Nazeer Ahmed
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Biography
Dr. Nazeer Ahmed, born in TumkurTumkur
Tumkur is one of the busiest industrial towns located in the state of Karnataka. Since 28 August 2010, Tumkur has been accorded the status of a Corporation city. It is situated at a distance of 70 kilometers north west of the city of Bangalore along National Highway 4...
City near Bangalore
Bangalore
Bengaluru , formerly called Bengaluru is the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka. Bangalore is nicknamed the Garden City and was once called a pensioner's paradise. Located on the Deccan Plateau in the south-eastern part of Karnataka, Bangalore is India's third most populous city and...
, Karnataka
Karnataka
Karnataka , the land of the Kannadigas, is a state in South West India. It was created on 1 November 1956, with the passing of the States Reorganisation Act and this day is annually celebrated as Karnataka Rajyotsava...
- India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
, is a senior scientist
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, historian
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, and a former legislator
Legislator
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in India. He has held positions on noteworthy U.S. Department of Defense government
Government
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projects including that of a Chief Engineer
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on the Hubble Space Telescope
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and on the Saturn
Saturn
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, Apollo
Apollo
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, and Moon
Moon
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Landing Projects as well as Solid Propellant
Propellant
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Rocket
Rocket
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studies. He has written two internationally acclaimed books on Islamic civilization
Muslim world
The term Muslim world has several meanings. In a religious sense, it refers to those who adhere to the teachings of Islam, referred to as Muslims. In a cultural sense, it refers to Islamic civilization, inclusive of non-Muslims living in that civilization...
entitled Islam in Global History as well as a spiritual book on Islam entitled What Makes Us Human. He is a specialist on educational reform for the World Organization for Resource Development and Education, Washington, DC. He is the author of Encyclopedia of Islamic History, http://historyofislam.com/
Current Positions
- CEO Delixus
- Executive Director, American Institute of Islamic History and Culture
- Director, WORDE
- Director, HMS IT, TumkurTumkurTumkur is one of the busiest industrial towns located in the state of Karnataka. Since 28 August 2010, Tumkur has been accorded the status of a Corporation city. It is situated at a distance of 70 kilometers north west of the city of Bangalore along National Highway 4...
, IndiaIndiaIndia , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
Education
- MBA. (Management ), Rider University, Trenton, NJ. June 75
- Ph.D. (Applied Mechanics), Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., June 67
- Ae. E. (Aeronautics), Caltech, Pasadena, CA, June 64
- M.S. (Aeronautics), Caltech, Pasadena, CA, June 62
- BS (Engineering), University of Mysore (summa cum laude), India, June 61
- PE, State of California
Achievements
- 12 United States Patents in space based lasers and engineering
- Author, "Islam in Global History", Vols. 1 and 2. Xlibris CorporationXlibrisXlibris is a Bloomington, Indiana-based self-publishing and on-demand printing services provider founded in 1997., The New York Times stated it to be the foremost on-demand publisher. The founder and chief executive is John Feldcamp.- Overview :...
. - Author, "What Makes Us Human? A Spiritual Perspective"Xlibris CorporationXlibrisXlibris is a Bloomington, Indiana-based self-publishing and on-demand printing services provider founded in 1997., The New York Times stated it to be the foremost on-demand publisher. The founder and chief executive is John Feldcamp.- Overview :...
- Director, EncyclopediaEncyclopediaAn encyclopedia is a type of reference work, a compendium holding a summary of information from either all branches of knowledge or a particular branch of knowledge....
of Islamic History - Program Manager, SDI Programs for the US Department of Defense
- Chief Scientist, Hubble Space TelescopeHubble Space TelescopeThe Hubble Space Telescope is a space telescope that was carried into orbit by a Space Shuttle in 1990 and remains in operation. A 2.4 meter aperture telescope in low Earth orbit, Hubble's four main instruments observe in the near ultraviolet, visible, and near infrared...
- Structures work on the Saturn, Apollo rockets and Lunar Land Rover.
- Institute Scholar, California Institute of TechnologyCalifornia Institute of TechnologyThe California Institute of Technology is a private research university located in Pasadena, California, United States. Caltech has six academic divisions with strong emphases on science and engineering...
