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Anjum Malik is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of the Alhambra-U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Co-Founder and Vice President of House of Tutors Learning Centers, USA, Inc., and Co-Founder and Vice President of the Intensive American English Institute.

Anjum is a global professional with 35+ years of experience in the fields of international education, educational consulting, business development, entrepreneurial management and conference planning both in the U.S. and internationally. She has built an extensive network of global contacts, which she leverages on behalf of her clients, connecting people and organizations for success. Along with her expertise in strategic planning, market development, negotiation and management, her work with the U.S. and multiple international agencies documents an impressive record of success.

Anjum’s belief in the power of education to improve society is evident in all aspects of her professional life. She has enriched the academic, linguistic, and professional development of international students, scholars and administrators. The organizations she has created and managed have enhanced the global competence of more than 150,000 students and hundreds of professionals. Within her most nurtured passion – international education – Anjum constantly seeks innovative tools to improve teaching, learning, and access. In all her endeavors, she strives to advance the empowerment of women and their increased participation in the workforce.

Anjum co-founded the Alhambra-U.S. Chamber of Commerce in 2009 with the mission of promoting constructive educational, commercial, and diplomatic global connections in the service of individuals, organizations, universities, governments and other entities dedicated to building a better world. Along with her husband, she co-founded House of Tutors (HofT) in 1982 and its subsidiary, the Intensive American English Institute in 1992. A multi-dimensional corporation, HofT specializes in providing educational solutions to individuals, families, educational institutions, governments and corporations around the world.

Anjum consults and trains on a wide variety of issues related to international education, such as accreditation (presented to Saudi deans and senior university officials), gap analysis (presented at WISE and FranIndia conferences), leadership and professional development (conducted at universities all across the MENA region, China and India), empowering women (IECHE conferences in Riyadh, WISE Conference in Malaysia, WIL-UAE), franchising and strategic planning (CLICKS Dubai Conference, Gulf Education Conferences in London, and at various institutions of higher learning). She also developed an innovative approach to pre-departure training for international students, parts of which have been adopted by universities around the United States as well as the Saudi Arabian Cultural Mission in Washington, D.C., The Qatar Supreme Education Council in Doha, Qatar and Liaoning Education in China.

Based in Texas, she has partnered with institutions in locations as diverse as Turkey and Korea as well as colleges and universities across the U.S. She has earned a reputation as an expert on international higher education and as a business woman with extensive experience and contacts in the Middle East, Southeast Asia, India, China and Eastern Europe. Anjum has given expert testimony on higher education matters before the Texas Legislature, has served as an advisor to The Initiative to Educate Afghan Women, worked with multiple educational and cultural outreach programs, served on numerous boards and has been interviewed and quoted in national and international media.

Anjum was the Director of International Marketing and Public Relations for The University of Texas at Austin’s Global Initiative on Education and Leadership, advising the initiative on international strategy, identifying opportunities for international collaborative projects, business endeavors as well as cross-cultural and educational exchanges, and negotiation of bi- and multi-lateral agreements.

Alhambra has working relationships with the OIC embassies and, through Anjum, was instrumental in organizing the annual Embassy-University Showcases in Washington, D.C. Because of her leadership in education delivery and development, Alhambra was invited to become a member of President Barack Obama’s Partners for a New Beginning Program. Alhambra is an implementation partner of the New York Academy of Sciences’ Global STEM Alliance and a partner of STEMconnector®. Through these partnerships, Alhambra strives to advance women’s participation in the field of STEM education. In recognition of her global contribution to women’s entrepreneurship, Anjum was designated as an Honorary Ambassador of the Polish Network of Women Entrepreneurship Ambassadors during the 2015 European Congress of Small and Medium Enterprises in Katowice, Poland.

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Dr. Zimmerman, a Doctor of Philosophy in Information Science, received his Ph.D. from Bar-Ilan University.

In 2006 he was appointed Academic Secretary and Director of Research at IDC Herzliya, establishing the Academic Affairs, Internationalization and Research Support Offices at IDC Herzliya.

Eric provides leadership and service to faculty, staff, and students, assisting in implementing policy and decisions of the IDC academic and governing committees.

His position at IDC allows me to grow the internationalization efforts at an international university; develop the grantsmanship program at an entrepreneurial research university; and design effective and efficient workflow processes for the academic administration of a 21st century university.

Building bridges between peoples drives him and the strategy of his offices. He regards them as the 21st century social engineers.

He possesses comprehensive administrative and professional skills including office management. His particular strengths include strong communication, organizational and analytical skills, especially in aligning institutional aims and objectives with organizational structures and processes.

Over the course of his career, he has acquired on-the-job experience in designing information systems, moderating international seminars, and coordinating multi-partner proposals and projects.

He is an experienced peer-reviewed writer with good analytical skills and am a highly motivated team player, disciplined, patient, reliable, and dependable with a take-charge approach and a proven ability of mastering new technologies and procedures. 

As leader of a working group within an international professional association he also possesses well-developed team-leading skills; he is well able to synthesize different opinions and forge consensus and motivate all members to be fully engaged partners.

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Professor Mammo Muchie holds a DPhil in Science, Technology, and Innovation for Development (STI&D) from the University of Sussex. UK. He is currently a DST/NRF rated Research Professor at the Faculty of Management Sciences, Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa. He is a fellow of the South African Academy of Sciences and the African Academy of Sciences. He is also currently adjunct Professor at the Adama Science, Technology University, Arsi University, Addis Ababa University and University of Gondar, Ethiopia. He has been senior research associate at the SPMTDC programme and also has become Senior Research Associate at the TMD Centre of Oxford University.

