Dr . Zaidi became the Founding Director of the first institute in South East Asia Industrial Toxicology Research Center ( ITRC ) in Lucknow ( now renamed as Indian Institute of Toxicology Research, IITR ).
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There were only few other centres of excellence that were involved in research in Industrial Toxicology worldwide, including those headed by Professor Schilipkoter in D�sseldorf, Germany, and Dr . Erwing Selikoff at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York.
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During his tenure as Director of ITRC, Dr . Zaidi served on multiple national, governmental and international committees, and was an Indian delegate to various parts of the world including Germany, France, United Kingdom, United States, Egypt, and USSR, with a brief to promote industrial toxicology and initiate research collaborations.
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The premises were visited by the then President of India, V . V . Giri, and the new buildings dedicated on 27 July 1976 by President Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed, per a " News Item " published in Clinical Toxicology, which also comments on the role of Dr . Zaidi in nurturing many areas of industrial toxicology.
