Monte Cassim (Ahmed Mumtaz Masoon Cassim) is a Sri Lankan academic. He is the Vice-Chancellor of the Ritsumeikan Trust and from April 2004 until January 2010 was President of Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University, Beppu, Japan where he remains Professor.Educated in Sri Lanka at the Royal College, Colombo, he graduated from the University of Ceylon in 1970.