Iqbal Husain of Telangana state has been elected SIO National President for the term 2015-16 at a meeting of its all India Zonal Advisory Councils held here at Goa on 7 December. Iqbal belongs to Adilabad district of Telangana state. He did his M.A and B.Ed. from Adilabad district. Professionally a teacher, Iqbal is currently zonal president of SIO Andhra Pradesh and Member Central Advisory Council of SIO.
Earlier, he served SIO in various capacities including regional secretary, regional president and state secretary. Soft spoken Iqbal is a good orator too and has good study on wide range of subjects.
The zonal advisory councils also elected the central advisory council (CAC) of the organisation for the term 2015-16. CAC is the highest decision making body of the organisation.
Iqbal, in consultation with newly elected advisory council members, appointed Alif Shukoor of AMU as General Secretary of the organisation. He also appointed Shafeeq CP of Kerala, Abdul Wudood of West Bengal, Layeeq Ahmed Khan of Telangana and Nazeerul Hasan Falahi of Uttar Pradesh as national secretaries of the organisation.
The newly elected CAC members are Touseef Ahmed (Karnataka), Khan Yasir (Delhi), Nahas (Kerala), Shaadaab Masoom (West Bengal), Limseer Ali (Kerala), Abu Taaher (Tamilnadu), Masihuzzama Ansari (U.P. Central), Abul Ala Syed (U.P. East), Kareemuddin (A.P.), Shamsheer Ibrahim (Kerala), Abdul Malik Shaariq (Telangana), Abdullah Azzam (AMU), Masihurrahman (West Bengal), Shafeeq CP (Kerala) and Khaleeq Ahmed Khan (Telangana).