CIU Faculty of Business and Technology Has New Dean

The Faculty of Business and Technology of Caucasus International University has a new dean. Professor Ketevan Nanobashvili, Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences, was appointed to the mentioned position.

“The development of information technology has made the world change rapidly. The labor market has expanded both within the country and abroad. The entire educational system faced challenges. Therefore, being the dean of the Faculty of Business and Technology today means constantly nurturing and caring about how to meet challenges and what type of educational programs and activities to offer students.

The main challenge for me is to fulfill the trust that Caucasus International University, an institution with rich traditions and history, has shown towards me. The main plan and goal is to take care of those students who have connected the precious years of their life, which is called student life, with our university. The faculty will offer them continuous development-oriented educational programs with enhanced practical components, innovative and research-based teaching methods, after which they will easily adapt to the real world both in the local and international labor market.

Special emphasis will be placed on targeted research and internationalization of teaching”, - states Ketevan Nanobashvili.

Please note that Ketevan Nanobashvili has more than 20 years of experience in the field of higher education. She held academic and administrative positions in various universities:

From 2003 – Docent and later Associate Professor at Georgian Technical University;

From 2007 – Professor of Telavi State University, Faculty of Exact and Natural Sciences, Department of Informatics and Deputy Chair of the Dissertation Council of the Pedagogical Faculty;

From 2012 - Dean of the School of Engineering at Open University;

From 2013 - Head of the Quality Management Service of the new higher education institution;

From 2014 - Dean of the School of Business and Technology of Davit Agmashenebeli University of Georgia;

From 2022 - Head of the Quality Assurance Service of International Black Sea University;

From 2022 – Professor at Caucasus International University Faculty of Business and Technology;

From 2024 – Dean of Faculty of Business and Technology at Caucasus International University.

Ketevan Nanobashvili is:

From 2014 - Member of the Academy of Business Sciences of Georgia;

From 2016 - Member of the International Academy of Education Informatization Sciences;

From 2020 - Member of the Information and Communication Technologies Branch Council; From 2024 - Member of the Accreditation Council of Higher Education Programs;

Within the framework of Erasmus + International Credit Mobility (ICM) in Braganza (Portugal) – participant in discussion of issues related to “Double diploma projects and capacity building in general” (2023);

Author of 71 scientific works; participant of 46 international and local conferences; Author of 14 textbooks in the direction of information technologies.

Under her supervision, 14 candidate and doctoral theses were defended.

Ketevan Nanobashvili has a husband and 2 children.