Javaid Laghari (Urdu: جاويد لغارى; TI is a Pakistani American who has served as senator, science and technology administrator, president of a university, professor of electrical and computer engineering, and is the author of seven books and over 600 publications, and numerous invited talks and interviews. He has also served as the Chairperson of the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan from Aug 2009 to Aug 2013 with the status of a Federal Minister.