Rob Adam

**Robert Martin Adam** (an haife shi a ranar 13 ga Satumba 1955) shi ne darektan gidan rediyo na Square Kilometre Array (SKA) a Afirka ta Kudu. Ya kasance babban jami'in zartarwa na Kamfanin Makamashi na Nukiliya na Afirka ta Kudu (NECSA).  kuma Darakta Janar na Ma'aikatar Kimiyya da Fasaha ta Afirka ta Kudu. Ya yi aiki a matsayin mai ba da shawara ga gwamnatocin Namibia da Chile, kuma memba ne na Royal Society na Afirka ta Kudu . 

## Rayuwa ta farko
Mahaifin Adam, James, masanin ƙarfe ne, kuma ya girma a garuruwan hakar ma'adinai. Ya kammala makaranta a Bishops, makarantar masu zaman kansu a Cape Town .

## Nazarin
Adam ya sami digiri na BSc (Hons) tare da bambanci a cikin ilmin sunadarai da lambar yabo ta Percy Gordon Memorial don ɗaliban girmamawa daga Jami'ar Cape Town a shekarar 1978. A shekara ta 1980, bayan shekaru biyu yana aiki a fasahar Fiber carbon a Ingila, ya koma Afirka ta Kudu kuma Majalisar Afirka ta Kudu ta Ilimi ta Sama ta yi masa aiki. Ayyukansa shine haɓaka darussan ilmantarwa na nesa a kimiyyar jiki da lissafi a Turanci ga mutanen da yarensu na farko ba Turanci ba ne.

A cikin 1981, an daure Adam na tsawon shekaru 10 saboda ayyukan da aka yi a madadin Majalisar Dinkin Duniya ta Afirka (ANC). Yayinda yake yin hukuncinsa, ya sami digiri na BSc (Hons) da MSc a fannin kimiyyar lissafi, duka biyu tare da bambanci, ta hanyar Jami'ar Afirka ta Kudu (UNISA). Ya sami tallafin karatu na kasa na UNISA wanda aka baiwa manyan ɗaliban masters a wannan jami'a, don yin PhD a fannin kimiyyar nukiliya. An sake shi daga kurkuku a 1990 kuma jim kadan bayan haka ya sami digiri na PhD daga UNISA . Bayan ɗan gajeren lokaci na aiki tare da Farfesa Harry Fiedeldy, mai kula da Ph.D., an ba shi kyautar post-doctoral ta Jami'ar Vrije (Amsterdam). Ya dawo a 1993 don ɗaukar matsayi a Sashen Physics a Jami'ar Natal . 

## Ayyukan adawa da wariyar launin fata
A shekara ta 1979, yayin da yake Landan bayan karatunsa na farko, Adam ya zama memba na Majalisar Dinkin Duniya ta Afirka (ANC), sannan gwamnatin wariyar launin fata ta haramta shi. Bayan ya shiga ANC ya koma kasar: "Abin da ANC ta yi mini shi ne ya ba ni hanyar komawa gida, a hanyar da na ga abin karɓa".

A ranar 22 ga Satumba 1981 an kama Adam da Mandla Elliot Themba na Soweto, wani dan kungiyar ANC, saboda kasancewarsu memba na ANC da kuma shiga cikin aikin karkashin kasa na kungiyar. A lokacin shari'ar an wakilta su da sanannen mai ba da shawara kan haƙƙin ɗan adam, George Bizos, wanda kuma ya wakilci Nelson Mandela da sauran masu gwagwarmayar siyasa da yawa. Mahaifin Adam ya ba da shaida a cikin rage hukuncin cewa Adam ya fahimci mugunta na tsarin fili yayin da iyalin ke zaune a wani ma'adinai a Namibia, kuma cewa "tsarin damuwa da tausayi ya kai shi ga jajircewarsa na ANC. "  A ranar 1 ga Yuni 1982 an yanke wa Adam hukuncin shekaru 10 a kurkuku, kuma Themba zuwa shekaru biyar.

