Hakim Syed Khaleefathullah

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Hakim Syed Khaleefathullah
The President, Shri Pranab Mukherjee presenting the Padma Shri Award to Prof. Hakim Syed Khaleefathullah, at an Investiture Ceremony-II, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on April 26, 2014.jpg
The President, Shri Pranab Mukherjee presenting the Padma Shri Award to Prof. Hakim Syed Khaleefathullah, at an Investiture Ceremony-II, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on April 26, 2014.
Born1938
Chennai, India
Died6 June 2023
OccupationIndian physician
ChildrenDr. Syed M. M. Ameen and Dr. Syed M. A. Iqbal and 3 daughters
Awards Padma Shri

Hakim Syed Khaleefathullah is an Indian physician and the founder of Niamath Science Academy, [1] known for his scholarship [2] and expertise in the alternative medicine system of Unani. [3] He was honoured by the Government of India, in 2014, with the Padma Shri, the fourth highest Indian civilian award, for his contribution to the field of medicine. [4]

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Biography

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Syed Khaleefathullah was born in 1938, in Chennai, the capital city of the south Indian state of Tamil Nadu. He studied Unani in the traditional way, and started his medical practice in Chennai. [6] In 1985, he founded Niamath Science Academy, [7] an NGO in memory of the renowned Unani physician, Dr. Hakim Syed Niamathullah, [1] for promoting the Unani medicine system. [3] [8]

Syed has published several books on Unani medicine. He has also attended many conferences and seminars in India and abroad, the International Conference on Eastern and Western Approaches to Healing, conducted at San Francisco, USA in 1985, The Second International Conference on Elements in Health and Diseases, held in Karachi, Pakistan in 1987, International Workshop on Health and Illness in Venice, Italy in 1988 and Parliament of World Religions at Chicago, USA in 1993 being some of them. [1]

Khaleefathullah's son, Dr. Syed M. M. Ameen, follows the foot steps of his father and is a locally known Unani physician. [1]

Positions

Hakim Khaleefathullah was the honorary physician to President of India from 1987 to 1991. [3] He serves as the member of the governing body of the Central Council for Research in Unani Medicine, New Delhi and is also the chairman of its Clinical Research subcommittee. He was a member of the Ayurvedic, Siddha and Unani Drugs Technical Advisory Board, Government of India and holds many other positions. [1]

Awards and recognitions

The Government of India honoured Hakim Syed Khaleefathullah with the Padma Shri award, in 2014, in recognition of his services to the society. [4] The Tamil Nadu Dr. M. G. R. Medical University has instituted a gold medal, in his honour, awarded to the best outgoing student in the discipline of the Bachelor of Unani Medicine and Surgery (BUMS). [10] The other awards and honours received by Dr. Khaleefathullah are:

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