Rector of the CAIU

Azhidinov Akmaldin Sapardinovich — Candidate of Technical Sciences, Professor, Rector of the Central Asian Innovation University. He was born on September 3, 1963, in Dzhetysai, South Kazakhstan region. In 1980, he graduated with a gold medal from School No. 1 named after Gagarin in the Mirzachul district of the Jizzakh region, Republic of Uzbekistan. In the same year, he entered the Tashkent Polytechnic Institute, majoring in Industrial and Civil Engineering, and graduated in 1985 as a civil engineer.

From 1985 to 1987, he worked as an engineer at the Tashkent Zonal Research Institute of Model and Experimental Design. In 1987, he entered full-time postgraduate studies and completed research at the Research Institute of Concrete and Reinforced Concrete in Moscow, where he defended his PhD thesis in 1991.

From 1990 to 2000, he held positions as researcher and scientific secretary at the same institute. Since 2001, he has worked in higher education institutions of Kazakhstan, serving as associate professor, dean, and vice-rector at the International Kazakh-Arab University, and later as vice-rector and rector at “Miras”, M. Saparbayev South Kazakhstan Humanitarian Institute, SILK WAY International University, and the International Humanitarian and Technical University.

Since February 2021, he has been the Rector of the Central Asian Innovation University.