Describing the relationship between his academic and consulting work, he said, "The university involves me with cutting-edge research and blue-sky thinking, and I get to meet many scholars and students– wonderful, eccentric, motivated– all helping us to understand the world better.

[5][13][14][15][16][17][18] Dr. Alamgir's commentary and opinion were featured in The New York Times, The Washington Post, and The Boston Globe, and aired on WBAI Radio (New York), NEEN (Boston), Deutsche Welle Radio (Germany), and Voice of America (Washington, DC).

[20] In 2007, he led a campaign[21] protesting the detention of his father, Member of Parliament Muhiuddin Khan Alamgir[22] by Bangladesh's military-led caretaker government.

[3][24] Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina issued a condolence message in which she "prayed for the salvation of the departed soul and conveyed her sympathy to the bereaved family.

"[3] Academics Borhanuddin Khan Jahangir, Muntassir Mamoon, Khandakar Rashidul Huq Noba among others were present at the airport when Jalal's body arrived in Bangladesh on 5 December 2011.