# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/syed-husain-zaheer
# Generated: 2026-08-14T20:07:11.305Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/syed-husain-zaheer"
name: "Syed Husain Zaheer"
slug: "syed-husain-zaheer"
description: "Syed Husain Zaheer was an Indian chemist and the director general of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), the largest research and development organisation in India. Prior to taking up the directorship of CSIR, director, He served as the director of the Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, a division of CSIR, where he established the department of Biochemistry. After his superannuation from CSIR, he chaired the Board of Governors of the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur. The Government of India awarded him the third highest civilian honour of the Padma Bhushan, in 1972, for his contributions to science."
tagline: "Indian chemist and politician"
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gender: "male"
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profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
deathDate: "1975-12-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  momentum:             0.4792332268370607
  historical:           4.211808
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  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump