H.E Ambassador Dr. Ing. Seleshi Bekele will be giving a public lecture on Ethiopian Grand Renaissance Dam (GERD) on Saturday January 4, 2025, at 2:30 PM, in a new hall near the main gate at main campus. It's learnt that Dr. Birhanu Bulcha, a NASA scientist, Dr. Amir Aman, who just left WB director's post, and Eng Hizkyas, who used to be Aretospa Designer/Programmer, will grace the program.
All academic and research staff, undergraduate, Masters and PhD students and others interested are invited for this important meeting of high level experience sharing.
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Schedule:
Time: - January 4, 2025, Saturday afternoon at 2:30 PM
Topic: Water, Power and Politics: Ethiopian Grand Renaissance Dam (GERD)
Venue: New Hall near Main Gate, Main Campus
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Brief Profile Ambassador Dr. Ing. Seleshi Bekele
Ambassador Dr. Ing. Seleshi Bekele is Member of Ethiopian Parliament. He has served as an Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ethiopia to USA from May 2022 to July 2024. He served as Minister of Water, Irrigation and Energy of Ethiopia for 5 years and advisor to the Prime Minister of Ethiopia before his role as an Ambassador.
Ambassador Seleshi, as Hydraulic and Hydropower Engineering professional, has led the correction of the construction and negotiation of Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, the largest hydropower station in Africa. He served as Senior Advisor of United Nations on water, climate, energy, agriculture and sustainable development areas. He was Senior Researcher and Africa Director at International Water Management Institute. Dr. Ing. Seleshi has taught course in Universities in Ethiopia and Germany including serving as Dean of Arba Minch Water Technology Institute that which transformed to full-fledged Arba Minch University.
He studied Civil Engineering (B.Sc.) at Addis Ababa University, M.Sc. in Hydraulic Engineering and Hydrology at University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, England, and Ph.D. in Hydraulic Engineering at Dresden University of Technology, Germany. He published many referred publications and numerous other papers, book chapters and conference proceedings.
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