The *Mail & Guardian* ya taƙaita kwarewar Adam a kurkuku kamar haka: 

: "Watanni takwas a tsare shi kaɗai, inda kuka girma don rasa masu tambayoyinku saboda aƙalla suna ba da ɗan motsawa; shekara guda tare da masu laifi, waɗanda suka same shi ɗan sabon abu; wani lokaci don sanin Italiyanci game da ƙungiyar fascist ta dama, kuma a kurkuku; kuma, a ƙarshe, shekaru tare da ƙaramin rukuni na siyasa, tare da su ya tsara shirye-shiryen yadda za su gudanar da ƙasar lokacin da suka zo mulki - gami da irin ɓangaren kimiyya da fasaha Afirka ta Kudu za su kasance. "

Yayinda yake a Kurkukun Tsakiya na Pretoria, Adam ya ci gaba da karatu kuma daga baya ya sami digiri na biyu a fannin kimiyyar nukiliya. An saki Adam a ranar 9 ga Fabrairu 1990, tare da wasu fursunonin siyasa da yawa a matsayin wani ɓangare na matakai zuwa ga dimokuradiyya ta Afirka ta Kudu.

## Ayyuka a cikin gwamnati
A cikin 1995 an nada Adam a matsayin babban darektan a tsohon Ma'aikatar Fasaha, Al'adu, Kimiyya da Fasaha (DACST). A shekara ta 1996 an kara shi zuwa mukamin Mataimakin Darakta Janar na kimiyya da fasaha. 

A cikin 1999 Adam ya zama Darakta Janar na DACST, a ƙarƙashin Ministan Ben Ngubane .  A shekara ta 2002 an raba wannan sashen zuwa kashi biyu, Sashen Fasaha da Al'adu da Sashen Kimiyya da Fasaha (DST). Ya ci gaba a matsayin Darakta Janar na DST,  a ƙarshen lokacin a ƙarƙashin Ministan Mosibudi Mangena . Ya rike wannan mukamin har zuwa shekara ta 2006, lokacin da ya hau matsayin Shugaba na Kamfanin Makamashi na Nukiliya na Afirka ta Kudu.

Yayinda yake cikin gwamnati Adam yana da alhakin ayyukan tuki kamar rubuce-rubucen Green da White Papers akan kimiyya da fasaha; Takardar Matsayi a kan Information Society; da dokoki daban-daban ciki har da Dokar Gidauniyar Bincike ta Kasa, Dokar Ba da Shawara ta Kasa kan Innovation, Dokar Shari'a da Dokar Litattafan Kasa da kuma tsarin haɗin gwiwar fasaha na kasa da yawa. Ya gudanar da Binciken *Bincike da Fasaha*; Bincike na Bincike tare da Fasaha Foresight; sake dubawa na 12 kimiyya, injiniya da cibiyoyin fasaha; sake fasalin gidajen tarihi da cibiyoyi na al'adu; rarraba kasafin kuɗi ga majalisun kimiyya; bincike kan mujallu na kimiyya na Afirka ta Kudu; da yarjejeniyar kimiyya da fasaha tare da kasashe sama da 22.

Adam ya yi aiki zuwa Afirka ta Kudu ana ba shi kwangilar don gina da gudanar da Square Kilometre Array (SKA) Telescope .  Kwanan nan aka ba Afirka ta Kudu kyautar zaki na wannan aikin a gasar da Ostiraliya. SKA na'urar daukar hoto ce ta rediyo kuma dole ne ta kasance a cikin wani yanki inda akwai ɗan ƙaramin mutum da ya yi tsangwama ta rediyo. Shafin da aka zaba a Afirka ta Kudu yana cikin Karoo, arewa maso yammacin Carnarvon .

## Ayyuka a cikin kamfanoni masu zaman kansu
An nada Adam a matsayin Shugaba na Kamfanin Makamashi na Nukiliya na Afirka ta Kudu (NECSA) a shekara ta 2006. Tana da mahallinta a Pelindaba a wajen Pretoria kuma an kafa ta da doka don zama babbar kungiyar bincike da ci gaba ta Afirka ta Kudu a fagen fasahar nukiliya, da kuma aiwatar da wasu ayyuka kan batutuwan nukiliya a madadin gwamnatin Afirka ta Kudu. Yana aiki da Safari Research Reactor . 

Daga 2012 zuwa 2014 ya kasance Babban Jami'in Kungiyar: Nukiliya a Kungiyar Aveng . 

## SKA
An nada Adam a matsayin darektan da aka zaba daga 1 ga Afrilu zuwa 31 ga Disamba 2015, kuma bayan haka a matsayin darekta na tsawon shekaru biyar na SKA Afirka ta Kudu, ya maye gurbin Bernie Fanaroff a ƙarshen 2015.

## Iyali da rayuwar mutum
Adam ya auri Liz Gavin kuma yana da 'ya'ya biyu. Shi babban dan Sir James Rose-Innes ne,  Babban Alkalin Tarayyar Afirka ta Kudu. 

## Bayanan da aka ambata