Syed Nasim Ahmad Zaidi served as 20th

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. He is a retired

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officer of 1976 batch from the

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cadre.

Education

Zaidi possesses a master's degree in Public Administration from

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and has been a Mason Fellow for Public Policy at Harvard Institute for International Development.

Career

Dr. Zaidi has served as the Permanent Representative of India on the Council of

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from November 2005 to October 2008. He has served as the Director General of Civil Aviation. He retired from IAS as Secretary to the Government of India in Ministry of Civil Aviation on 31 July 2012. The first election in his tenure was

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References

Living people Indian Muslims Harvard Kennedy School alumni Indian civil servants People from Uttar Pradesh Chief Election Commissioners of India 1952 births Twelvers Indian Shia Muslims Mason Fellows {{India-bio-stub