{"id":284554,"date":"2026-02-15T00:05:18","date_gmt":"2026-02-15T00:05:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/284554\/"},"modified":"2026-02-15T00:05:18","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T00:05:18","slug":"dr-zabeer-ahmed-gets-additional-charge-of-director-csir-cimap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/284554\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr Zabeer Ahmed Gets Additional Charge Of Director, CSIR-CIMAP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Dr-1.jpg\" data-caption=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"602\" height=\"388\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Dr-1.jpg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"Dr\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lucknow, Feb -14: Director of CSIR-Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine, Jammu, Dr. Zabeer Ahmed today assumed the additional charge as Director of the Lucknow-based institute, CSIR-Central Institute of Medicinal Plants.<\/p>\n<p>The additional responsibility has been assigned to him upon completion of the tenure of former Director, Dr. Prabodh Kumar Trivedi.<\/p>\n<p>According to an official order issued, the arrangement has come into effect from February 14, 2026, he will hold the additional charge until a regular Director is appointed or until further orders are issued.<\/p>\n<p>CSIR-CIMAP, Lucknow, is a premier national laboratory dedicated to research on medicinal and aromatic plants, while CSIR-IIIM Jammu is known for its work in natural products, drug discovery and integrative medicine.<\/p>\n<p>Officials stated that the interim arrangement is aimed at ensuring leadership continuity and the smooth progress of ongoing scientific programmes.<\/p>\n<p>With over 28 years of research experience in drug discovery, Dr. Ahmed has made significant contributions in inflammatory and metabolic disorders, including diabetes, obesity and rheumatoid arthritis.<\/p>\n<p>He has led the implementation of major Government of India missions such as the CSIR Phytopharmaceutical Mission, Aroma Mission and Floriculture Mission, and has played a key role in the Purple Revolution through lavender cultivation.<\/p>\n<p>Several successful start-ups and translational projects have emerged under his leadership.<\/p>\n<p>He has also been instrumental in establishing two Industrial Biotech Parks at Ghatti (Kathua) and Handwara in Jammu and Kashmir.<\/p>\n<p>An accomplished scientist, Dr. Ahmed has published over 150 peer-reviewed research papers, guided 15 PhD and 65 postgraduate students, and holds 15 patents.<\/p>\n<p>His recognitions include the Rashtriya Vigyan Puraskar (as a Team Member for the CSIR Aroma Mission), UT-level Science and Technology Award by the J&amp;K Government, the Maharaja Hari Singh Award for Excellence, and an Award of Appreciation for excellence in Science and Technology by the Indian Army.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lucknow, Feb -14: Director of CSIR-Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine, Jammu, Dr. Zabeer Ahmed today assumed the additional&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":284555,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[134,524,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-284554","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-medication","tag-health","tag-medication","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284554","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=284554"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284554\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/284555"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=284554"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=284554"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=284554"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}