| Books Published |
| (i) One Foreign Journey and Numerous Memories; (ii) A Story of Renaissance of Indian Muslims (in Malayalam); (iii) The Leaders I know (in Malayalam), and (iv) India`s Voice at United Nations |
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| Literary, Artistic & Scientific Accomplishments |
| Executive Director, Chandrika, Daily and Weekly; also contributes articles to journals |
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| Social And Cultural Activities |
| Associated with several educational, cultural and social institutions |
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| Special Interests |
| Promotion of education, establishing schools and institutions |
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| Favourite Pastime and Recreation |
| Reading, writing, music and watching sports |
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| Sports and Clubs |
| Football and cricket |
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| Countries Visited |
Widelly travelled
Visited different countries in various capacities; Chairman, Meeting of Heads of Indian Missions of GCC Countries, Doha, 18th & 19th March 2006; Special Emissary of the then Prime Minister Late Smt. Indira Gandhi and met Heads of States of the Gulf Countries, 1984; Leader of Indian Delegation to : (i) Trade Delegation of Government of India to Gulf Countries, 1984; (ii) Indian Ocean Rim Association for Regional Co-operation Ministerial Meeting, Colombo, August, 2004; (iii) Signing of Sudan Peace Agreement, Nairobi, January 2005; (iv) Small Island Developing States Meeting, Mauritius, January, 2005; (v) Sudan Donors Conference, Oslo, April, 2005; (vi) South Summit/G-77 Ministerial Conference at Doha, Qatar, June, 2005; (vii) Review Conference on Financing for Development, United Nations General Assembly, June, 2005; (viii) Regional Ministerial Meeting of Asia and Pacific on Millennium Development Goals, Jakarta, August, 2005; (ix) Lebanon and Syria on a Bilateral visit from 27 Sept. 2005-1 Oct. 2005; (x) 26 Session of SAARC Summit, Dhaka, 10-13 November, 2005; (xi) International Donors Conference, Islamabad, 18-22 November, 2005; (xii) 6th Indian Ocean Rim Association for Regional Cooperation Ministerial and Senior officials meeting, Tehran, 20-22 February,2006; (xiii) Eighteenth Summit of League of Arab States, Khartoum, Sudan, 28-30 March, 2006; (xiv) 10th Session of India-Tunisia Joint Commission meeting, Tunisia, 5-8 February, 2007; (xv) 7th Council of Ministers meeting of Indian Ocean Rim Association for Regional Cooperation (IOR-ARC), Tehran, 3-8 March, 2007; (xvi) League of Arab States Summit, Riyadh, 2007; (xvii) 6th Asia Cooperation Dialogue Ministerial Meeting, Seoul, South Korea; (xviii) NAM Ministerial Meeting on Human Rights and Cultural Diversity, Tehran, Iran, 3-4 September, 2007; (xix) Heads of State Council meeting of the Member & Observer States of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, Tashkent, 1-3 November , 2007; (xx) 62ndSession, UNGA, New York, 29 November-3 December, 2007; (xxi) League of Arab States Summit, Damascus, 2008, and Doha in 2009; (xxii) 31st Session of SAARC Council of Ministers meeting, Colombo, 27 February, 2009; (xxiii) NAM Ministerial Meeting, Havana 29-30 April, 2009; Leader, Fact Finding Team, Mina Fire Tragedy, Saudi Arabia, 1997; Member: (i) Indian Delegation in the UN General Assembly, 1992-97; (ii) Indian Delegation to World Social Summit, Copenhagen, 1995; (iii) Indian parliamentary Delegations to various countries, 1994-2001; and (iv) Indian World Parliamentary Conference, Amman, Jordan, 2000; Represented, Indian Parliament in Commonwealth Parliamentary Joint Colloquium at Buckingham shire, U.K., 1998; Accompanied: (i) Former Vice President, Shri Bhairon Singh Shekhawat in the funeral of ruler of Dubai H. H. Sheikh Makhtoum Rashid Al-Makhtoum on 5 January 2007; (ii) Hon`ble Vice President of India to Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan, April 4-10, 2008; (iii) Prime Minister of India to Oman and Qatar, 8-9 November, 2008;
From 2004-2014, as Minister of State in the Union Cabinet, he represented India at United Nations several times. Represented India at the United Nations Security Council after the 26 November 2008 attacks in Mumbai and successfully got Jamaat-ud-Dawa outfit banned. |
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| Other Information |
Founder Chairman, Kerala State Rural Development Board (Statutory Board of Govt. of Kerala), 1971-77; Executive Chairman, Kerala State Small Scale Industries Development Corporation, 1979-80; Chairman, Crisis Management Group during Iraq hostage crisis, August-September, 2004 President:(i) Muslim Educational Foundation, Panur, Kannur, Kerala; (ii) Kannur Deenul Islam Sabha Regd. Kerala; Member: (i) Board of the Medical College, Pariyaram, Kerala; (ii) Managing Committee, MEA Engineering College, Malappuram, near Perinthalmanna, Kerala; (iii) Executive Council, Aligarh Muslim University; and (iv) Central Haj Committee, 2003
Performed Haj seven times – five times as Member of Govt. of India Haj Goodwill Delegation (four times as Member and once as Chairman of the Delegation). |
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