Bio

Syed Sajid Ahmad, son of Syed Sajjad Haider, was born on August 11, 1948, in Gujrat, Pakistan. His grandfather, Syed Muhammad Yusuf (1908-1965) was the first person in the family to accept Ahmadiyya Islam at the young age of sixteen and was then disinherited by his parents as a punishment for his courageous conversion. Syed Muhammad Yusuf volunteered both to counter the Shuddhi movement and as a soldier for the Furqan Force to liberate Kashmir. Syed Muhammad Yusuf moved to Rabwah after retirement and served in the Sadr Anjuman Ahmadiyya offices as Mukhtar-i-‘Am for the Ja’idad office. Syed Muhammad Yusuf arranged for sanitary and cleaning aspects of the Jalsa Salanas at Rabwah.

Syed Sajid Ahmad earned his master’s in experimental physics from the University of the Punjab in 1972 and in theoretical physics from Qa’id-i-A‘zam University, Islamabad, in 1974.

He is blessed with four children, three daughters and one son.

Syed Sajid Ahmad served the Ahmadiyya Community in Pakistan as Nazim Atfal (Hafizabad), Nazim Ta‘lim (Gujrat), Mu‘tamad Zil‘ (Gujrat) and Za‘im for Khuddam of the Fazl-i-Umar Hostel. He had the blessing to start Khuddam branches at the New Campus in Lahore and at the Islamabad University Campus.

He was the first National Finance Secretary of the Peoples Student Federation (PSF) in Pakistan.

Syed Sajid Ahmad devoted 3½ years of his life for the service of Islam in West Africa (1974-77) and taught at the Ahmadiyya Secondary Schools in Ghana at Fomena, Gomoa Potsin, and Salaga. Before departing Ghana for the US in 1977, he handed over the charge of Salaga School to Sahibzadah Mirza Masroor Ahmad, now Khalifatul-Masih V, ayyadahullahu ta’ala binasrihil-’aziz. Both lived in the same house for a number of months.

In the US, as an engineer, scientist and manager, he has worked in the semiconductor industry and at a university. He was involved in the production of pre-PC "sol" personal computer at Processor Technology (1978-79) in California. He contributed to quality and reliability enhancement of assembly processes, especially gold wire bond, at Intel (1979-89) in California and Arizona. He contributed to packaging development at National Semiconductor (1990) in Washington, and managed quality at GigaBit/TriQuint (1990-91). in California. His major work at Micron Technology (1991-2003) in Idaho involved the development and implementation of advanced semiconductor packaging. Currently he is manager of engineering services at the Center for Nanoscale Science and Engineering at the North Dakota State University in Fargo, North Dakota. His focus is on enhancing research and manufacturing capabilities at the center in the areas of thin film, thick film, chip scale packaging (CSP) and surface mount technology (SMT). He holds 54 patents and has published or presented internationally 44 papers, articles and professional development courses.

He has held the offices of Finance Secretary, General Secretary and Chairperson of the Boise section of world’s largest society of engineers, IEEE. He was awarded the IEEE Third Millennium Medal in recognition for his services to the organization.

In the US, he served Majlis Khuddāmul-Ahmadiyya as Qa’id West Coast Region (1978-85), Editor Tariq, Na’ib National Qa’id (1984-1986), National Qa’id, (1986–1988) and then as the first Sadr, Majlis Khuddāmul-Ahmadiyya, USA (1988-89).

He served the San Francisco Jamā‘at (inclusive of Sacramento, Bay Point, Oakland, San Jose and Merced) as its Financial Secretary, then General Secretary, and then during 1982-84 as its President. He served as the President of the Phoenix Jamā‘at during 1986-89. He served as the President, Seattle Jamā‘at during 1990–1991.

He has served the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community USA as Editor, Muslim Sunrise during 1998-2004. He has been serving as Secretary of the Children’s Magazine Committee since 2001 which publishes Al-Hilal. He has been Member of Qaḍa Board USA for numerous years and is a member of the history committee and national secretary publications (2013-...).

He has served the St. Paul/Minnesots Jamā‘at as its Secretary PR (2003), Secretary Waqf-i-Nau (2008-2010), Secretary Ta‘līmul-Qur’an and Waqf Ardi (2010-2013) and Secretary Publications (2013-...).

He served as the Za‘īm, Majlis Anṣārullāh, St. Paul during 2003–2005.

He served Majlis Anṣārullāh, USA as Na’ib Sadr I during 1994–1999 and has been editor Al-Nahl from 1993 to 2011, Qa’id Isha‘at, Majlis Anṣārullāh, USA from 2000-2011, Qa’id Tabligh in 2012-2013 and Qa'id Ithar in 2014.

He has published or edited Tariq (English), Tariq Jr. (English), Ahmadiyya Gazette (English) and Al-Nur (Urdu) previously, has co-authored the hadith book, Words of Wisdom, and compiled, edited the stories “Why Islam is my choice” and has translated booklet of stories “Points to Ponder” and “A Gift for the Queen.” He has written and translated articles for a number of magazines and newspapers.