"give a person fish, and you'll provide food forever; teach them to fish, and you've fed them a lifetime."
Dr. Vincent de Paul Obade is a gregarious person with a proven track record in leading effective teams that actualize success and a positive attitude in all people. By "prioritizing students ideas and interest first", he steadfastly believes that irrespective of gender, age or wealth-status, everybody has a right to quality education. His pedagogic focus on the "why and how'" rather than the "what", ensures that students "cost effectively" exploit innovation and rapid evolution in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM), not only to inspire ingenuity but also to enhance individual mental health, financial wealth and wisdom in applying this newfound knowledge to promote the socio-economy.
Dr Obade will never lose sight in nurturing people into "organic intellectuals" to become future dignified global leaders who understand the world dynamics. "Organic intellectuals are critical thinkers who create new ideas, actualize inventions that improve transparency and accountability in wealth creation, whereas academic intellectuals follow the status quo" (Obade and Gaya, 2021). In tandem, sustainable solutions to global challenges should involve all stakeholders, that is, policymakers, scientist, and public.
Dr Obade is not only an academic facilitator, but also an effective communicator, a keen listener and learner who strives to enhance the chemistry between instructors, students, parents and colleagues. To promote academic excellence, he has been responsible in pioneering innovative academic initiatives, invigorating graduate education and research eminence for diverse institutions, and has an established reputation world-wide, a stellar publication record, and even received major national/international awards. The question he often poses is:
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what is the brand of technical education?
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how to stimulate academic excitement and excellence to foster "at scale" impact?
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does the technical education prepare an individual for the real world?
His response to the above questions is that education is only useful if it makes a person innovative, honest, clear-minded and ambitious, with a burning desire to serve the society, through high quality professional service or leadership. He believes that success is guaranteed through persistence, hard work and self-discipline. Dr. Vincent Obade has a benign approach to life and sees his role on Earth as a fulcrum for encouraging people to excel in their endeavors.