Urdu. She had done her Ph.D in Urdu literature from Gulbarga University.
She is survived by her husband and three daughters.
