Dr. Eesa Bastaki
President, University of Dubai,
Bio:
Former CEO, ICT Fund
Recipient of Emirates for Sciences, Arts & Literature in 2009
Motto: “Made in UAE Sold Globally”
Dr. Eesa Bastaki is the President of the University of Dubai and former CEO of the ICT Fund where he actively led the effort to create an eco-system in the UAE ICT industry, by encouraging entrepreneurship, funding R&D projects and University scholarships and implementing ICT initiatives at the school level.
During his distinguished career he held many senior posts including Director of Education & Technology at the Dubai Silicon Oasis Authority (DSOA), Chairman of the Energy Section at the UAE University (UAEU) and Chairman of the Technology Section at the Technology & Energy Research Center of the UAEU. Dr. Bastaki is one of the founders of DSO and RIT-Dubai, and he is the founder of the IT Center in Al-Al Municipality.
Dr.Bastaki’s current professional activities include Chairman of the Technical Committee for the Emirates Energy Awards, Chairman of the Board of the Emirates Science Club, and Member of the Board of the Cultural & Science Association. He is also the BOT Chairman of the judging panels of both Drones for Good Award and Robotics & AI for Good Award. He is also the Vice Chair of Hamdan Bin Mohammed Innovation Award in Project Management, a member of the judging committee of the Dubai 10X Initiative, Technical Chair of Emirates Energy Award and Scientific Chair of Shaikha Latifa Award for Child Innovations. Chairman of the Academia Platform in World Green Economy OrganizationIn addition to chairing other awards.
Born in Dubai, Dr. Bastaki is a UAE national scientist and researcher; he studied abroad where he received his B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of California, San Diego and Ph.D. from the University of California, Irvine. His research interests are Multiple Access Communications, Coding and Synchronization.
In 2009, Dr. Bastaki received the UAE’s highest award “The Emirates Awards for Science, Arts and Literature” in sciences.He is the recipient of Sheikh Rashid's Award for Scientific Excellence. In 2014, he received the Middle East “ICT and Knowledge Development CEO Excellence Award”.