Fatima Batul Mukhtar

Fatima Batul Mukhtar is a Nigerian academic, who is a professor of Botany. Her research interest are centered on "growth regulation, biostatistics, biotechnology and plant conservation". In 2016, she was appointed Vice Chancellor of Federal University Dutse by President Muhammadu Buhari.[1]

Fatima Batul Mukhtar
Vice Chancellor of Federal University Dutse
Assumed office
2016
Preceded byJibrilla Dahiru Amin
Personal details
BornMay 23, 1963
Kano

Early life and Education

Mukhtar was born in Kano in 1963.[2] She attended Shahuchi Primary School and Shekara Girls Boarding Primary School for her primary education, then proceeded to Government Girls College, Dala in Kano for her secondary school.[3] In 1984, she obtained a degree in Botany from Ahmadu Bello University. In 1994, she got her master's degree from Bayero University. She completed her doctorate degree in 2005, specializing in plant physiology from the same institution.[2] In 2012, she enrolled in an agricultural biotechnology course in Michigan State University. She is one of the founding academic administrators at Northwest University Kano, and was the first dean of science in the school. In 2015, she was made the deputy vice chancellor of the school.[4] In 2016, she was appointed as the substantive vice chancellor of Federal University Dutse.[5]

References
  1. "5 women who have made their marks in education". www.pulse.ng. 2018-03-08. Retrieved 2019-03-21.
  2. Suleiman, Mustapha (March 11, 2016). "Fatima takes over as VC, Federal University Dutse". Dailytrust Nigeria. Retrieved November 1, 2017.
  3. admin. "Fatimah Batul Mukhtar" (PDF). Bayero University. Retrieved November 6, 2017.
  4. "I don't feel intimidated in the midst of men". Guardian Newspaper. May 27, 2017. Retrieved November 5, 2017.
  5. "Buhari Appoints New Vice Chancellors For 12 Universities". The Whistler. February 15, 2016. Retrieved November 1, 2017.
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