Metro India News | Hyderabad 

Veteran Photo journalist and former Chief Photographer with the Indian Express and The Hindu PV Sivakumar passed away on Sunday due to massive cardiac arrest. collapsed in the bathroom of his house in Photographers Colony in Banjara Hills and was rushed to nearby Apollo Hospital, Jubilee Hills, where doctors tried to revive him. He was declared dead at 3 pm.

He was Bachelor of Science (B.Sc) Graduate from Osmania University but his passion for photography made him a professional news photographer. He was conferred the Lifetime Achievement Award by the united Andhra Pradesh Government and several other awards by the photographers association.  Family members said the last rites would be performed on Monday at Mahaprasthanam at 11 am.