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{{Short description|Indian scientist and Urdu poet}}
{{BLP sources|date=September 2015}}
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2016}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2020}}
{{Infobox person
|name = Gauhar Raza
|image = Gauhar_Raza_Image.jpg
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1956|08|17}}
|birth_place = [[Aligarh]], [[Uttar Pradesh]]
|death_date = 
|death_place =
|nationality =
|other_names =
|spouse = [[Shabnam Hashmi]]
|known_for =
|occupation = [[poet]], [[activist]], [[scientist]], documentary filmmaker
}}
'''Gauhar Raza''' (born 17 August 1956) is an Indian scientist by profession, and a leading [[Urdu]] poet, social activist and [[documentary film]]maker working to popularize the understanding of science among general public, known for his films like ''Jung-e-Azadi'', on the India's First War of Independence, and ''[[Inqilab]]'' (2008) on [[Bhagat Singh]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080804163720/http://www.hindu.com/2008/07/12/stories/2008071250820200.htm Documentary on Bhagat Singh] by Madhur Tankha, [[The Hindu]], 12 July 2008.</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20121107001918/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2007/10/04/stories/2007100451040300.htm United we stand] [[The Hindu]], 4 October 2007.</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20040505183415/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/mag/2003/12/07/stories/2003120700020100.htm Censorship: Unofficial might ] [[The Hindu]], 7 December 2003.</ref> He was also the honorary director of [[Jahangirabad Media Institute]].

==Early life and education==
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Born in [[Allahabad]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], India on 17 August 1956. His family shifted to [[Aligarh]] in 1958. His father Wizarat Husain (1919 = 2007) was a freedom fighter, a communist party member and a renowned educationist and science teacher in [[Aligarh Muslim University]], [[Aligarh]]. His mother, a social worker, was also intensely involved in freedom struggle and had worked with [[Indira Gandhi]] in Allahabad.

He completed a BSc in Engineering from [[Aligarh Muslim University|Aligarh Muslim University (AMU)]], in 1977 and MTech in Power Apparatus and Systems from [[Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi]] in 1979. He was a member of [[Students' Federation of India]] when he studied in AMU. During [[The Emergency (India)|the Emergency]], he was the SFI Secretary of Western Uttar Pradesh.

==Career==
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In 1979 he joined Eicher Goodearth Ltd., a multinational company as an electrical engineer and worked there for 3 years. Solved a few major design problems that the company was facing and within a short span of time he rose to Executive-Engineer level. In 1982 he joined the [[National Institute of Science, Technology and Development Studies]] as a scientist and still to work continues there.
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===Poetry===
Gauhar Raza's poetry collection ''[[Jazbon Ki Lau Tez Karon]]'' has been noticed for the frankness of tone and for the social concerns that they take up and treat sensitively. In his most famous poem "Main Chahta hoon"(I like to), he express his helplessness to write a romantic poem in the days of darkness.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmDz4sfub9E |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211220/JmDz4sfub9E |archive-date=2021-12-20 |url-status=live|title=Gauhar Raza - nazm - 03 - Muscat - 2008 |publisher=YouTube |date=2009-11-09 |accessdate=2012-04-07}}{{cbignore}}</ref> He also wrote lyrics for a [[Hindi film]] ''[[Say Salaam India]]'' released in 2007.<ref>[http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/celebrities/filmography/17116/index.html Gauhar Raza filmography] [[Bollywood Hungama]].</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindilyrics.net/lyrics/hindi-lyrics-of-Say%20Salaam%20India.html |title=Say Salaam India Lyrics |publisher=hindilyrics.net }}</ref>

==Personal life==
He is married to activist [[Shabnam Hashmi]], sister of the slain theatre activist [[Safdar Hashmi]]. The couple have a son, Sahir Raza, and a daughter, Seher.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20050310150228/http://www.hindu.com/2005/03/01/stories/2005030110900300.htm Insensitivity on adoption upsets Shabnam Hashmi] By Our Staff Reporter, [[The Hindu]], 1 March 2005.</ref>

==Works==
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* Plague, Media and People, NITADS, 1996 (co-writers: Bharvi Dutt and Surjit Singh)
* Confluence of Science and Peoples' Knowledge at the Sangam, NISTADS, 1996 (co-writers: Surjit Singh, Bharvi Dutt and Jagdish Chander)
* A Delicate Space Ship, Youth for Disarmament, Delhi, 1998
* Jazbon Ki Lau Tez Karo, Raj Kamal, Delhi, 1999
* Walk the Sky, A play on violence against women, V-Day, Delhi, 2001
* Science Crafts and Knowledge: Understanding of Science Among Artisans in India and South Africa: a Cross-cultural Endeavour, Protea Book House, Pretoria, 2002 edited along with Hester du Plessis
* HIV/AIDS Public Understanding and Attitude, NYKS, 2007 (co-writers: Surjit Singh and Chader Shekhar Pran)

==Awards==
* Best subject expert for educational film in 1999 by the [[University Grants Commission (India)|University Grants Commission]].
* Creative Literature Award, Hindi Academy, 2001, for the collection of poems 'Jazbon Ki Lau Tez Karo'.
* For contribution to Science writings and propagation of Science, Urdu Academy, Delhi, 2002<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nistads.res.in/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=67&Itemid=31 |title=nistads.res.in |publisher=nistads.res.in |accessdate=2012-04-07}}</ref>
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==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120226234241/http://www.nistads.res.in/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=67&Itemid=31]
* [http://jmi.edu.in Jahangirabad Media Institute, Lucknow, India], [[Jahangirabad Media Institute]]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080609171526/http://royalsociety.org/downloaddoc.asp?id=4684]

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[[Category:Indian documentary filmmakers]]
[[Category:1956 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:People from Aligarh]]
[[Category:Aligarh Muslim University alumni]]
[[Category:IIT Delhi alumni]]
[[Category:Urdu-language poets from India]]
[[Category:Activists from Uttar Pradesh]]
[[Category:Scientists from Uttar Pradesh]]

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