Ibrahim Khalil Umar | |
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| Died | January 2023 |
| Citizenship | Nigerian |
| Occupation | Academic |
Ibrahim Khalil Umar was a Nigerian scientist and university administrator. He was vice-chancellor of Bayero University, Kano, Nigeria from 1979 to 1986. [1] He held a B.Sc. in physics and mathematics from Ahmadu Bello University in Zaria, Nigeria, a M.Sc. in physics from Northern Illinois University, USA and a Ph.D. (1974) in physics at the University of East Anglia, United Kingdom. [2] In 1976, he became the first Nigerian academic in physics to teach at Bayero University. [3] In 1978, he served on the national constitutional assembly that drafted the Constitution of the 2nd Republic. [4]
Between 1994 and 1997, Umar served as sole administrator of the Federal University of Technology, Minna. [5]
He represented Nigeria at the Executive Assembly of the World Energy Council from 1990. He was a member of the Nigerian delegation to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) General Conference from 1989, and was appointed director-general of the Energy Commission of Nigeria in 1989. He served as chairman of the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency from 2000 to 2001. [2] In 2004, he was the director of the Centre for Energy Research and Training, where the first Nigerian research nuclear reactor is located. [6]
In 2007, Umar was on the international advisory committee for the international workshop on Renewable Energy for Sustainable Development in Africa, held at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka in Nigeria. [7]