- Scores of articles in science and technology journals
Professional and Academic Experience
- Executive Director, American Institute of Islamic History and Culture (1999–Present)
- CEO, Delixus
- Consulting Dean, HMS Institute of Technology, Bangalore, India (1998–2000)
- Director, Systems Development, OEA Aerospace, Fairfield, CA. (1997–98)
- Senior Vice-President, Compa Industries, Albuquerque, NM. (1994–97)
- Adjunct Professor, University of New MexicoUniversity of New MexicoThe University of New Mexico at Albuquerque is a public research university located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, in the United States. It is the state's flagship research institution...
, Albuquerque, NM (1995–96) - Program Manager, Hughes Aircraft Co., El Segundo, CA, (1986–94)
- Department Manager, Electro-optical Systems, Hughes Aircraft Co., CA, (1984–86)
- Project Manager, Hughes Aircraft Co., El Segundo, CA. (1982–84)
- Senior Staff, Perkin Elmer Corporation, Danbury, CT, (1979–82)
- Senior Engineer, Lucent TechnologiesLucent TechnologiesAlcatel-Lucent USA, Inc., originally Lucent Technologies, Inc. is a French-owned technology company composed of what was formerly AT&T Technologies, which included Western Electric and Bell Labs...
(formerly Western Electric), (1967–77) - Institute Scholar, Caltech, Pasadena, CA (1961–64)
Contribution to community
He was elected as a Member of Legislative AssemblyMember of Legislative Assembly
A Member of Legislative Assembly, or MLA, is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to the Legislature of a State in the Indian system of government...
(MLA) of Karnataka state from his home town and Assembly
Legislative Assembly
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Constituency of Tumkur
Tumkur
Tumkur is one of the busiest industrial towns located in the state of Karnataka. Since 28 August 2010, Tumkur has been accorded the status of a Corporation city. It is situated at a distance of 70 kilometers north west of the city of Bangalore along National Highway 4...
in 1978. He resigned from the seat and also from India's active politics
Politics
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in 1980.
He was an Elected Delegate to the Democratic National Convention
Democratic National Convention
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, 42nd Congressional District
Congressional district
A congressional district is “a geographical division of a state from which one member of the House of Representatives is elected.”Congressional Districts are made up of three main components, a representative, constituents, and the specific land area that both the representative and the...
in California in 1988. He also was a candidate for US Congress
United States Congress
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, 46 CA Congressional District in 1992.
In India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
, he has been supporting the poor
Poor
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and marginalised sections of the society
Society
A society, or a human society, is a group of people related to each other through persistent relations, or a large social grouping sharing the same geographical or virtual territory, subject to the same political authority and dominant cultural expectations...
, particularly of the Muslim community, to help them integrate into mainstream
Mainstream
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society and contribute to a better world
World
World is a common name for the whole of human civilization, specifically human experience, history, or the human condition in general, worldwide, i.e. anywhere on Earth....
. Since late 1990s this has largely happened through a scholarship fund that he has set up known as ‘Rank Nazeer Foundation’.
At a time when Muslims of Tumkur
Tumkur
Tumkur is one of the busiest industrial towns located in the state of Karnataka. Since 28 August 2010, Tumkur has been accorded the status of a Corporation city. It is situated at a distance of 70 kilometers north west of the city of Bangalore along National Highway 4...
were experiencing hardship in burying their dead due to lack of space in the existing cemetery
Cemetery
A cemetery is a place in which dead bodies and cremated remains are buried. The term "cemetery" implies that the land is specifically designated as a burying ground. Cemeteries in the Western world are where the final ceremonies of death are observed...
, he donated over 6 acres of land in the city in 2008, worth millions
Millions
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of Rupees. He has personally designed and constructed a unique Eidgah
Eidgah
Eidgah or Idgah is an open-air mosque usually outside the city to perform Eid ul-Fitr and Eid al-Adha salah.It was a practice of Prophet Muhammad to perform Eid Salaah in Eidgah at the outskirts of the city...
, a Muslim prayer
Prayer
Prayer is a form of religious practice that seeks to activate a volitional rapport to a deity through deliberate practice. Prayer may be either individual or communal and take place in public or in private. It may involve the use of words or song. When language is used, prayer may take the form of...
structure
Structure
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, on this land. According to the inscription besides this Eidgah, which faces Mecca
Mecca
Mecca is a city in the Hijaz and the capital of Makkah province in Saudi Arabia. The city is located inland from Jeddah in a narrow valley at a height of above sea level...
