Muhammad Monty Cassim

Vidya Jyothi Monte Cassim
Vice-Chancellor of the Ritsumeikan Trust and Professor Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University
Born	29 July 1947 Colombo, Sri Lanka
Alma mater	University of Tokyo University College Colombo Royal College Colombo
Residence	Kyoto
Profession	Academic
Religion	Muslim
Spouse	Julia Kathleen Cassim (nee Grimble)
Children	Shan Mikhail (born 1980) Laila Frances (born 1985)

Monte Cassim ( full name Ahmed Mumtaz Masoon Cassim) is a Sri Lankan academic. He is the Vice-Chancellor of the Ritsumeikan Trust and from April 2004 until January 2010 was President of Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University, Beppu, Japan where he remains Professor.

Educated in Sri Lanka at the prestigious 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 masters from the University of Tokyo’s Graduate School of Engineering in 1976. Thereafter started doctoral studies there.^[1]

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.^[2]

References

1. ^ Monte Cassim. Professor and President
2. ^ Prof. Monte Cassim

Academic offices
Preceded by	Vice-Chancellor of the Ritsumeikan Trust and Professor, Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University	Succeeded by

Persondata
Name	Cassim, Muhammad Monte
Alternative names
Short description	Academic
Date of birth	29 July 1947
Place of birth	Colombo, Sri Lanka
Date of death
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