Dr. Nikmatul Adha is currently the Head of Urban and Regional Planning Programme at Faculty of Built Environment, Universiti Malaya. She obtained her Bachelor's and Master's degrees from Universiti Sains Malaysia in the field of Urban and Regional Planning. She was awarded a doctoral degree from USM in 2011 in the field of social and physical planning. She is a Graduate Member of the Malaysian Institute of Planners (MIP). She started her career as Research Officer in USM and served a stint as Research Executive at a private consultant firm before settling for an academic career in Universiti Malaya starting 2004. Her research interests are in participatory urban planning, tourism planning, and community development planning.