Sayed Kafeel Ahmad Qasmi (born 25 December 1951) is an Indian Islamic scholar, academician, and litterateur of Arabic and Urdu.

[2] He received his intermediate school education at Jamia Millia Islamia, studying with scholars including Abdul Haleem Nadvi and Ijteba Nadwi, in 1966.

[2][8][9][10][11] On January 14, 2014, Pranab Mukherjee awarded him with the "President's Certificate of Honor, 2012" for his contributions to Arabic language and literature at a ceremony held at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi.

[2] He was felicitated by the Indian Embassy at the Riyadh International Book Fair in 2011, as well as at the "Sheikh Zayed Islamic Center" in Karachi in November 2005, in recognition of his services.

He has also served as the President of the AMU Aligarh Swimming Club and as a member of the Education Council and Advisory Committee.

Fifty of his articles have been published in many influential national and international magazines and journals in Arabic and Urdu.

His Urdu articles include Palestinian Resistance Poetry, Comparison of Al-Biruni's and Ibn Battuta's Views on India, and essays such as The Impact of Arabic and Persian on Odia Language and Literature and Postal System in Islamic State.