From left: Dr. Xiaoyong Chen, faculty member of SAT; Prof. Vilas Wuwongse, VP External Relations; Prof. Said Irandoust, AIT President; Liu Baoli, Deputy Director General, Dept. of International Cooperation and Exchanges, Ministry of Education and Ai Hongge, Interpreter of MOE.
Prof. Irandoust and delegation visit PRC
Prof. Said Irandoust, AIT President and an AIT promotional delegation visited the People's Republic of China on 27-28 September 2005 to meet high level officials in ministries, universities and other organizations. The visit aims to develop new partners and maintain continuous partnerships with AIT as well as to recruit students for the January 2006 intake.
Prof. Irandoust led the delegation comprised of Prof. Vilas Wuwongse, Vice President-External Relations; Dr. Xiaoyong Chen, faculty member of SAT; and Mr. Sanjeev Jayasinghe, Director of Promotions in visiting Beijing
The delegation met with the H.E. Prof Xu Guanhua, Minister of Science and Technology, PRC. The delegation also met with the following high ranking officials: Deputy Director General of International Cooperation Division, Ministry of Education; Vice-President of Chinese Academic of Surveying and Mapping, Mr. Jiang Bo, Secretary General, China Education Association for International Exchange; Mr. Wang Quian, Director General of State Bureau of Surveying and Mapping; and Prof. Cao Qingyang, President of Peking University Resource College. The delegation also met Prof. Dr. Billiang Hu, President of AIT Alumni Chapter of China and other alumni who affirmed their support to AIT in any promotional efforts or other assistance that AIT may require.
The visit led to the establishments of new partnerships that AIT was able to during the 2-day visit. As a result of the visit, programs like master's degree, doctoral degree as well as short-term training with organizations will commence in 2006 onwards. In addition, the number of Chinese Government seconded faculty members will also increase in due course. A significant number of joint research programs as well as exchange programs will be developed as part of the agreements with organizations which will be signed in the near future.
From left: Zhang Yonghong, Fei Xuhui, Mr. Sanjeev Jayasinghe, Zhao Jicheng, Zhang Shuangzhan, President Irandoust, Prof. Vilas Wuwongse and Dr. Xiayong Chen.
From left: Pan Jun, Chen, Simon Wan, President Irandoust, Hu Bilang and Prof. Vilas Wuwongse.
From left: Prof. Vilas Wuwongse, Cao Gouqing, President Irandoust, Mr. Sanjeev Jayasinghe and Dr. Xiayong Chen.
From left: Zhou Nanzhao, Mr. Sanjeev Jayasinghe, Prof. Vilas Wuwongse, Cao Gouqing,
President Irandoust, Zheng Tong, Qo Hao, Interpreter of PURC and Dr. Xiayong Chen.