Zafar Saifullah

{{Short description|Indian civil servant}}

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Zafar Saifullah Sanglikar (c. 1936 – 25 July 2014) was appointed Cabinet Secretary of the Government of India from 1993 to 1994.{{cite web |url= http://www.newkerala.com/news/2014/fullnews-86118.html#.U9kYLYBdXeV |title=Ex-cabinet secretary Zafar Saifullah is dead |work=New Kerala |date=30 July 2014 |access-date=12 April 2015}}{{cite book |last=Sengupta |first=Roshni |editor=Nalin Mehta |title=Television in India: Satellites, Politics and Cultural Change |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LfQdZBH8UZYC&q=%22Zafar+Saifullah%22&pg=PT102 |access-date=12 April 2015 |date=30 May 2008 |publisher=Routledge |location=New York |isbn=978-0-203-89559-7 |page=92 |chapter=Muslims on Television}}

He belonged to the Karnataka cadre of Indian Administrative Service officers.{{Cite news |url=http://www.rediff.com/news/1998/oct/02states.htm |title=Smaller states: Does size matter? |date=2 October 1998 |publisher=Rediff |access-date=22 January 2010}}{{Cite book |last=Mahmood |first=Tahir |title=Minorities Commission : minor role in major affairs |publisher=Pharos Media & Pub |location=New Delhi |year=2001 |pages=56, 82 |isbn=978-81-7221-018-2 |oclc=48508180}} Prior to his role as Cabinet Secretary, he held a variety of positions including that of Member Secretary of the Minorities Commission of India, Advisor to the Governor of Haryana,{{Cite journal |journal=Data India |publisher=Press Trust of India |location=New Delhi |page=35 |issn=0377-6832 |oclc=1797778}} Secretary of Rural Development, Government of Karnataka,{{Cite journal |year=1981 |title=Karnataka |journal=India Today |publisher=Living Media |location=Delhi |volume=6 |issn=1544-6689 |oclc=40894687}} among others.{{cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/finance/stocks/officerProfile?symbol=CCLP.BO&officerId=959938 |title=Saifullah, Zafar: Brief Biography |work=Reuters |access-date=22 January 2010}}

In 2008, Saifullah edited and published a book, Sulaimanis – Lives Less Ordinary. The book was released by the Vice-President of India Hamid Ansari.{{Cite web |url=http://pib.nic.in/release/release.asp?relid=42151 |title=Vice President Releases a Book 'Sulaimanis -Lives Less Ordinary' |date=1 September 2008 |publisher=Press Information Bureau, Government of India |access-date=22 January 2010}}

Zafar Saifullah is first Muslim IAS officer who served as Cabinet Secretary of India.