On 10 October 2007, AIT President Said Irandoust met with former AIT Extension, Program Director, Professor K. Harigopal, who is currently President of K P R Educational Society, which is a non-profit organization registered with the government of Andhra Pradesh in India. Professor Harigopal has proposed various ideas for collaboration as highlighted below:
- Two-stage master’s program between AIT and new Indian partners. (Professor Harigopal will work on a concrete proposal on this.)
- Exploring possibilities for AIT partnership with the public and private sector in India, and establishment of an AIT Center in India.
- Ways in which AIT could attract senior faculty, both AIT and non-AIT, and host them at AIT.
- Professor Harigopal possesses plenty of experience in the fields of conflict management and management of change, and has offered to give seminars at AIT for faculty, staff and students, during his future visits to the Institute.