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| birth_date = 30 September 1924
| birth_place = Jehanabad, Bihar, India
| death_date = 25 January 2016
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| occupation = Educationist<br>Humanist
| yearsactive = Since 1965
| known for = INSAN School
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| children = Saba Syed Hafeez, Gesoo Syed Hafeez, Raza Syed Hafeez, Shefa Syed Hafeez
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| website = http://www.insanmission.net
| awards = [[Padma Shri]]<br>Nehru Literacy Award
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'''Syed Hasan''', popularly known as '''Syed Bhai''' [translates to Brother Syed in English], was an Indian educationist, humanist and the founder of INSAN Group of Institutions, mostly known for one of its founding organization, ''INSAN School''.
<ref name="Insan School Kishanganj weeping over its lost glory">{{cite web | url=http://www.merinews.com/article/insan-school-kishanganj-weeping-over-its-lost-glory/132833.shtml | title=Insan School Kishanganj weeping over its lost glory | publisher=Meri News | date=21 April 2008 | accessdate=9 October 2015}}</ref> He is known for his pioneering efforts to bring education to [[Kishanganj district|Kishanganj]], formerly an educationally backward district in the Indian state of [[Bihar]].<ref name="Insan School Kishanganj weeping over its lost glory" /> He was a nominee for the [[Nobel Peace Prize]] in 2003.<ref name="Nobel Prize nomination for Noble Efforts">{{cite web | url=http://www.islamicity.org/2138/nobel-prize-nomination-for-noble-efforts/ | title=Nobel Prize nomination for Noble Efforts | publisher=Islamicity | date=5 September 2003 | accessdate=9 October 2015}}</ref> The [[Government of India]] awarded him the fourth highest civilian award of the [[Padma Shri]], in 1991.<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 | accessdate=21 July 2015}}</ref>

== Biography ==
Syed Hasan was born on 30 September 1924 in a small town Jehanabad, Bihar, India. When he was 10 years old his parents enrolled him in Delhi at Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI). During his early education at [[Jamia Millia Islamia]] (JMI), Hasan had the opportunity to assist [[Mahatma Gandhi]] and also came under the tutelage of [[Zakir Hussain (politician)|Zakir Hussain]], who would later become the first [[President of India]].<ref name="Dr. Syed Hasan (Syed Bhai)">{{cite web | url=http://www.biharanjuman.org/bio/Insaan.htm | title=Dr. Syed Hasan (Syed Bhai) | publisher=Bihar Anjuman | date=2015 | accessdate=9 October 2015}}</ref> He graduated from JMI and started his career as a teacher there where he stayed till he moved to the US, on a fellowship from [[Lincoln University (Pennsylvania)|Lincoln University]], Pennsylvania in 1955. He moved, subsequently, to [[Southern Illinois University Carbondale|Southern Illinois University]], Carbondale and stayed there till 1962 during which time, he obtained a doctoral degree (PhD). He also became a member of the educational societies of the [[Phi Delta Kappa]] and [[Kappa Delta Pi]] and is reported to have financially assisted some of the students from JMI to pursue education in the US.<ref name="Dr. Syed Hasan (Syed Bhai)" /> In 1962, he took up the post of the assistant professor of psychology at [[Frostburg State University]], Maryland, and during the three years he spent there, he was awarded the ''Instructor of the Year'' once.<ref name="Dr. Syed Hasan (Syed Bhai)" />

Hasan returned to India in 1965. In India, he had offers from many universities, but he started to lay the groundwork for his own educational work.
After nearly one year of ground work he founded, ''Taleemi Mission Corp'' (Educational Mission Corp) in February 1966, and ''Taleemi Biradri'' (Educational Brotherhood), an educational journal in March 1966.,<ref name="Dr. Syed Hasan (Syed Bhai)" /> And nearly after two years of ground work he started an elementary level INSAN School, on 14 November 1966,<ref name="Founder of INSAN School, Dr. Syed Hasan attacked">{{cite web | url=http://twocircles.net/2011nov23/founder_insan_school_dr_syed_hassan_attacked.html#.Vhd4-vmSxAA | title=Founder of INSAN School, Dr. Syed Hasan attacked | publisher=Two Circles | date=23 November 2011 | accessdate=9 October 2015}}</ref> with 36 students, which became the flagship institution of its kind. Initially the school operated inside the premises of the National School before or after its school hours. Later, he moved the school to a rented hut.<ref name="Nobel Prize nomination for Noble Efforts" /> The institution grew over the years to include INSAN School, INSAN College and INSAN Adult School,<ref name="Dr. Syed Hasan (Syed Bhai)" /> operating still mostly from huts, now instead of bamboo in brick and tin style.<ref name="Nobel Prize nomination for Noble Efforts" />
His active role in the field of education has not been limited to Insan School. He has helped many schools and educational causes. The list of services and contributions with which he has been involved in include many provincial and national educational projects; such as Educational Panel of the Bureau for Promotion of Urdu, New Delhi; Children's Literacy Panel of the Bureau for Promotion of Urdu, New Delhi; Bihar State Adult Education Board; Bihar Urdu Academy; Jamia Faculty Selection Committee. He has been a life member of the Indian Adult Education Board. He has also served in Central Advisory Board of Education (CABE), Grants & Aids Commission for Experiments in Education, District Primary Education Program (DPEP), and Decentralization of Education Management.

==Philosophy of Work==
''"Our institution is community centered. We believe in total development. We feel that education should lead to self-development. This development should take place by means of self-help and self-reliance. In a way, education means independence. It should make us free from others. We should become capable of running our own affairs without the help of others as far as it is possible.
Hence, we the educators are here to facilitate and to assist this process of development".

==Awards & Honors==
Overs the years Hasan has been honoured with many lifetime awards including National Integration Award, Shiksha Bharti Pruskar, Indira Gandhi Sadbhawna Award, and Nehru Literacy Award.<ref name="Dr. Syed Hasan (Syed Bhai)" /> The Government of India included him in the 1991 [[Indian honours system|Republic Day honours]] list for the civilian honour of the [[Padma Shri]].<ref name="Padma Awards" /> In 2003, he was shortlisted for the [[Nobel Peace Prize]], the honour eventually going to [[Shirin Ebadi]], the Iranian human rights activist.<ref name="Nobel Prize nomination for Noble Efforts" />

==See also==
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