- the direction in which Muslims all around the world
World
World is a common name for the whole of human civilization, specifically human experience, history, or the human condition in general, worldwide, i.e. anywhere on Earth....
turn to pray
Prayer
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each day, "This structure
Structure
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is unique in that it has built into it subtleties that go beyond the ordinary. First, the divine name “Allah” is built into the structure, read right to left as is its reflection, read left to right. The reflection suggests the world
World
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is illusory and is only a reflection of the heaven
Heaven
Heaven, the Heavens or Seven Heavens, is a common religious cosmological or metaphysical term for the physical or transcendent place from which heavenly beings originate, are enthroned or inhabit...
s. Secondly, each of the smaller minaret
Minaret
A minaret مناره , sometimes مئذنه) is a distinctive architectural feature of Islamic mosques, generally a tall spire with an onion-shaped or conical crown, usually either free standing or taller than any associated support structure. The basic form of a minaret includes a base, shaft, and gallery....
s is nineteen feet from the ground. The number nineteen is a mystical number in Islam
Islam
Islam . The most common are and . : Arabic pronunciation varies regionally. The first vowel ranges from ~~. The second vowel ranges from ~~~...
that appears in the Qur'an
Qur'an
The Quran , also transliterated Qur'an, Koran, Alcoran, Qur’ān, Coran, Kuran, and al-Qur’ān, is the central religious text of Islam, which Muslims consider the verbatim word of God . It is regarded widely as the finest piece of literature in the Arabic language...
. The intermediate sized minarets are nineteen feet from the base. So, altogether there are six minarets that are nineteen feet each. Six times nineteen is 114, which is the total number of surahs in the Qur'an, a Book
Book
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that completes God's favours upon humankind. Straight lines drawn from the apex of the minarets intersect where the word "Huwa" is inscribed in a red
Red
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circle
Circle
A circle is a simple shape of Euclidean geometry consisting of those points in a plane that are a given distance from a given point, the centre. The distance between any of the points and the centre is called the radius....
. The subtended angle
Angle
In geometry, an angle is the figure formed by two rays sharing a common endpoint, called the vertex of the angle.Angles are usually presumed to be in a Euclidean plane with the circle taken for standard with regard to direction. In fact, an angle is frequently viewed as a measure of an circular arc...
of 112 degrees is twice the natural flow angle of the earth
Earth
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into which we return. Huwa is the abstract divine pronoun for God, most exalted. The circle is a reminder of "two bows length or less" wrapped around that shrouded prophet Muhammed when stood in divine presence during Me'raj."
External links
- Islam in the World Resources : Reporter’s Rolodex NewsWatch - Center for Integration and Improvement of Journalism - San Francisco State University
- The Hindu, Oct 09, 2004 Reference in mainstream media to Dr. Nazeer Ahmed as an ex-MLA
- The Hindu, Feb 25, 2008 Dr. Nazeer Ahmed sharing dais with Mr. M.A.A. Fatmi, Union Minister of State, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of IndiaGovernment of IndiaThe Government of India, officially known as the Union Government, and also known as the Central Government, was established by the Constitution of India, and is the governing authority of the union of 28 states and seven union territories, collectively called the Republic of India...
. - Dr. Nazeer Ahmed www.worde.org
- Muslim-leaders - Dr. Nazeer Ahmed
- The students need creative and analytical thinking - Dr. Nazeer Ahmed
- New Qur’an translation released - Arab News
- New Qur’an translation released - Karnataka Muslims
- Dr. Nazeer Ahmed - represented Sheikh Kabbani Fourth Meeting of the Board of World Religious Leaders
- Dignitaries - Salaam Centre
Islam in Global History References from Wikipedia Sources
- Syed Ahmed Khan
- Shajar al-Durr
- Razia, Sultana of DelhiRazia SultanaRazia al-Din , throne name Jalâlat ud-Dîn Raziyâ , usually referred to in history as Razia Sultan, was the Sultan of Delhi in India from 1236 to May 1240. She was of Seljuq slave ancestry and like some other Muslim princesses of the time, she was trained to lead armies and administer kingdoms if...
- Fiqh, the development ofFiqhFiqh is Islamic jurisprudence. Fiqh is an expansion of the code of conduct expounded in the Quran, often supplemented by tradition and implemented by the rulings and interpretations of Islamic jurists....
- Imam Ja'afar as SadiqJa'far al-SadiqJaʿfar ibn Muhammad al-Sādiq was a descendant of Muhammad and a prominent Muslim jurist. He is revered as an Imam by the adherents of Shi'a Islam and as a renowned Islamic scholar and personality by Sunni Muslims. The Shi'a Muslims consider him to be the sixth Imam or leader and spiritual...