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Zaheer Science Foundation is a non-profit-organisation, which was established in 1970 as a Think Tank. The Foundation was registered as a Society under the Societies’ Registration Act of 1860. Inspiration for starting the Foundation came from the perception that there was a great need of interaction between science and the society, and the Foundation could greatly help in creating a clear understanding to connect Scientific and Technological developments for societal needs and promoting scientific temperament at large.
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The initiative of naming the Foundation as Zaheer Science Foundation and the honor of being its first Chairman belonged to the late Dr. A. Ramaswamy Mudaliar who was also the Founder President of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research. Thereafter, the following served as Chairman of Zaheer Science Foundation:
Dr. S. Husain Zaheer
Prof. Nurul Hasan
Shri P.N. Haksar
Prof. R.C. Mehrotra
Dr. A.R. Kidwai
Dr. G. Thyagarajan, Formerly Director, CLRI, Chennai
Prof. Mohsin Ullah Khan
Present Chairman: Dr. Harsh Gupta, Former Director of the National Geophysical Research Institute (NGRI) Hyderabad
