If past performance and service to the community are to decide who is to be the Mayor of a city, Manzoor Ahmad would undoubtedly be the next Mayor of Lucknow.
He is a retired 1966 badge IPS officer. Before that he was lecturer in Magadh and Bihar University. He has worked as SP and SSP in 7 districts, then as DIG and IG of Bareilly and Meerut zones.
Consequently, he remained Vice Chancellor of Agra University for four years. He was with Ministry of Welfare in Central Government and served anohter tenure with Ministry of Education as OSD with Jamia Millia Islamic (1985-88).
All the new courses in Jamia including Engineering and Science faculty were started under him so much so that Jamia saw transformation from a small institution to a reputed university during his period. He then went to reshape the Punjab Waqf Board where he started technical institutions, schools, colleges and computer centers at various places. The madrasas were modernized through giving computers.
In Lucknow, he was the first to open an ITI for poor children at Iradat Nagar. Then for girls, he started a craft center at C-Block, Indira Nagar and was also instrumental in setting up of Lucknow Institute of Management and Computer Studies. Other than this, he started a CBSE school in Mewat and another at Gopalganj in Bihar.
Even after keeping such high profile jobs, he is a down-to-earth, straightforward and honest person who says that he is 'a public servant and not politician'. Leave politics for the rest.
He is worried about the problems faced by Lucknowites and says that all the civic amenitis are for 20-30% of population. This cannot be possible, as the filth and dirt of the rest of the 70-80% area will eventually engulf the posh areas. In no way is he willing to compromise on the heatlh and hygiene of the city, as this is the real cause 'of the city's happiness'.
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