Dzulkifli Abdul Razak is the Vice-Chancellor of Universiti Sains Malaysia since 2000. He is presently serving as the Vice-President/President-Designate of the International Association of Universities (IAU) - a UNESCO- affiliated organisation. He has served as President of Association of Southeast Asia Institutions of Higher Learning (ASAIHL) from 2007-08. He is also a member of Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) - Advisory Education Hub Advisory Committee, Executive Council of Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU), and also Advisory Committee of World Universities Forum, Davos. He serves on the WHO Expert Advisory Panel on Drug Policies and Management since 1995, and the WHO Scientific Advisory Committee on Tobacco Product Regulation (2000-02). He has led a number of missions on behalf of WHO in Asia-Pacific and East African regions. At the national level, he is the Chair of Malaysian Vice-Chancellors’/Rector’s Committee, Chair of Multimedia Technology Enhancement Operations Sdn Bhd (METEOR) the parent body of Open University Malaysia), and Chair of Malaysian Examination Council, and serves as Advisor to the National Higher Education Research Institute and is a member of the Malaysian Qualification Agency (MQA). He is also a member of the Steering Committee of the newly established Razak School of Government. He is appointed a member of National Economic Advisory Council established in 2009; and the Co-chair of the Malaysian Industry-Government Hi-Technology (MIGHT). He is also a Director of the Malaysian Productivity Corporation (formerly National Productivity Corporation) where he heads the Creativity and Innovation Consultative Panel. He is currently a member of the National Innovation Council, the National IT Council, and the National Biotechnology Implementation Committee. He is a Fellow of the Malaysia Academy of Science, the World Academy of Art and Science and the Malaysian Institute of Management.