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'{{Short description|Vice Chancellor of Open University of Tanzania}} {{BLP sources|date=February 2021}} {{Infobox academic |honorific_prefix = [[Professor]] |name = Elifas Tozo Bisanda |honorific_suffix = |image = Tozo Elifas Bisanda.jpg |image_size = |caption = |birth_date = |birth_place = [[Kigoma Region]], [[Tanzania]] |death_date = |death_place = |discipline = [[Mechanical Engineering]] |alma_mater = [[University of Dar es Salaam]] <br /> [[University of Bath]] <br /> [[Cranfield University]] |work_institutions = [[Open University of Tanzania]] |known_for = |spouse = |children = 5 |footnotes = }} '''Elifas Tozo Bisanda''' is a Tanzanian academic Professor of [[Mechanical Engineering]] and [[Vice-Chancellor]] of [[Open University of Tanzania]] since 2015.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.out.ac.tz/1899-2/|title=The Vice Chancellor - Open University of Tanzania}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.out.ac.tz/news/re-appointment-of-prof-elifas-tozo-bisanda-as-vice-chancellor|title=Re-Appointment of Prof Bisanda as Vice-Chancellor}}</ref> He is also currently the Chairperson of the [[UNESCO]] National Commission of the United Republic of [[Tanzania]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://en.unesco.org/countries/united-republic-tanzania/information|title= UNESCO Tanzania organization info}}</ref> <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://bandainternational.blogspot.com/2017/03/vice-chancellor-of-open-university-of.html|OUT Vice Chancellor also Chairperson of UNESCO in Tanzania visits office premises}}</ref> He is also the former chairperson of the Governing Council of the Institute of Adult Education in Tanzania, the chairman of the Council of Morogoro Vocational Teachers College, the member of the University of Arusha Council and the Police Training Board.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ippmedia.com/en/news/vc-laments-prisoners%E2%80%99-distance-education-lock-out|title=VC Bisanda lament prisoners' distance education lockout}}</ref> He is also a Chairman of SIDO (Small Industries Development Organization) in Tanzania.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ippmedia.com/en/news/minister-appoints-six-members-board-directors-sido|title=Minister appoints SIDO board members}}</ref> Bisanda is also a board member of [[Association of African Universities]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLY4VLcGkgA|title=Prof. Elifas Tozo Bisanda talks on The Prospects of Open Universities in Africa}}</ref> ==See also== * {{Annotated link|Tolly Mbwette}} ==References== {{reflist}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Bisanda, Elifas}} [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Tanzanian men]] [[Category:Open University of Tanzania]] [[Category:University of Dar es Salaam alumni]] [[Category:University of Bath]] [[Category:Cranfield University]]'