Know Your Babu: Syed Nasim Ahmad Zaidi, 1976 batch IAS

Syed Nasim Ahmad Zaidi, a 1976 batch UP cadre IAS and presently Director General (Civil Aviation), has been appointed as new civil aviation secretary in place of M Madhavan Nambiar, a 1974 batch Tamil Nadu cadre IAS who is retiring on November 30, 2010.

Bio-Data 

Name: Dr Syed Nasim Ahmad Zaidi

Batch: 1976 batch Uttar Pradesh cadre IAS

Date of Birth: July 6, 1952

Place of Domicile: Uttar Pradesh

Mother Tongue: HINDI

Indian Languages Known: URDU, ENGLISH

Educational Qualifications

a) PG in Bio-Chemistry and PG in Public Administration

b) Doctorate in Bio-Chemistry

c) PG in Business Finance

Major Postings

a) Assistant Collector, Unnao

b) Collector,  Farukhabad (From 01/09/1982 to 01/08/1985)

c) Collector, Ghaziabad (From 01/08/1985 to 01/07/1988)

d) Commissioner, Development Authority, Bareilly ( From 01/08/1996 to 01/04/1997)

e) Joint Secretary, Ministry of Civil Aviation (From 09/01/2003 to 20/11/2005)

f) India Representative, International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) (From 21/11/2005 to 17/11/2008)

g) DG, DGCA

Foreign Training

One year long Edward Mason Programmme in USA (1990)