CURRICULUM VITAE

PERSONAL DETAILS:

Name:                              Belta Makato Kole

Date of Birth:                  23th December 1958

Marital Status:                  Single

Home Distict:                   Machakos District

Location:                          Kyaume

Educational Background

1997                             M.A in Geographical Information for Development, Durham, U.K

1988                            Diploma in Cartography from International Institute for Aerospace Survey and Earth Science (ITC) Enscede, The Netherlands.

1980-81:                     Grades 1, 11, and 111 certificates in Cartography, Survey of Kenya, Nairobi

1973-76:                     Misyani Secondary School, Machakos, Kenya

Professional Qualifications

1997:               Degree of Masters of Arts in Geographical Information for Development.

1988:               Diploma in Cartography from I.T.C. in the Netherlands.

1983:               Grade 1- Survey of Kenya - Occupational Test in Cartography.

1982:               Grade 11- Survey of Kenya - Occupational Test in Cartography.

1981:               Grade 111-Survey of Kenya - Occupational Test in Cartography.

Working Experience

1996 to date           Acting Senior technician

1989 to 1995:        Technician, Department of Geography, Kenyatta University.

1982-1989:           Junior Technician, Department of Geography,  Kenyatta University.

1980-1982:           Cartographer Grade 111- Survey of Kenya.

Current Duties/Responsibilities

      1.  Teach cartography to first and second year students

2 Demonstrate to both undergraduate and postgraduate  in cartography and Aerial photo- interpretation and Remote sensing

      3.  Offer consultancy in cartography as well as design and draw maps for journal  

           publication,  seminar and conference presentation and for teaching purposes.

       4  Duplicate hand-out for students.

       5.  Involved in the departmental seminar held in Thika in March 2003 on the      

            harmonization of the curriculum i.e. the quantitative techniques especially in GIS, 

            Cartography and Remote Sensing.

        6.  In- charge of the computer laboratory

        7.  Developing a joint proposal between K-Karto Sweden and Kenyatta University,

             Geography  Department

        8.  Social welfare Committee

Workshop/Seminars/Conferences Attended.

1. August 2003        Durban ,South Africa. Paper Presented: Constraints Encountered in

                                 the Teaching of Cartography in Public Universities: a case study of

Kenyatta University

2. December 2002    Nairobi Kenya. Conference on "Sustainable Water Development"

3. July 2000              Berlin, Germany.  International Conference in "Urban 21"

4. July 2000               Exchange Linkage between Kenyatta University and Trier University,

Germany

5. October 1997         Department of Geography, Kenyatta .Paper presented: Mapping from

                                  Remote Sensing in Sedgefield District, The U.K., an information-

                                  rich environment: What can be learned for low-income economies?

6.  January 1998        Kenya Institute of Surveying and Mapping, Nairobi, Kenya. A seminar 

                                   on Survey New Technology 

7. September 1996     Harare, Zimbwabwe. Refresher course on Natural Resources and

                                    Environmental Conversation  Management in Zimbabwe

8. March 1992           Nairobi,  Kenya . Workshop on application of Geographic Information            

                                   Systems in Kenya.