Dr. Abdul Basit Syed is an Indian-born British global humanitarian and multi-faceted leader renowned for his tireless efforts in promoting peace, education, and trade harmony worldwide. A recipient of numerous awards, honors and recognitions, Dr. Syed has dedicated his life to fostering communal harmony and addressing critical societal challenges such as radicalization, violence, and inequality.
As the founder of the international NGO World Humanitarian Drive (WHD)—an organization holding Special Consultative Status with the United Nations—Dr. Syed has spearheaded transformative campaigns to promote global peace and unity. His initiatives focus on creating opportunities for collaboration across nations, empowering marginalized communities, and addressing issues such as women’s rights, social justice, and interfaith dialogue.
Dr. Syed’s visionary leadership is evident in his ability to bring together diverse groups, including faith leaders, policymakers, law enforcement, and global influencers. Through impactful events and campaigns, he has inspired many to work towards a more inclusive and harmonious world. His commitment extends to empowering young people, facilitating employability programs, and mobilizing communities across racial, religious, and cultural lines.
As a prolific writer and an accomplished businessman, Dr. Syed combines his entrepreneurial acumen with his passion for humanitarian service. His advocacy and programs have left an indelible mark on global efforts to tackle pressing social issues, uplift disadvantaged groups, and build a culture of peace and mutual respect.
The transmigration of PKS Kattuwa Mohaiyadeen's great soul encapsulated the whole records of his good deeds transformed now into his grandson – Dr Abdul Basit Syed. Inspired by his grandfather Abdul Basit has been from his young age, began actively involving himself in community activities to bring peace and harmony to his fellow citizens. Dr Abdul Basit Syed was born in Tamil Nadu, India, where he lived out his childhood years until migrating to the United Kingdom in his early teens. Since his arrival in the UK, He has been promoting Interfaith dialogues to bring about Integration of all communities living in the UK to express themselves as Humans regardless of their origin, culture, or religion. This action was mainly to establish a universal trend of equality of all human beings regardless of race or religion.
Dr. Syed is considered a great example in promoting cultural appreciation and the participation of society to guarantee peace and harmony.
His passionate involvement to establish peace among all humans as made him evolve a non profit organisation“World Humanitarian Drive” (WHD), The main vision of WHD is to promote Peace, Education, and Trade Harmony among all human beings living in this world. He is also working towards finding sustainable solutions for the current humanitarian crisis involving Racism, Terrorism and Radicalization. He is working closely in collaboration with other organizations, which is actively involved in similar Education and Peace initiatives.
He has been accredited with number of Peace, Education, and Trade Harmony initiatives globally for which he was recognised as “International Ambassador” of Croydon, Mayor U.K. and Universal Peace Federation U.K has officially announced him as the, 'Ambassador for Peace' and has been titled as their Trustee & a Board of Director for his successful involvement in the promotion of Peace and involvement in Eradication of Radicalisation and Violence in the UK and world
Abdul Basit Syed is the Vice President of "Space Kidz India" an organization for creating "young scientists" for the Nation and spreading awareness among children for a borderless world. Well known for creating the world’s lightest satellite KalamSAT (weighing just 64 grams) and KalamSAT-2, both of which were launched into space by NASA and ISRO respectively He works towards promoting Art, Science and Culture for students in India, to create an International Platform for them.
Dr. Abdul Basit Syed is a strong believer in creating a sense of faith and love within the community. He is an active committee member of ‘Faiths Together in Croydon’ in which he promotes and enables each faith across the community to have a voice.
Dr. Syed is also a wonderful writer whose writings can definitely bring out peace! His book Re-Engineering Happiness" shows a great dimension of social contracts that is the major focus of this book of peace. He greatly attempted to appraise the social sequel of etiquettes with an outstanding view of proposition of life of Human and nature homogenized with virtue inscribed in the comprehensible mean. This great tree has beautifully branched out with his wonderful thoughts, arts and poems that bridges the elegance of life and blissfulness.
Dr Syed has surrendered himself in the territory where he sets the benchmark for community services, peace, quality of life, good practices, morality and kindness.
