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{{Infobox scientist<br />
|name = Syed Zahoor Qasim<br />
|image = Syed_Zahoor_Qasim.jpg<br />
|image_size =450X500<br />
|caption = DR. SZ QAZIM<br />
|birth_date = 31 December 1926<br />
|birth_place = [[Allahabad]], [[United Provinces of British India|United Provinces]], [[British India]]<br />
|death_date = {{Death date and age|2015|10|20|1926|12|31|df=y}}<br />
|death_place = [[Delhi]], [[India]]<br />
|nationality = {{flagicon|India}} India<br />
|fields = [[Marine biology]]<br />
|relation. = Late Syed shamim qazim (Ex MD of Bombay merchantile bank)<br />
|alma_mater = [[Majidiya Islamiya Intermediate College Allahabad]]<br>[[Aligarh Muslim University]]<br>[[University College of North Wales]]<br />
}}<br />
'''Syed Zahoor Qasim''' (31 December 1926 – 20 October 2015) was an Indian [[marine biologist]]. Qasim helped lead India's exploration to Antarctica and guided the other seven expeditions from 1981 to 1988.<ref name="An ocean of experience and the will to be a pioneer">{{cite news|url=http://www.expressindia.com/ie/daily/19990517/ige17156p.html|title=An ocean of experience and the will to be a pioneer|last=KAUR|first=NAVNEET |date=17 May 1999|publisher=Indian Express|access-date=8 December 2010|location=NEW DELHI}}</ref> He was a Member of the [[Planning Commission (India)|Planning Commission of India]] from 1991 to 1996. He was the Vice Chancellor of [[Jamia Milia Islamia]] from 1989 to 1991 and an Honorary Professor of universities including [[Aligarh Muslim University]], [[Madurai Kamaraj University]], [[Anna Malai University]], [[Indian Institute of Technology Madras]], and [[Jamia Millia Islamia]].<br />
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== Early life ==<br />
Qasim was born in Rakswara Gram Allahabad presently [[Kaushambi district|Kaushambi]] in 1926. His ancestor were rulers of Kaushambi .<ref name=obit/> He began his schooling from [[Majidiya Islamiya Intermediate College Allahabad]], and then moved to [[Aligarh Muslim University]], where he obtained a [[Bachelor of Science|B.Sc.]] degree in 1949 and a [[Master of Science|M.Sc.]] degree in Zoology in 1951. He stood first in the order of Merit for which he was awarded the University Gold Medal. For several years, he was a lecturer in the Department of Geography at Aligarh before proceeding to the United Kingdom for higher studies in 1953. In 1956 he completed his [[Doctor of Science|D.Sc.]] and [[Doctor of Philosophy|Ph.D.]] degrees from [[University College of North Wales]]. He was the Director of Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Kochi, Kerala from 1971-1974. On 20 October 2015, he died at the age of 88.<ref name=obit>{{Cite web|title = Renowned marine biologist Syed Zahoor Qasim died|url = http://www.jagranjosh.com/current-affairs/renowned-marine-biologist-syed-zahoor-qasim-died-1445413667-1|website = Jagranjosh.com|publisher = jagranjosh.com|date=21 October 2015 }}</ref><br />
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==Awards and honours==<br />
* [[Padma Shri]] (1974)<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web | url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf | title=Padma Awards | publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India | date=2015 | access-date=21 July 2015}}</ref><br />
* Rafi Ahmed Kidwai Award (1978)<br />
* Lal Bahadur Shastri Award (1988)<br />
* [[Padma Bhushan]] (1982)<ref name="Padma Awards" /><br />
* Oceanology International Lifetime Achievement Award, UK (1999)<br />
* First National Ocean Science and Technology Award by Government of India (2003–04)<br />
* Asian Society Gold Medal (2005)<br />
* SOFTI Biennial Award (2007) <br />
* Lifetime Achievement Award, Indian Science Congress (2008)<br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}4. http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/view/creators/Qasim=3AS_Z=3A=3A.html<br />
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{{Padma Shri Award Recipients in Civil Service}}<br />
{{PadmaBhushanAwardRecipients 1980–89}}<br />
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[[Category:1926 births]]<br />
[[Category:2015 deaths]]<br />
[[Category:Recipients of the Padma Bhushan in science & engineering]]<br />
[[Category:Scientists from Allahabad]]<br />
[[Category:Aligarh Muslim University alumni]]<br />
[[Category:Indian Muslims]]<br />
[[Category:20th-century Indian biologists]]<br />
[[Category:Indian oceanographers]]<br />
[[Category:Indian Antarctic Program]]<br />
[[Category:Members of the Planning Commission of India]]<br />
[[Category:Recipients of the Padma Shri in science & engineering]]<br />
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