Dr N Zaheer Ahmed takes over as DG, CCRUM
Dr. N. Zaheer Ahmed took over as Director General, Central Council for Research in Unani Medicine (CCRUM), Ministry of Ayush, Government of India today. Previously working as the Deputy Director of CCRUM’s Regional Research Institute of Unani Medicine, Chennai, he is a renowned researcher and brings with him more than three decades of research and administrative experience.
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Dr. Zaheer has a broad vision on the development and promotion of Unani Medicine. During his first interaction as Director General with the CCRUM officials, he said that our goal should be to take CCRUM and Unani Medicine to newer heights.
With more than 30 years of career at a CCRUM institute and remarkable contributions in the area of research and development, he is already well-acquainted and has first-hand experience of the overall functioning of the CCRUM. The CCRUM looks forward to his leadership for better and faster development and progression of research in Unani Medicine.
A Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) (Unani Medicine) from National Institute of Unani Medicine, Bangalore, he has been actively engaged in clinical research and has carried out various IMR, EMR,in-house and collaborative clinical and pre-clinical studies as principal investigator and co-investigator. He has about 90 publications to his credit.
