The Vice Chancellor

Olayinka Ramota Karim is a Professor of Food Science and Technology. She obtained B.Sc. (Hons.) degree in Food Science and Technology in 1992 from the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta. She later acquired an M.Sc. degree from the University of Ibadan, in 1995; and a Ph.D. degree from the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, as the first Ph.D. graduate of the Department of Food Science and Technology in 2005. In addition, she had a Diploma in Agribusiness and Post-harvest Management (Israel) in 2015, and Certificates in Inter-religious Dialogue, Conflict Transformation, and Mediation (Abuja) in 2019.

Professor Karim has proudly offered over 25 years of enviable teaching, research, community service, and consulting in Food Science and Technology and to humanity. She has reviewed articles for many reputable journals and served as an external examiner for undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in several universities. She has also served as the external assessor of professorial candidates in several universities.