Prof. Dr. Gazi Mahabubul Alam (PhD, FRSA) is an internationally recognized public policy analyst with a special focus on higher education. He has experience working in Malaysia, Bangladesh, the UK, and the USA. He works for both institutes of higher education and development partners. Before joining the Faculty of Educational Studies, University Putra Malaysia (UPM), he was a professor at the Department of Economics, East West University (EWU). Prof. Alam also served as a Professor of Public Policy and Chief Consultant at the Academic Performance Enhancement Unit, University of Malaya (UM), Malaysia. In 2010, he received a full professorship from the UM. Before joining the UM, he worked as a policy specialist (skills) at the International Labour Organisation (ILO). He acquired an MA in International Education and Development from the University of Sussex and a PhD from the University of Nottingham. He received a distinguished fellowship from the Royal Society of Arts.  He has published several papers that have received a notable number of citations, according to the Scopus and ISI indexes. His paper on private higher education received a Best Citation award from the Web of Science.