Prof. Bashir Shehu Galadanci

Prof. Bashir Shehu Galadanci is a Computer Engineer who has very broad experience in the ICT area in general and in the fields of Software Engineering, Telecommunications and Computer Science in particular. He got his B.Sc. degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering with first class honours from King AbdulAziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia in 1984. He thereafter obtained his M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees from Boston University, Boston, MA, USA in 1987 and 1994 respectively.

He is a Professor in the Department of Software Engineering at Bayero University, Kano. He has held many administrative positions in the university including Director, Computer Center, Dean, Faculty of Computer Sciences and IT, and Head of Department, Department of Software Engineering. He was a member of the BUK Senate and has served in the BUK Council. He was a Special Advisor to the Governor on ICT and Education, and later as a Commissioner for Science and Technology for Kano State. He has chaired many high level committees at the state and federal levels in Nigeria and participated in several workshops and conferences in Nigeria, Italy, Ghana, Rwanda, China, Singapore, Malaysia, Kenya, Egypt, Uganda and the U.S.A. He has many publications including two books.

He was also the National Co-ordinator on Smart Education at the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) where he oversaw the Digital Resource Center as well as the 37 smart schools and the 110 effective schools across the country. He is currently setting up the GreenEd Professional Skills Academy (GEPSA), a state-of-the-art skills academy with the broad mission of offering high quality professional skills to Nigeria's teeming youth population.