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GESS Dubai
10 - 12 November 2026
Dubai World Trade Centre, Sheikh Saeed Halls 1, 2 & 3

Dr. Bilhar Lehal
Academic Dean at International American University RAK
Speaker

Profile

Dr. Bilhar Lehal is an accomplished senior academic leader with over 25 years of international experience across the United Kingdom, United Arab Emirates, and Saudi Arabia. His career reflects sustained leadership in academic governance, program development, faculty performance, accreditation, and institutional strategy. He brings extensive expertise in leading academic divisions, strengthening teaching and learning, and aligning institutional operations with regulatory and quality assurance frameworks. Dr. Bilhar Lehal has served as Director of Academic Quality, Accreditation & Institutional Effectiveness. Where he provides strategic academic leadership for a newly established branch campuses. He has overseen the accreditation of undergraduate and postgraduate programs, led the implementation of an Outcome-Based Evaluation Framework, and established academic regulations, assessment policies, and quality assurance systems aligned with UAE Commission for Academic Accreditation (CAA) standards.