<span style="color: #222222;">Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh has expressed condolence over the death of founder of Center for Research in Rural and Industrial Development (CRRID) and noted scholar Rashpal Malhotra.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">84 year old Malhotra passed away in a hospital in Chandigarh<b> </b>this morning after battling with COVID for over a week.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">In a condolence message, the Chief Minister described Rashpal Malhotra as a distinguished academician, able administrator and a fine human being with the qualities of head and heart, who played a pivotal role in bringing socio-economic development in the northern region.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The Chief Minister said, the outstanding services rendered by Malhotra in the rural and industrial development of Punjab would be ever remembered by one and all. </span><br />''  <br />