Dr. Darkhan Bilyalov is a scholar and senior higher education leader from Kazakhstan. He is currently engaged with the Center for International Higher Education at Boston College. Prior to joining BC, he served as a Vice President at Nazarbayev University, the newest flagship research university in Kazakhstan, and earlier as the President of Abai Kazakh National Pedagogical University, the oldest university in the country. Dr. Bilyalov is an Academician and a Presidium member of the Kazakh National Academy of Sciences.