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Ogunsakin-Akin
Career Path · Consortium Roles

Roles he holds and the offices he keeps

A multi-decade arc through professorial chairs, institutional directorships, and the convening authority of a Delaware-incorporated research consortium. Listed newest first.
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  1. Present

    President General

    IARSA Consortium
    Nigeria · Ghana · Delaware, United States

    Convening authority over the IARSA Consortium — a multi-jurisdictional research body comprising IARSA Nigeria, IARSA Ghana, IARSAC Delaware, AcIRSTD, CEPERD, IIAHI, IJSRITD, and IJRSA. Sets the editorial direction for affiliated journals, chairs the international conference programme, and oversees fellowship designations across the federation.

  2. Inaugurated 2020 — present

    Chairman, Governing Council

    International Association of Research Scholars & Administrators Corporation (IARSAC)
    Delaware, United States

    Chairs the governing council of the Delaware-incorporated chapter of the consortium — IARSAC — coordinating the international conference programme and trans-Atlantic delegate flows.

  3. Present

    Pro-Chancellor

    Queen Agro-Allied University of Technology, Ode-Ekiti
    Ekiti State, Nigeria

    Pro-Chancellor of a newly approved university (granted licence by the Federal Government of Nigeria) specialising in agro-allied science and technology — chairing the council that oversees academic direction, statutes, and senior appointments.

  4. Present

    Chancellor

    IARSAC International University (IIU)
    United States

    Ceremonial and constitutional head of IARSAC International University — the consortium's academic-degree-conferring arm in the United States.

  5. Long-tenured

    Group Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer

    Educrown Group
    Lagos, Nigeria

    Leads a private education and training group with interests in tertiary academic services, executive education, and research support.

  6. Present

    Editor-in-Chief

    International Journal of Scientific Research, Innovation and Technological Development (IJSRITD)
    International

    Sets the editorial direction of IJSRITD — the consortium's flagship interdisciplinary journal covering scientific research, innovation, and technology-development scholarship.

  7. Present

    Chairman, Editorial Board

    International Journal of Research Scholars and Administrators (IJRSA)
    International

    Chairs the editorial board of IJRSA — the peer-reviewed journal of the International Association of Research Scholars & Administrators — overseeing reviewer panels, editorial policy, and special-issue programming.

  8. Present

    Executive Vice Chairman & Chief Executive Officer

    The Academy of Innovative Research, Science & Technological Development (AcIRSTD)
    Nigeria

    Executive head of AcIRSTD — an affiliated body of the IARSA Consortium dedicated to innovation research and the science-and-technology agenda for sustainable national development.

  9. Present

    Chairman, Board of Trustees

    The Centre for Educational Planning, Economics & Research Development (CEPERD)
    Nigeria

    Chairs CEPERD's board of trustees — the policy, education, and research-development arm of the consortium, producing working papers and capacity programmes on educational planning and economics.

  10. Present

    President

    International Institute of Agricultural Science & Horticulture Innovation (IIAHI)
    Nigeria

    Presides over IIAHI — an institute advancing agricultural science, horticulture innovation, and the policy frame for food-systems research within the consortium.

  11. Present

    Secretary, Board of Trustees

    International Association of Research Scholars & Administrators (IARSA), Nigeria
    Nigeria

    Serves as Secretary to the Board of Trustees of the Nigerian chapter of IARSA — coordinating governance proceedings, board correspondence, and fiduciary oversight.

  12. Present

    International President

    International Association of Research Scholars & Administrators (IARSA), Ghana
    Ghana

    International President of IARSA Ghana — extending the consortium's reach across Anglophone West Africa and convening the Ghana chapter's research programme.

  13. Long-tenured

    Professor of Marketing, International Business & International Relations

    Affiliated faculties — IARSA Consortium
    Multi-institutional

    Holds professorial chairs across the disciplines of Marketing, International Business, and International Relations — teaching at consortium-affiliated institutions and supervising doctoral and master's candidates.