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Dr Ausaf Sayeed (born September 18, 1963) is a Muslim diplomat in the Indian Foreign Service. He holds a Master of Science (M.Sc.) and a Ph.D in Geology from the Osmania University in Hyderabad, India and an Advanced Diploma in Arabic from the American University in Cairo. He is a Competent Toastmaster (CTM) and recipient of the Shri Y.G.K.Murthy Gold Medal from Osmania University. Sayeed is a career diplomat belonging to the Indian Foreign Service (IFS), 1989 Batch. He is currently serving as Consul General of India in Chicago since August 2013. He is the first Muslim and first Hyderabadi to be appointed as the Consul General of India in Chicago.〔(A Hyderabadi chief for Indian Consulate ) ''The Hindu''.〕 Earlier he served as Ambassador of India in Yemen from September 2010 to July 2013, being the first person of Hadhrami origin to be appointed as India's Ambassador to Yemen.〔(Ausaf Sayeed appointed as India's envoy to Yemen. ) Arab News〕 He also served as Joint Secretary (West Africa) in the Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India (August 2008 to August 2010), Consul General of India in Jeddah (August 2004 to July 2008) and Counsellor in the Embassy of India, Denmark (October 2001 to August 2004). He has also served in various capacities in the Indian diplomatic missions in Doha, Riyadh, Jeddah and Cairo, besides serving as Regional Passport Officer in Hyderabad. Sayeed has handled different areas of work in his 25 years of diplomatic service, including political, economic, consular and cultural work, besides Haj management.〔(Mission Accomplished ), Arab News.〕 He launched several business groupings during his assignment in the Gulf (GCC) countries to promote trade and economic relations between India and the Gulf countries. Some of these include the ''Indian Business Network'' (Riyadh -1996/97), the ''Professionals of India, Saudi Arabia'' (POISA), Dammam (1996/97), the Indian Business and Professional Network (IBPN), Qatar (1998), the ''Saudi Indian Business Network'' (SIBN), Jeddah (2005), the ''Indo-Saudi Medical Forum'' (ISMF), Jeddah (2006) and the ''Indian Education Council'' (IEC), Jeddah (2006). Sayeed has contributed in promoting India’s cultural heritage abroad.〔(An ambassador of Indian culture ), The Hindu.〕 He was associated with the inauguration of the ''Maulana Azad Cultural Centre'' in Cairo (1992). In 1997, he organised the "''Satyajit Ray: in retrospect''", a one-week film festival of Satyajit Ray’s films in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. As Coordinator of the Indian Cultural Centre in Qatar, he was instrumental in organising several cultural and literary events. In 1999, he organised a 9-day festival ''India Week in Qatar'' in association with the National Council of Culture, Art and Heritage in Qatar in which several artists from India participated. In 2003, he organised joint Painting Exhibitions and Workshops involving Indian and Danish painters in various cities in Denmark. During his tenure as the Consul General of India in Jeddah, he organised the first-ever India Festival in Jeddah (September 2005), followed by the First Asian Festival in Jeddah (October 2006) and the First Asian Film Festival in Saudi Arabia (February 2008). He was closely involved with the formation of the Saudi-India Friendship Society 〔(Saudis, Indians Eager to Enroll as SIFS Members. ) Arab News〕 in 2006 under the patronage of the Saudi Ministry of Information and Culture. He was also associated with the Saudi-India Civil Society Dialogue. He was instrumental in organising the visit of First All Women Saudi Student Delegation (from Dar-Al Hekma College 〔(Dar Al-Hekma Girls in India on Education Trip. ) Arab News〕) to India in 2007. He formed the ''Asian Consuls General Club'' (ACGC) in Jeddah in 2005, which composed of Consuls General of thirteen Asian countries. He was instrumental in the publication of the book ''Historic Indo-Arab Ties'' (September 2005) by the Indian Consulate. He is a patron of Urdu language and literature and organised several ''Mushairas'', seminars, symposia, humorous sessions and Ghazal and musical programmes. The Annual Urdu Mushaira in Jeddah,〔(Jeddah Mushaira Boosts Popularity of Urdu. ) Arab News〕 which was conceived by him in 1996, has since become a prestigious annual Urdu event, being organised continuously for the past 17 years. He was instrumental in organizing the first World Urdu Conference in Jeddah 〔(Two-day World Urdu Conference. ) Saudi Gazette〕 in June 2008 in association with the Maulana Azad National Urdu University (MANUU), Hyderabad. He was the main architect behind the introduction of external Urdu examinations of MANUU in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for the benefit of Non-resident Indians (NRIs). He has advocated extensive use of digital technology to learn, spread Urdu language, especially among the youth and children.〔(‘Use digital technology to learn, spread Urdu language’. ) The Hindu〕 ==Books and Publications== Dr. Ausaf Sayeed has been actively contributing articles on varied topics to different magazines and newspapers. He has published three books (i) ''Trends in Objective Geology for Civil Services and Other Competitive Examinations'', CBS Publishers, New Delhi (First Edition, 1990; Third Edition, 2003) (ii) ''Trends In Indian Culture And Heritage: For Civil Services (Prelims And Mains) and Other Competitive Examination'', Har-Anand Publications, New Delhi, 2011, (iii) ''Indian Art and Culture]'', Har-Anand Publications, New Delhi, 2011 He has also compiled and edited the Urdu book ''Kulliyat-e-Awaz Sayeed'', which consists of the entire Urdu literary works of his father late Awaz Sayeed. The book ''Kulliyat-e-Awaz Sayeed'' was released by Honorable Vice President of India Shri M.H.Ansari on August 13, 2009. He is also working on two other books, ''Haj: an Indian Experience through the Ages'' and ''Indian Rubats, Madarsas and Wakfs in the Holy Cities of Makkah and Madinah''. He also has to his credit a research paper on ''Petrology and Petrogenesis of Syenites from the Cuddapah Basin, Andhra Pradesh'', Journal, Geological Society of India, Volume 43, March 1994, pp 225–237. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ausaf Sayeed」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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