​​​​​​​​Prof K M Baharul Islam is a development communication specialist who has been working for more than twenty-five years in the areas of communications, development, public policy and governance issues. He is a Professor of Communications and the Chairperson of the Centre for Public Policy and Government at the Indian Institute of Management Kashipur. He is also a Visiting Professor at the London School of Economics. He taught in various universities in Asia and Africa and served on several assignments with the United Nations. His major works include e-Government Strategy and the National ICT Policies for many African countries. Prof Islam has a D.Litt., two PhDs, MA, MBA, LLM and B.Ed. Degrees. He did his post-doctoral study at the Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok. He studied at AMU Aligarh, Tezpur University, Strathclyde University (UK), Harvard Business School and the University of Bern, Switzerland. He is a Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain, Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla, KAICIID Dialogue Centre, Vienna and the US-India Policy Institute at Washington DC. He has published widely and has several books and research articles to his credit.​