Mukhtar Atiku Kurawa farfesa ne a fannin ilimin Inorganic Chemistry, masanin ilmin, mai gudanarwa, kuma tsohon Rector watau shugaban makarantar Kwalejin Kimiyya da Fasaha ta Jihar Kano, Shine shugaban Jami’ar Yusuf Maitama Sule, Kano watau Vice-chancellor. An haifi Mukhtar a ranar 28 ga watan Agusta, 1970, a unguwar Kurawa, da ke cikin ƙaramar hukumar Kano, ta jihar Kano. Ya sami PhD a Kimiyyar Inorganic Chemistry a Jami'ar Bristol, United Kingdom U. K a 2005. Kurawa ya koyar a tsangayar Kimiyya ta Jami'ar Bayero ta Kano, sashen ilmin sunadarai har zuwa lokacin da ya zama Farfesan ilimin Kimiyyar Inorganic Chemistry, a shekarar 2015. https://dailytrust.com/prof-kurawa-assumes-duty-as-new-vc-of-yumsuk.