Engr. Umar Buba Bindir (PhD)

Engr Umar Buba Bindir (PhD), a Fulani man, was born in Yola Town, Adamawa State, Nigeria. He had his basic education in Yola Town and graduated from the High Ranking Nigerian University of Maiduguri with a First Class Honours Degree in Agricultural Technology in 1983.

He has a Masters and Doctorate Degrees from the prestigious Cranfield Institute of Technology (CIT), now Cranfield University in the United Kingdom (UK) professionalized as an Agricultural Machinery Design and Development Engineer in 1987 and 1991 respectively.

Engr Bindir has numerous professional qualifications including:

• Chartered Engineer (CEng), UK;
• COREN Registered in Nigeria
• Fellow of the Nigerian Academy of Engineering;
• Fellow Nigerian Society of Engineers;
• Fellow of the Nigerian Institution of Agricultural Engineers;
• Fellow of the Solar Energy Society of Nigeria.

Engr Bindir has earned several national and international awards, including the National Productivity Order of Merit (NPoM) in Nigeria.  .

He has a wide technical working experience in Nigeria, UK and Oceania. He has served in the Academia & Industry globally, was a Director for many years in the main stream Nigerian Federal Civil Service. He was the immediate past Director General/CEO of the National Office for Technology Acquisition and Promotion (NOTAP), the main institution regulating and promoting Industrial Property and Technology Transfer in Nigeria. Dr Bindir’s was the immediate past Secretary to the Government of Adamawa State.

Engr Bindir is a thorough Technology Penetration Expert and an accomplished Engineer. His ingenuity and exquisite skills in ideas generation and innovative Project Development and Implementation easily stands him out in all his places of primary assignment.

As the then Director General/CEO of NOTAP, he was the driving force behind the National Policies and Strategies aimed to link academia and industry. He is still the champion on the strategy to develop Science and Technology Parks in Nigeria to unleash Nigeria’s technological potentials.

Engr Bindir is the Founder and Chairman of the Bindir Knowledge Centre (BKC), located in Yola Town Adamawa State. BKC is a Non-Governmental Organisation established to support children (in school and out of school) and youth to acquire modern knowledge in both education and entrepreneurship.

Engr Bindir is the Director of Research and Innovation in the prestigious Airforce Institute of Technology AFIT in Kaduna Nigeria.

Engineer Bindir is also a Special Assistant to the President on Poverty Eradication with a special assignment as the National Coordinator of the National Social Investment Programme NSIP.

Engr Bindir’s passion mainly lies in solving poverty challenges through the deployment of technology based empowerment know-how. He believes that Nigeria will ultimately eradicate absolute poverty and industrialize through timely acquisition and deployment of relevant technologies and innovations into its economy.

Engr Bindir is happily married to one wife and they are blessed with two lovely children (a girl and a boy).