People

President

Prof. Emeritus Dato' Dr. Sulaiman Md Yassin

Universiti Putra Malaysia

• · Professor Emeritus
• · Vice-Chancellor, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, to 2009
• · PhD, Cornell University, 1980
• · Fulbright Scholar, 1986

True science is not just about discovering facts, but about inspiring generations to think beyond boundaries.

Listed by the organisation as President. Independently: Professor Emeritus; retired in 2009 as Vice-Chancellor of Universiti Malaysia Terengganu; earlier Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Dean of Graduate Studies, and Director of Extension at UPM (about 25 years). PhD, Cornell University, 1980; Fulbright Scholar, 1986. Began at FELDA, then Kolej Pertanian Malaya (later UPM) in 1972. Published work includes wellbeing and community research.

Deputy President

Dr. Shaikh Mansoor Shaikh Ahmad

Universiti Putra Malaysia

• · PhD, Human Resource Development, UPM
• · Graduated at UPM’s 45th Convocation

Named by the organisation as Deputy President. Independently: graduated with a PhD in Human Resource Development at UPM’s 45th Convocation (UPM news, 23 March). Doctoral thesis (2020): Tarbiyah and organisational learning among Islamic NGO activists in Malaysia; committee included Prof. Dr. Ismi Arif Ismail. Undergraduate study in instrumentation, Bristol, United Kingdom. Earlier work in a chemical science laboratory (1972) and ten years in human-resource management at a government-linked company.

Group Chief Executive Officer

Kamal Chandra Paul

Global Research Centre

• · Group Chief Executive Officer, Global Research Centre
• · UPM repository author: rural Malay herbal entrepreneurship
• · Repository lists 8 works under Paul, Kamal Chandra

The organisation lists him as Group CEO under the public Facebook name Kamal Paul, and supplied the portrait used here. The Centre’s 11 November 2025 Reel named K.C. Paul, Research Scientist, as master of ceremonies. The Universiti Putra Malaysia institutional repository records an author spelled Kamal Chandra Paul (not Komal), with works on rural Malay herbal entrepreneurship, several co-authored with Prof. Dr. Ismi Arif Ismail. Those repository works are listed because the name and the shared co-author match this officer. A separate official CV joining the Facebook profile to the repository has not been published by the Centre.

Chairman, Malaysia

Prof. Dr. Ismi Arif Ismail

Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic and International), Universiti Putra Malaysia

• · Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic and International), UPM
• · PhD in Continuing Education, University of Warwick
• · Professor, UPM, from 2020

Knowledge finds its true power when it is guided by wisdom, empathy, and purpose.

Listed by the organisation as Chairman, Malaysia. Independently: UPM lists him as Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic and International). Ministry of Higher Education appointment announced effective 25 April 2022. PhD in Continuing Education, University of Warwick; M.Sc. Extension Education, UPM; B.Ed. (TESL), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. Specialises in extension and continuing education, teaching and learning, youth development, leadership and human resource development. Joined UPM as lecturer in 2000; Professor from 2020; previously Director of IPSAS (2020–2022).

Chairman, Bangladesh

Dr. Md. Siddiqul Islam

Professor and Head-in-Charge, Department of Pharmacy, American International University-Bangladesh

• · Professor and Head-in-Charge, Pharmacy, AIUB
• · PhD, University of Dhaka
• · Chairman of Pharmacy, Southeast University, 2015–2025

Named by the organisation as Chairman for Bangladesh. Independently, AIUB lists him as Professor and Head-in-Charge, Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences. He joined AIUB as Professor on 19 August 2025. Previously Professor and Chairman of Pharmacy at Southeast University (2015–2025). Earlier Assistant Professor of Pharmacy at Manarat International University (2009–2015). Education on the AIUB table: BPharm, MPharm and PhD, University of Dhaka (PhD listed 2013). The same profile’s biography names the doctorate in Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacology. Research interest listed by AIUB: bioinformatics. Portrait copied from the public AIUB faculty profile.