Dr. Bandar Al-Khayyal has been the general manager of programs accreditation at the Saudi National Center for Academic Accreditation and Assessment (NCAAA) since January.
In 2010, Al-Khayyal gained a bachelor’s degree in computer science and two years later a master’s degree in industrial management, both from the Eastern Michigan University, in the US city of Ypsilanti.
He then went on to obtain a master’s degree in industrial engineering from New Mexico State University, in Las Cruces, and in 2013 a Ph.D. in the same subject from Northeastern University in Massachusetts.
From 2010 to 2011, he presided over the Saudi student union in Detroit where he partnered with the Saudi Cultural Mission in Washington, DC to help resolve issues on behalf of students. He also worked as a teaching assistant in Northeastern University’s department of mechanical and industrial engineering, assisting in the design and construction of courses and tests.
For six months from March 2017, Al-Khayyal acted as a consultant at the Tatweer Buildings Co., a business wholly owned by the Saudi Public Investment Fund, before moving to Prince Sultan University as an assistant professor in the department of production and manufacture. He founded the Riyadh-based university’s engineering management master’s degree program and in 2019 became its director.
Al-Khayyal joined the NCAAA last year as a job-sharing consultant and was the center’s director of engineering and computer sciences accreditation prior to taking on his new role.
Who’s Who: Dr. Bandar Al-Khayyal manager at the Saudi National Center for Academic Accreditation and Assessment
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Who’s Who: Dr. Bandar Al-Khayyal manager at the Saudi National Center for Academic Accreditation and Assessment
Saudi Arabia welcomes ceasefire agreement between Syrian Democratic Forces and Syria state
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia has welcomed an agreement between the Syrian state and Syrian Democratic Forces.
In a foreign ministry statement early on Monday, the Kingdom said it had welcomed an deal between Damascus and Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces that was announced by the Syrian government on Sunday.
The agreement entails merging all SDF forces into the defense and interior ministries and means that Kurdish forces will redeploy to east of the Euphrates river.
The 14-point deal would also see the immediate administrative and military handover of Deir Ezzor and Raqqa governorates.
The Syrian state would regain control of all border crossings, oil fields, and gas fields in the region, with protection secured by regular forces to ensure the return of resources to the Syrian government, while considering the special case of Kurdish areas, the state news agency SANA reported.
The ceasefire comes after intense fighting between the SDF and government troops in Aleppo. But SDF troops have now pulled back from there and the Syrian army now controls most areas east of Aleppo.
The Saudi foreign ministry statement also thanked the US for the agreement. Washington is believed to have supported brokering the ceasefire between allies SDF and the Syrian government, who they have also backed diplomatically since the fall of long-time dictator Bashar Assad.
The Syrian state announced on Friday a raft of new directives to recognize Syrian Kurds, including making their language official and bolstering other rights for the minority group.
