(Mohammad) Towhidul Islam is a Professor of Law at the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh. He received his PhD in intellectual property law from the Macquarie University, Australia. He holds an LLM in international human rights law from the University of East London, United Kingdom and an LLB (honours) and an LLM from the University of Dhaka. He attended the UN/UNITAR Fellowship in international law at the Hague Academy of International Law, and participated in the WIPO-WTO Colloquium for Intellectual Property Law Teachers held in Geneva and Singapore. He authors several popular textbooks including Land Law: Text, Cases and Materials and Lectures on Company Law. One of his research monographs was also published in the United Kingdom. His research articles/book chapters appear in a number of reputed refereed journals and books published by international houses including the Oxford University Press, BRILL, Thomson Reuters, Springers, and Sweet & Maxwell. He presented papers in many conferences including the ATRIP Congress 2017 held in Wellington and the SIEL Global Conference 2018 held in Washington DC. He serves on the editorial boards of several journals and also reviews books and articles for a number of international publishers. He is a member of the SIEL and the ATRIP. He is also an op-ed legal issues contributor in leading national dailies. He offers his consultative services to the government agencies, non-government organizations and international institutions including the ADB and the WIPO. He also coordinates the Dhaka University Law Clinic.