Masud Choudhary
Masud Choudhary (10 April 1944 – 16 December 2022) was an Indian educator, social reformer, thinker and an administrator of Jammu and Kashmir union territory.[1][2][3][4] Born in a middle-class Bajar Gujjar family in Kalaban, a village near Line of Control in Poonch District in Jammu and Kashmir Masud Choudhary's father, Babu Faiz Ahmed was also an educator.[5] The first biography of Dr. Masud Ahmed Choudhary compiled by Ghani Ghayoor and Dr. Shams Kamal Anjum was released at Gurjardesh Charitable Trust auditorium by former Chief Minister Dr. Farooq Abdullah on 18 January 2021.The book contains research articles about Masud Choudhary – a living hero of Jammu and Kashmir who created many institutions of literacy to reduce the darkness of illiteracy and to end backwardness and ignorance faced by marginalized groups.[11] In 2012, the university awarded him the honorary degree of Doctor of Letters for his extraordinary contributions to Indian society, especially in the fields of education and social development.