Visiting AIT
On December 01, 2003, Mr. Sharad Shaha, Vice-Chairman, National Commission/Information Technology, Nepal and Mr. Shambhu Malla of the Asia Strategy Forum visited AIT.
Standing from left: Dr. Chirapaisarnkul Charoon, Prof. Ram M. Shrestha, Mr. Sharad Shaha, Mr. Shambhu Malla and Mr. Karma Rana.
During the visit they met with Prof. Mario T. Tabucanon, Provost; Prof. Huynh Ngoc Phien, Dean SAT; Prof. Ram M. Shrestha, Prof., Energy FoS, SERD; Assoc. Prof. Peter F. Haddawy, Assoc. Prof., CSIM, SAT; Dr. Chirapaisarnkul Charoon, IT, AIT Extension; Mr. Karma Rana, Institute Secretary; Mr. Bhoj Raj Khannal, SU President; Ms. Hnin Aye Lwin and Ms. Naina Shakya, Promotions Program Associates .
During the meeting, Mr. Shaha disclosed that one of the primary tasks of the newly created IT Commission of Nepal was to set up an IT Master Plan for Nepal. He. expressed that AIT's input will be sort in the preparation of the Plan hence, AIT would be invited to comment on the outline of the overall Plan.
Seated from left: Dr. Chirapaisarnkul Charoon, Dr. Peter Haddawy, Mr. Sharad Shaha and Prof. Ram M. Shrestha.
Prof. Ram M. Shrestha and Dr. Peter F. Haddaway briefed Mr. Shaha about the proposal submitted earlier by AIT to the Ministry of Science and Technology of Nepal for collaboration in specific areas, namely, Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), Biotechnology and Renewable Energy and Energy Efficient Technologies. After the briefing, Mr. Shaha and Mr. Malla took a brief tour of the AIT Campus.