Shamsh kassim lakha biography

Dr Shamsh Kassim-Lakha is Chairman of the Board of the University of Central Asia (UCA). From June 2014 to September 2018, as Executive Chairman, he was responsible for leading the planning, building, and operation of the campuses and programmes of the University across all three of its Founding States.

Dr Kassim-Lakha’s association with UCA commenced in 1996 when as co-chair of the Commission on the Establishment he led a distinguished panel of international and regional members who conceptualized this University.

In 2000, he was involved in the negotiations of the International Treaty which led to UCA's establishment by the governments of Tajikistan, the Kyrgyz Republic and Kazakhstan, and His Highness the Aga Khan.

In addition to his UCA responsibilities, from 2014 to 2022, Dr Kassim-Lakha served as Diplomatic Representative of the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) to the Kyrgyz Republic.

As Founding President of the Aga Khan University (AKU), the fir