He is collaborating with researchers (DILIC) on the potential research areas of Africa-China industrial high-technology sectors. He has been invited as Associate Faculty professor at Sussex University, UK for the next three years; at the University of Economics in Prague as visiting professor, Jawarahal Nehru University India, Tonji and Shanghai University, China; Honorary Professor Jiaxing University, China, Assistant Professor Amsterdam University, Visiting Professor Carleton College, USA; Principal Lecturer, Middlesex University, Professor, Aalborg University; Part–time Lecturer, Cambridge University; Honorary Professor UNISA. Professor Mammo held various positions globally, including the Director of the Research Programme on Civil Society and African Integration at the then University of Kwa Zulu-Natal; board member at the North Western University, Chengdu, China.

He is currently the chairman of the advisory board of African Talent hub of the Community Interest Company (registration no.10461990) to raise funds for making Africa the talent, innovation, entrepreneurship, creativity and knowledge hub of the world. He has been appointed as special distinguished advisor to the Africa Union’s Student Council and a mentor for the African Entrepreneurship award. He has initiated the African Unity for Renaissance and Knowledge Exchange series of conferences since the last six years. He is a founding scientific advisor to ´the African Solar network, founding chairman of the Network of Ethiopian scholars. He has lead the SIDA, Sweden funded research on engineering design and on transformative innovation for African integrated development and educate on public media to speed up the creation of innovative and renascent Africa. He is also a co-founding member of the Nano Technology Institute in TUT leading the innovation side of the research.

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Andreas Schleicher is Director for Education and Skills, and Special Advisor on Education Policy to the Secretary-General at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in Paris.

As a key member of the OECD Senior Management team, Mr. Schleicher supports the Secretary-General’s strategy to produce analysis and policy advice that advances economic growth and social progress. He promotes the work of the Directorate for Education and Skills on a global stage and fosters co-operation both within and outside the OECD. In addition to policy and country reviews, the work of the Directorate includes the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), the OECD Survey of Adult Skills (PIAAC), the OECD Teaching and Learning International Survey (TALIS), and the development and analysis of benchmarks on the performance of education systems (INES).

Before joining the OECD, Mr. Schleicher was Director for Analysis at the International Association for Educational Achievement (IEA). He studied Physics in Germany and received a degree in Mathematics and Statistics in Australia. He is the recipient of numerous honours and awards, including the “Theodor Heuss” prize, awarded in the name of the first president of the Federal Republic of Germany for “exemplary democratic engagement”. He holds an honorary Professorship at the University of Heidelberg.

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Pratik Dattani is the Managing Director at EPG Economic and Strategy Consulting and UK Director for FICCI. He is also the co-founder of a tech start-up in the CSR space. Previously he worked in Economic Consulting at FTI Consulting, on public policy and international arbitration cases, and at Deloitte in London and Abu Dhabi, focussing on public policy and telecoms. In 2009, he founded and led one of the Deloitte’s largest diversity networks. He was Chairman for a not-for-profit membership organisation with several thousand members for three years.He studied Economics at Warwick University, where he was awarded the Prize for Excellence, and LMU University of Munich. Pratik’s dissertation won a prize at an international economics conference at Georgetown University, Washington DC. He has published academic research on behavioural economics and social impact, most recently in the Social Enterprise Journal in 2014. He is a regular commentator on public policy and India across print, TV and online media.

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Lord Karan Bilimoria CBE, DL is the founder of Cobra Beer, Chairman of the Cobra Beer Partnership Limited and of Molson Coors Cobra India, both joint ventures with the global brewing company, Molson Coors.

He is the Founding Chairman of the UK India Business Council, a Deputy Lieutenant of Greater London, a former Chancellor of Thames Valley University (now the University of West London); he was the youngest University Chancellor in the UK when appointed.

In 2014, he was appointed as the 7th Chancellor of the University of Birmingham and was the first Indian born Chancellor of a Russell Group University in Great Britain. Karan is Senior Non-Executive Director of the Booker Group PLC, the FTSE 250 Company of Booker Prize fame; he is one of the first two visiting entrepreneurs at the University of Cambridge; he is a founding member of the Prime Minister of India’s Global Advisory Council.

In 2006, Karan Bilimoria was appointed the Lord Bilimoria of Chelsea, making him the first ever Zoroastrian Parsi to sit in the House of Lords. In 2008 he was awarded the Pravasi Bhartiya Samman by the President of India. He is an honorary fellow of Sidney Sussex College Cambridge and Chairman of the Advisory Board of the Judge Business School, Cambridge University.

He qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Ernst & Young and graduated in law from the University of Cambridge. He is also an alumnus of the Cranfield School of Management, the London Business School and the Harvard Business School. In 2015, Karan Bilimoria was appointed President of the UK Council for International Student Affairs (UKCISA).

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IRAGUHA BANDORA Yves, BScMS(Hons)MD(2018), BScN(Hons), RN.
Managing Director (MD) and Founder , AGACIRO Beta Maximal International Corporation Star (ABMICS).
Rwanda Country Coordinator Commonwealth Youth Peace Ambassadors Network (CYPAN)- www.cypan.org
Africa and Europe Regional Representative Commonwealth Students’ Association Executive Committee 2015-2018 Only One RWANDAN Successful Candidate.
President and Founder , Rwanda Nursing Sciences Students’ Organization (RNSSO)”Arise and Shine”- www.iby-rnsso.org
Chief Executive Officer(CEO) and Founder , Miserable Youth Foundation For Education (MyFe)- www.iby-myfe.org
Founder and Patron , Federation of African Nursing Sciences Students’ Organizations( FANSSO)”Together in Nursing)- www.fansso.org
President and Founder,African Union Students’ Council (AUSC)”For The Better Africa We Deserve”- www.africanunionsc.org

“A proudly Rwandan Young Leader and Commonwealth Young Achiever ,The Commonwealth Young Achievers Book Page 45 and Page 51”.

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