Monte_Cassim

Monte Cassim

Monte Cassim

Sri Lankan academic

Akita International University

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Monte Cassim (Ahmed Mumtaz Masoon Cassim) is a Sri Lankan academic. He is the President (Chair of Board) of Akita International University and from April 2004 until January 2010 was President of Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University, Beppu, Japan where he remains Professor. From 2018-2023 he was Senior Advisor to the Ritsumeikan Trust and from 2028 - 2021 was the founding President, Trustee and Professor of Shizenkan University, Tokyo. On 17 December 2023, he was appointed as the Chancellor of the University of Moratuwa by President Ranil Wickremesinghe.[1][2]

Educated in Sri Lanka at the Royal College, Colombo, he graduated from the University of Ceylon in 1970. After working as an architect for Valentine Gunasekerea's practice, he moved to Japan in 1971 as recipient of a Japan Ministry of Education postgraduate scholarship and gained a master's from the University of Tokyo’s Graduate School of Engineering in 1976. Thereafter started doctoral studies there.[3]

Following his studies he worked for Mitsui Construction and for the AUR urban and regional planning practice in Tokyo before taking up a teaching position at the Universiti Sains Malaysia in Penang. He joined the United Nations Centre for Regional Development in Nagoya 1985 and worked there until 1994. That year he joined Ritsumeikan University as Professor in 1994 in the Faculty of International Relations (1994-1996) and the Faculty of Policy Science. His research centers on process analysis, systems design and knowledge management to develop “earth-friendly” and “human-friendly” technological solutions at Ritsumeikan’s Discovery Research Laboratory. He became President of Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University (APU) and Vice-Chancellor of Ritsumeikan Trust in 2004.[4]

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    "Prof. Monte Cassim appointed as Moratuwa University Chancellor". dailymirror.lk. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
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    "President Ranil Wickremesinghe Appoints Prof. Monte Cassim as Chancellor of the University of Moratuwa". Retrieved 17 December 2023.
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    Monte Cassim. Professor and President
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    Prof. Monte Cassim Archived 2011-07-22 at the Wayback Machine
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