Anis Ahmad (PhD) is a social scientist and meritorious professor of comparative religion and Islamic studies. He has taught and held key leadership positions in a number of higher education institutions within the country and across the globe. He has served as vice president and founding director-general of the Da’wah Academy, founding dean, faculty of social sciences, dean faculty of Usuluddin at International Islamic University Islamabad (IIUI) and founding dean, faculty of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences, International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM). He is presently the founding vice chancellor of Riphah International University, Islamabad. He has also been a former president and secretary general of the Association of Muslim Social Scientists of USA and Canada. He holds fellowship of University of Sains, Malaysia and was awarded Quaid-i-Azam Gold Medal for his academic contributions.