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Ms Nametsegang Motshegwa is an Educator with Degree in Tourism and Hospitality Management, a Master of Commerce in Tourism and Hospitality Management and currently pursuing a Post Graduate Certificate in Quality Assurance in Education and a PhD in Tourism and Hospitality Management. She has over 10 years of experience in the Education sector as a Lecturer, a Quality Assurance Manager, a Principal Examiner and as a Teaching Assistant. she published numerous papers and taken part in a lot of international conferences as a Presenter. She is also a Board member for HATAB, a member of Botswana Chefs Association, Women in Tourism, a Setter and a Moderator.

Has vast experience in the education and training sector gained from several attachments in public and private institutions in three SADC countries namely Zimbabwe, South Africa and Botswana. Developing young people’s talent is the greatest motivation in my life, a passion that has also extended into lifelong learning for adults in professional or social spheres. Lately, I have also been involved with corporate training -financial modelling and personal finance.

I largely interested in pursuing projects that improve the socio-economic welfare of regions, places, institutions and individual and finding solutions to financing impact projects.

Mrs Ambili Thomas is currently working as a Senior Lecturer with Botho University (BU), Gaborone. She is doing her PhD in Computer Science with the University of Botswana. She has over 15 years of combined experience in academia and the software industry.  Before joining BU, she was working as a software professional with Software Application and Information Solutions (SAiS) Botswana. She has acquired experience in the implementation of ERP/software systems at various Botswana organizations, such as the University of Botswana, Diamond Trading Company Botswana, Botswana Housing Corporation, Botswana Life Insurance, and the Department of Roads Transport & Safety. She also has experience in designing and developing various eCommerce portals and web-based shipping applications. She is a certified android application engineer, certified Microsoft big data engineer, and a Microsoft certified professional. 

She has presented her research papers in various international conferences, published in ‘International Journal of Emerging Trends in Engineering Research and has recently contributed a book chapter in the Springer series [Thomas A., Narasimhan V.L. (2020) Modelling CPU Execution Time of AES Encryption Algorithm as Employed Over a Mobile Environment]. Her areas of research include Mobile Cloud Computing and Mobile Security. Ambili Thomas teaches subjects such as mobile operating systems, mobile communications, mobile device programming, and wireless network security. She has acquired experience as Lecturer, Researcher, Academia module leader, Academia curriculum developer, Software Developer, and Software project leader.

 

Main research interests over the last 5 years

Mobile cloud computing and security

James is an up-and-coming academic in the field of applied chemistry with research interests in the following:

1. Synthetic Inorganic and Organic Chemistry applied to drug discovery and development.
2. Industrial Chemicals production and catalysis
3. Environmental Chemistry applied to clean water and their technology
4. Ruthenium Dye-Sensitized solar cells in clean energy technology.

Main research interests over the last 5 years

• Chemical Synthesis
• Metal-based antibacterial drugs
• Environmental chemistry

Shantha Indrajith, Senior Lecturer, Botho University, Botswana With a blend of experience of twenty-eight years in the academy and the industry as a lecturer, practising lawyer, accountant & Manager, he has authored four books for the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka (ICA-SL) & Association of Accounting Techniques of Sri Lanka (AAT-SL) and presented and published research papers at international conferences and journals. He has got academic & Professional qualifications in three disciplines, Law, Management & Accounting. Law graduate (LLB) of University of Colombo, Sri Lanka, International Management –MBA(UK) from the University of Wales. His academic experience extends to Business Schools in Sri Lanka, Brunei, the UK and presently in Botswana. His research interest is in Sustainability, Business law and management. In these areas, he has presented seven research papers and published five papers. He has been teaching various modules such as Business Management, Marketing Management, Financial Management, Corporate Finance, Taxation, Financial Management, Corporate Governance, Essentials of Entrepreneurship, and Research Methodology. Organizational Behaviour, Business Law.

Main research interests over the last 5 years

Business Management

Sustainability practices

Dr Srinath Doss is the Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and Technology and researcher and Fellow in the Department of Network and Infrastructure Management, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Botho University, Botswana. He has published and presented more than 35 papers in International Journals and a good number of prestigious conferences. His research interests include MANET (mobile ad hoc network), Information Security, Network Security and Cryptography, Cloud computing, wireless and sensor networks. He has published papers in highly reputed journals like the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and Springer. Dr Srinath Doss serves on the Editorial Board of seven International Journals. He is an advisor for the International Journal of Research in Mechanical Mechatronics and Automobile Engineering. He has taught modules such as Network Security, Information and Data Security, Protocols and Internetworking Standards, Data Communication and Networking, Computer Network Security, Enterprise Application Development and Internet and Web Programming.

Dr Kumar has experience of 17 years in academics and he has worked in various organizations. He has a PhD in Computer Science from Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, India. He has published more than 30 research papers in various journals and conferences including Springers, Elsevier etc. He has supervised more than 20 students at the Master level. He is a member of various professional bodies like IEEE, IETE, ISTE, CSI etc.

 

Main research interests over the last 5 years

• Data mining
• Pattern mining
• Image Processing
• Machine Learning