Zahir Ishaq Kazi

Zahir Ishaq Kazi is a radiologist and the president of Anjuman-I-Islam, a group of educational institutions in Mumbai founded in 1874. He was named for the Padma Shri in 2024 in the field of literature and education, from Maharashtra ^[1].

Radiologist

He was born on 26 January 1954 and studied medicine at Goa Medical College before specialising in radiology at Topiwala National Medical College and Nair Hospital, Mumbai ^[2]. He trained further in Philadelphia, USA, and worked at Bombay Hospital and Hinduja Hospital in Mumbai and at King Fahad Hospital in Medina, Saudi Arabia ^[2].

Anjuman-I-Islam

Kazi has been involved with Anjuman-I-Islam for 30 years, serving as chairman of its Tibbia medical college and as honorary general secretary before becoming president, a post he has held for about 15 years ^[2]. Under him the organisation has added institutions and courses and encouraged its colleges to seek accreditation ^[2]. He has turned its two homes for women, in Mumbai and Pune, into A-grade homes and appointed women to head more than 85 per cent of its institutions ^[2]. He also set up overseas support bodies in the USA and UK and partnerships with foreign universities ^[2].

He has chaired the National Monitoring Committee for Minority Education and serves on the Senate of the University of Mumbai ^[2]. In 2020 Aligarh Muslim University gave him its Sir Syed Excellence award ^[2].