Visiting AIT
AIT President, Prof. Jean-Louis Armand (right) welcomes Mr. You Shaozhong
On February 27, 2004, Mr. You Shaozhong, accompanied by Ms. Feng Junying, Secretary-General and Deputy Director respectively of, China Education Association for International Exchange (CEAIE), Dr. Shi Buzhou, Vice President, Jiangsu Teachers University of Technology, Mr. Xiaonan Yu, Deputy Director, Jiangsu Provincial Department of Exchange and Ms. Jacquelin Xu, Director/CEO Thai-Chinese Education Center, Beijing Office visited AIT.
The Chinese delegation requested the Department of Export Promotion (DEP) to channel them in their visit to AIT as part of their itinerary because they were attending the Thailand Education Exhibition held last February 27 - 29, 2004 at the Queen Sirikit National Convention Center.
During the visit, the delegation met with Prof. Jean-Louis Armand, AIT President; Prof. Mario T. Tabucanon, Provost and was briefed about AIT, its mission, objective, and how AIT serves the needs of the region. The CEAIE is a national organization, and is attached to the Ministry of Education.
They were interested in discussing ways of how AIT can cooperate with CEAIE to conduct short term training programs designed for Senior Administrators of Chinese Universities under the Leadership Training Program. Mr. Shaozhong also invited AIT to participate at the 5th International Education Fair, Beijing, during the later part of this year.
From left: Dr. Shi Buzhou, Mr. Xiaonan Yu, Ms. Jacquelin Xu, Ms. Feng Junying and Mr. You Shaozhong
AIT team, comprising of Mr. Tenzin Rabgyal (third from left), Mr. Sanjeev Jayasinghe, Prof. Mario T. Tabucanon, Prof. Huynh Ngoc Phien, Prof. Jean-Louis Armand and Dr. Xiaoyong Chen are seen discussing with the delegation.
Earlier on the same day, Prof. Dr. A.K.M. Azharul Islam (below left), Vice Chancellor of International Islamic University Chittagong (IIUC) of Bangladesh visited AIT.
During his visit he met with, above from left, Dr. Kazi M. Ahmed, Associate Professor, Telecommunications FoS, SAT; Prof. Mario T. Tabucanon, Provost; Prof. Jean-Louis Armand, AIT President and Mr. Kyaw Soe Hlaing, Alumni Relations Officer.
He also met with Prof. Huynh Ngoc Phien, Dean SAT and Dr. Nazrul Islam, Acting Dean SOM. The visit is aimed to explore and discuss collaboration between AIT and IIUC. The possibility of sending qualified students/young staff members of IIUC to AIT for Master's and Doctoral Degree Programs at SAT and SOM and possibility of exploring 12 Credits AIT Fellowships for qualified candidates were discussed. It was suggested that further discussions be made for potential MoU between AIT and IIUC.