UNU Council Members
Professor Goolam Mohamedbhai
Secretary-General, Association of African Universities; former President, International Association of Universities
Goolam Mohamedbhai is the secretary-general of the Association of African Universities and was formerly vice-chancellor of the University of Mauritius. He obtained his bachelor’s and doctorate degrees in civil engineering from the University of Manchester, UK, and did his postdoctoral research at the University of California, Berkeley, under a Fulbright-Hays award.
He has been president of the International Association of Universities and has also chaired several other university associations, including the Association of Commonwealth Universities and the University of the Indian Ocean. He was also chair of the Africa Regional Scientific Committee of the UNESCO Forum on Higher Education, Research and Knowledge. He is the recipient of several awards, the most recent being the Symons Award 2009 from the Association of Commonwealth Universities for outstanding contribution to the ACU and to Commonwealth universities.
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