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