Prof. Goolam MOHAMEDBHAI
	Chair of the regional scientific Committee for Africa and member of the Global Scientific Committee

Country: Mauritius Current position: Vice-Chancellor of the University of Mauritius. Academic discipline: Ph.D. in Civil Engineering (University of Manchester, UK) Published in areas of: Training activities in Anglophone African universities; the role of African universities in the development of science and technology; the role of higher education in developing a culture of peace in Africa; the implications of globalization for universities in developing countries; the effect of brain-gain for Europe on brain-drain from sub-Saharan Africa.President, International Association of Universities; President, University of the Indian Ocean; former Chairman, Council of the Association of Commonwealth Universities; member, Board of the Mauritius Research Council; former member, UNESCO Regional Advisory Committee on Higher Education in Africa; former member, UNESCO African Regional Committee in charge of the follow-up to the World Conference on Higher Education.