Son of Shri.
M.P. Abdul Hameed Haidari and Smt. Ottakath Zainab;
born at Kottakkal on 1st January 1959;
M.A, M.Phil, L.L.B; Teacher, Educationist.
Undertook social and cultural activities
from student days; Worked as Lecturer in History,
Farook College; Principal, M.T.I Arts College; Was
Chairman, Students Union, Farook College, Calicut;
Member, Students Grievances Adjudication Board,
Calicut University, Malappuram Panchayat, Indian
Parliamentary Delegation to Saudi Arabia, Indian
Official delegation to the Middle East 2002,
Kerala Wakf Board, Kerala Haj Committee, Kerala
Sahitya Academy and Kerala Kala Mandalam; Was
student Member, Calicut University Senate.
Was
Member, Rajyasabha (1994 and 2000), Committee on
Defence, Committee on Subordinate Legislation,
Committee on Human Resource Development,
Consultative Committee for the Ministry of
External Affairs, Committee on Papers Laid on the
Table, Joint Parliamentary Committee on the
Functioning of Wakf Board, Court of the Aligarh
Muslim University, Committee on Health and Family
Welfare, Central Advisory Board of Education.
Won
oratorial awards and prizes including University
Arts Festival Prizes, Gandhi Peace Foundation
Awards, Abussabah Trophy, Kutty Krishna Marar
Trophy, V.K. Krishna Menon Trophy, Father
Theodorius Trophy and the Shah Award for service
in the public field, promotion of humanitarianism
and national integration.
Now, National Secretary, IUML; Director, Allama
Iqbal Indian Humanitarian Academy, Hindustan
Hamara National Integration Centre; President,
Anjuman Tarqi-e-Urdu Kerala Branch.