Prof. Eng. Ayub N. Gitau

Prof Gitau is the Vice-Chancellor Of the University Of nairobi. He is an Agricultural Engineer Registered with Engineers Board of Kenya (EBK) as a Consulting Engineer with over 35 years of academic and practical experience in: Agricultural Mechanization, Power and Machinery Engineering and Infrastructure (Water; Irrigation and In- built Environment) Development; Water Harvesting Technologies; Environment; Renewable Energies and Conservation Agriculture Technologies. Held various positions which include: Lecturer and Head of Department of Science and Technology, Kenya Industrial Training Institute (KITI) – Ministry of Trade and Industry (1997-2001); Lecturer and Ag. Head of Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources – Kenya Methodist University (2001-2002), full time Lecturer – University of Nairobi (2002 to 2008); Senior Lecturer (2008 to 2014); Associate Professor (2015 to Feb 2023) and Professor (March 2023 to date).
Before his apointment as VC Prof Gitau acted as chairman; Department of Environmental and Biosystems Engineering (EBE); April & September, 2005; April, 2007 and 2010, served as the Chairman of the Department of Environmental and Biosystems Engineering at the University of Nairobi (UoN) from July 2011 to July 2017 and acted as the Dean of the School of Engineering in February 2017, served as the substantive Dean of the Faculty of Engineering at UoN from March 2019 to June 2024. Prof Gitau then the Acted as Deputy Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs at UoN since August 2024 and as the Principal of the College of Architecture & Engineering (CAE) in November 2019 and February 2021. He is a member of several Senate committees and served as a Council Member for the Institute of Engineers of Kenya (IEK) from 2019 to 2021 is a Trustee for the Environment Institute of Kenya (EIK) for the period 2021-2026.