President meets with the officials of the Ministry of Education, Indonesia
On 8 August 2007, President Irandoust met with Dr. Ir. Gatot Hari Priowirjanto, Head Bureau of Planning and International Cooperation, Ministry of National Education, to finalize discussions regarding the involvement of AIT in a new scholarship scheme launched by the Government of Indonesia. Dr. Gatot has offered to introduce and promote AIT, within this concept and framework, to Indonesian universities, and personally pay visits to universities in Surabaya and Malang in East Java. The Indonesian Ministry of Education plans to send more than 20 students to study in the joint masters program in transportation engineering which will be conducted by AIT-CI in collaboration with the Gajah Madah University (UGM).