Syeda Saiyidain Hameed
| Syeda Saiyidain Hameed | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1943 (age 73–74) Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India |
| Occupation | Social activist Educationist |
| Years active | Since 1965 |
| Known for | Social activism |
| Spouse(s) | S. M. A Hameed |
| Children | Two sons and a daughter |
| Awards |
Padma Shri Al-Ameen All India Community Leadership Award Karmaveer Puraskaar Bi Amma Award |
Syeda Saiyidain Hameed (born 1943) is an Indian social and women's rights activist, educationist, writer and a former member of the Planning Commission of India. She chaired the Steering Committee of the Commission on Health which reviewed the National Health Policy of 2002, till the dissolution of the body in 2015, to be replaced by NITI Aayog.
Syeda Hameed is the founder trustee of the Women’s Initiative for Peace in South Asia (WIPSA) and the Centre for Dialogue and Reconciliation and a former member of the National Commission for Women (1997–2000). She served the Maulana Azad National Urdu University (MANUU) as its chancellor, prior to the accession of Zafar Sareshwala, the incumbent chancellor of the university on 2 January 2015. The Government of India awarded her the fourth highest civilian honour of the Padma Shri, in 2007, for her contributions to Indian society.
Syeda Saiyidain Hameed was born in 1943 in the lineage of Khwaja Abdullah Ansari, a renowned Sufi, in Srinagar, in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir.Khwaja Ahmad Abbas, renowned filmmaker, was her uncle. After schooling at Modern School, New Delhi, her college education was at Miranda House, University of Delhi from where she passed BA (Hons) in 1963 and secured a master's degree (MA) from the University of Hawaii in 1965. Her career started as a lecturer at Lady Shri Ram College for Women, New Delhi; she worked there till 1967 and joined the University of Alberta to obtain a doctoral degree (PhD) in 1972 She continued at Alberta for two more years, working at the university as a sessional lecturer. Her next move was as an executive assistant at the Minister of Advanced Education and Manpower, Government of Alberta in 1975 and was promoted in 1978 as the Director of Colleges and Universities at the Ministry. In 1967, she married S.M.A Hameed Professor of Labour Relations at Faculty of Business Administration and Commerce at University of Alberta.
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