Previous Fora / 2013
BINDIR, Umar Buba
DG, National Office for Technology and Promotion, Nigeria
Umar Buba Bindir (PhD) was born in Yola Town in Makama ward of Yola South L.G.A. of Adamawa State. He attended Hammawa Primary School, Yola, went to Yelwa Government Secondary School Yola and later university of Maiduguri where he graduated with a First Class Honours Degree in Agricultural Engineering from the University in 1983.
In his quest to climb to the zenith of his chosen profession, Dr Bindir proceeded to the prestigious Cranfield University, UK and graduated with a Masters Degree in Farm Power and Machinery Engineering. He thereafter enrolled for his Doctoral Degree Programme in Machinery Design and Development Engineering at the same University and successfully completed his PhD in 1991.
- Dr (Engr) U.B.Bindir has the following main professional qualifications among others to his credit:
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Chartered Engineer (CEng) - Professionally registered with European Engineering Council, United Kingdom.
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COREN Registered: - Professionally registered with Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria.
- Dr Bindir has earned several national and international awards. He has wide technical working experience in Nigeria, UK and the Pacific including:
- Lecturing in universities
- Working in Industries
- Working in the civil and public service
Dr Umar Buba Bindir is a thorough Technology Penetration Professional and an accomplished Engineer. His ingenuity and exquisite skills in ideas generation and innovate Project Development and Implementation easily stands him out in all his places of primary assignment. Presently he is the driving force behind the strategies to narrow the gap between academia and industry. He is the champion on the strategy to develop Science and Technology Parks in Nigeria. He is currently the anchor person on the project to forge a Science, Technology and innovation Corridor along the 30-40Km airport road in Abuja.
Dr Bindir's passion
mainly lies in the industrialization of the Nigerian economy through timely
deployment of Technology.
Dr Bindir's vast experience in the use of Technologies and Innovation in
development work in the rural and Sub-urban setting is most relevant at this
time of reforming the Nigerian economy to be among the top 20 in 2020.
Dr Bindir is happily married to Mrs. Natacha Umar and they are blessed with two lovely Children (a girl and a boy).
ABSTRACT
14:00-15:30 26 NOVEMBER
PLENARY SESSION VI. “THE FUNDAMENTAL ROLES OF SCIENCE IN INNOVATION”
The Fundamental Roles of Science in Innovation: For Global Sustainable Development
The Wikipedia (April 2013)1, defined sustainable development (SD) as a mode of human development in which resource use aims to meet human needs while preserving the environment so that these needs can “dynamically” be met not only in the present, but also for generations to come.
The effects of science cannot practically be discussed in isolation to lead any economy in attaining the desired sustainable development without clear and deliberate connectivity to Technology and Innovation.
The paper titled, “The Fundamental Roles of Science in Innovation: For Global Sustainable Development”, discusses “Sustainable Development” as a system demand while “Science, Technology and Innovation” presents the solutions. In order to demonstrate practically the connectivity of these three “solution” elements, tied to specific performance indicators, the paper focuses on the “Transformation Agenda and Vision 20-2020” of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as a prototype developing country growth policy)