Syed Akbar

Profile of Syed Akbar

Syed Akbar is a senior Indian science journalist from Hyderabad. He is a specialist-journalist in science, technology, health, politics, environment, development, wildlife, religion, communities and consumer affairs. His writings are read far and wide and held in high esteem. Most of his articles are of documentary value. He is the first well-recognised English science journalist from the coastal belt of Southern Indian State of Andhra Pradesh.

He has made a mark of his own in specialized reporting on natural calamities like cyclones, flash floods, earthquakes and Tsunami. He worked with The INDIAN Express for 10 years and shifted to Deccan Chronicle in April 2001. Syed Akbar’s columns on religion, consumer affairs and environment in The Indian Express are a treasure of information for researchers. His series of contributions on the problems of Andhra illegal migrant workers in UAE forced the Emirates government to introduce labour reforms and grant amnesty to lakhs of such workers.