birth_place imagesize birth_date article_title education name occupation
bahraich 200px 8 june 1951 syed zafar mahmood
 graduated from aligarh muslim university syed zafar mahmood civil servant , social activist
syed zafar mahmood

syed zafar mahmood , ph.d. is an indian civil-servant and former ` officer on special duty ' for the indian prime minister dr. manmohan singh .
on march 9 , 2005 the prime minister appointed the ` sachar committee ' to study the `` social , economic and educational status '' of india 's minority muslim community .
dr. mahmood worked with the sachar committee to submit its report to the government of india within two years on november 17 , 2006 .
he has since given numerous talks in and outside india on the topic .
in his presentations at case western reserve university and harvard university 's john f. kennedy school of government he has commented on the steps forward to bridge the economic , social and educational divide of indian muslims .
during president george w. bush 's 2006 visit to india , the u.s. president convened an interfaith meeting in new delhi and dr. mahmood was one of the representatives of indian muslims .
