Niaz Ahmad Akhtar (Urdu: نیاز احمد اختر ) is a Pakistani academic who is working as a vice-chancellor of the University of the Punjab and the vice-chairman of the Pakistan Engineering Council. He is also working as the professor emeritus at the University of the Punjab. Previously he has served as the vice-chancellor of the University of Sahiwal, rector of the National Textile University, Faisalabad, vice-chancellor of the University of Engineering and Technology, Taxila and the vice-chancellor of the Information Technology University, Lahore. He is also the founding director of the Institute of Quality and Technology Management and the Quality Enhancement Cell at the University of the Punjab, Lahore.