Professor Akhtar Kalam is a Professor of Electrical Engineering in the School of Electrical Engineering at Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia.
He has been Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Health, Engineering & Science at Victoria University for 7 years since 1999.
He has wide experience in educational institutions and industry across four continents.
He has conducted research, provided consultancy and has over three hundred eight publications primarily on power system protection and independent power generation.
His key attributes include:
* High academic qualifications in Electrical Engineering. He was the recipient of the Cleo Cross International Scholarship and the University of Bath Scholarship.
* High professional qualifications in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, (CPEng; CEng; FIEAust; FIET and MIEEE).
* The capacity to manage teaching, research, industry and consultancy.
* The ability to conduct professional educational development courses to the industry.
* Chair of the Australasian Committee Power Engineering
* Convenor of the Engineers Australia?s Course Accreditation of the engineering undergraduate courses at Victoria University.
* Chairing number of accreditation committees for Engineering Australia for the grant of necessary approvals to run undergraduate engineering programs in various universities in Australia.
* The potentiality to learn and adapt quickly to new environments, cultures and government approaches to education, training and research.
* Award Recipient under the category of -Financial and Social Contribution, celebrating excellence in the field of projects/initiatives beneficial to the Australian Muslims in Australia, and in particular, Victoria.
* Successful leadership of change processes in systems and organisations.
* The skills to communicate effectively and with a good sense of humour.
* The respect of his colleagues nationally and internationally in his field of expertise.
