Pius Coxwell Achanga

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Pius Coxwell Achanga
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Pius Coxwell Achanga
Nationality Ugandan
Citizenship Ugandan
Education University of Hull
Cranfield University
Canterbury Christ Church University
Known forManagement of Mountains of the Moon University
Title Vice Chancellor of Mountains of the Moon University since 2022.
Scientific career
FieldsManufacturing processes
Business information technology
Higher education management
Institutions University of Cambridge
Uganda National Council for Higher Education
Mountains of the Moon University

Pius Coxwell Achanga is a management professional, industrial scientist and academic administrator in Uganda. From 4 October 2022, he serves as the substantive Vice Chancellor of the Mountains of the Moon University (MMU), the tenth public university in the country at that time. [1] [2]

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From 25 January 2019 until 4 October 2022, he served as the chairman of the four-person Task Force Committee, established by the Cabinet Minister of Education and Sports to superintend the transition of MMU from a private university to a public institution. [3] [4]

Background and education

Achanga is a Ugandan national. His first degree, a Bachelor of Business Information Technology (BBIT), was awarded by the University of Hull in the United Kingdom (UK). His degree of Master of Science (MSc), in Manufacturing Management and Information Systems, was obtained from the Cranfield University, also in the UK. He went on to obtain a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in Manufacturing Systems, awarded by Cranfield University as well. [1] [2]

Career

Following the completion of his graduate studies, he worked as a research associate at the Institute for Manufacturing (IfM), in the School of Engineering at the University of Cambridge in the UK. He was then hired by the Uganda National Council for Higher Education (UNCHE), rising to the position of Head of Institutional and Programme Accreditation (IPA). On 3 October 2022, he was appointed as the substantive vice chancellor of MMU, becoming the first VC of the university, since it became a public institution. [1] [2]

Research

He has also participated in academic research and he has some journal articles he has authored and co-authored; these include; Managing and leading African Universities. [5] Development of an impact assessment framework for lean manufacturing within SMEs. [6] and Higher education systems and institutions: Uganda. [7]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Ibrahim Ruhweza (8 October 2022). "MMU chancellor appoints vice, deputy vice-chancellors". New Vision . Kampala, Uganda. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 Samuel Muhimba (7 October 2022), "Mountains of the Moon University appoints Vice Chancellor, Deputy Vice Chancellor", Nile Post Uganda, Kampala, Uganda, retrieved 9 October 2022
  3. Admissions Uganda (25 January 2019). "Mountains of the Moon University Transition Task Force". Admissions.co.ug. Kampala, Uganda. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
  4. Daily Monitor (13 November 2019). "Govt to take over Mountains of the Moon University". Daily Monitor . Kampala, Uganda. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
  5. Achanga, Pius (25 March 2012). "Managing and Leading African Universities". International Higher Education (67). doi:10.6017/ihe.2012.67.8614. ISSN   2372-4501.
  6. Achanga, Pius Coxwell (2007). Development of an impact assessment framework for lean manufacturing within SMEs (Ph.D. thesis). Cranfield University.
  7. Achanga, Pius Coxwell; Bisaso, Ronald (2018), "Higher Education Systems and Institutions: Uganda", Encyclopedia of International Higher Education Systems and Institutions, Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, pp. 1–9, doi:10.1007/978-94-017-9553-1_477-1, ISBN   978-94-017-9553-1 , retrieved 3 February 2023