Quinton Kanhukamwe
| Engineer Quinton Kanhukamwe | |
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| Born | Quinton Kanhukamwe September 20, 1964 Zimbabwe |
| Occupation | Vice Chancellor |
| Employer | Harare Institute of Technology |
| Spouse(s) | Rumbidzai |
| Children | Dadiso and Tanaka Carlton |
Engineer Quinton Kanhukamwe is a Zimbabwean academic who is the current Vice Chancellor of the Harare Institute of Technology (HIT).
Background
Engineer Kanhukamwe was born on 20 September 1964, and can speak Shona, Ndebele, English and Russian. He is married to Rumbidzai and they are blessed with a daughter, Dadiso and a son, Tanaka Carlton.[1]
Education
Eng. Kanhukamwe holds an MSc in Engineering and is a member of the following professional bodies; Institute of Industrial Engineers (MIIE-USA), Institute of Cast Metals Engineers (MICME-UK), Professional Engineer- Engineering Council of Zimbabwe (MZwIE, Pr (ECZ)). He is currently pursuing a Doctor of Technology degree with the University of Tehran.
Career
Engineer Kanhukamwe, was officially installed as Vice Chancellor on 23 October 2014 by the late former President of the Republic of Zimbabwe and Chancellor of the Harare Institute of Technology, His Excellency President Robert Mugabe.
His career began in 1991 when he was appointed lecturer at the Bulawayo Polytechnic. In 1992, he moved on and was part of the founding team of academics at the National University of Science and Technology (NUST). In subsequent years, he proved his mettle leading to his appointment in 1999 as Chairman of the Industrial Technology Department and subsequently Dean of the Faculty of Industrial Technology. He also served as Director Designate of the NUST Technopark. During this time also taught at Postgraduate level at NUST and University of Zimbabwe (UZ).
In 2003 he was appointed Chairman of the Transformation Committee of the Harare Institute of Technology by then Permanent Secretary for Higher and Tertiary Education, Dr Washington Mbizvo, which came up with the roadmap for developing HIT into a fully-fledged university. The promulgation of the HIT Act [Chapter 25:26] in 2005 was in part the outcome of the work of the Transformation Committee under his leadership.
From 2005 to 2008, Eng. Kanhukamwe operated as Pro-Vice Chancellor of HIT. He was then mandated to lead HIT as the Acting Vice Chancellor in 2008, a position which he held until this appointment. During this time Engineer Kanhukamwe managed to set up university structures creating four Schools offering 15 ZIMCHE accredited Bachelor of Technology Honours degree programmes and four Centres that bolster the HIT mandate. Currently, he is robustly pursuing the offering of postgraduate programmes that will make a huge impact on the Zimbabwean Industrialization agenda.
Research Interests
Eng. Kanhukamwe’s research interests are in Technology Management, Modern Manufacturing, Techniques, Systems and Processes, Materials Management Systems, Optimisation of Cleaner Production in Manufacturing Industries, Maintenance Management as well as Properties of Manufacturing Materials.
Awards
- Vice Chancellor Engineer Quinton Kanhukamwe received "THE MANAGER OF THE YEAR AWARD" at the Europe Business Assembly (EBA) European Awards Night and Forum in Cannes, France on 7 October 2016. The Manager of the Year Award acknowledges and honours individual excellence of high-level executives worldwide.
- In April 2013, Vice Chancellor Engineer Quinton Kanhukamwe was awarded the International Socrates Award for "THE NAME IN SCIENCE AWARD" in the Science sphere for personal contribution to intellectual development of today's society by the Europe Business Assembly.
