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Email jlnkata@yahoo.com

Bio Prof. Nkata is a holder of PhD in Education Management, Administration and Planning; MSc. and Postgraduate Diploma in higher education Management and administration; and Postgraduate qualifications in Administrative Law and Public Sector Administration and Practice. Prof. Nkata is a specialist and Scholar in Higher Education Management, Administration and Planning. He is also a specialist in management and administration sciences in public sector.

Prof. Nkata is a teacher by profession and has taught at all levels of education in Uganda. He has also held leadership positions at all levels of Ugandan school system.

He is currently the Director General of Uganda Management Institute. Prior to that, Prof. Nkata served as a senior lecturer in higher education at Makerere University and as the Head of the East African Institute of Higher Education Studies and Research. He has taught management and administration studies in various Universities for the last 35 years. He has twenty years of exposure and experience in both international and national consultancy work in the fields of his specialty. He has traveled and had exposure to policies and administration practices in more than 37 countries of the world. He has been involved in national and international financial support negotiations with local and international agencies. Prof. Nkata has won a number of research grants through his innovative experiences. He has served as an External Examiner of management and public administration in several Universities and being credited for successfully supervising 37 PhD candidates 185 Master degree candidates in the area of management and public administration. He has extensively published books and Journal Articles in the area of management and administration of organizations especially higher education institutions. He has been involved in several national and international consultancy assignments, and paper presentation at various national and international conferences and

workshops. He is well travelled and has been able to travel to about 37 countries on various national and international assignments.

Prof. Nkata has served on several Boards and currently is the Chancellor of YMCA Comprehensive Institute; the Chairperson of YMCA National Executive Committee; a Council member of the Makerere University Governing Council, a Board Member of Uganda Management Institute Governing council; Secretary for Uganda Association of Public Administration Management (UAPAM); current Vice President of East Africa for African Management Development Institutes Network (AMDIN) and served on the Board of Management of International Association of Schools and Institutes of Administration (IASIA), as Vice President for Africa region 2008-2022and currently a Board member of the same. He is also serving on several Editorial Boards of International Journals

Position Member of Africa Region

Institution Uganda Management Institute

Country Uganda

James Nkata

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