Prof. Sivanappan Kumar (right), Dean of SERD and Dr. Damrong
Sriparam (left), Dean of Faculty of Forestry, KU, shake hands
after signing the MoU.
AIT’s School of Environment, Resources and Development
(SERD) and the Faculty of Forestry of Thailand’s
Kasetsart University (KU) on 18 June 2008 signed a Memorandum of
Understanding (MoU) for the establishment of a three-year multifaceted
academic cooperation agreement.
The scope of academic
exchange and collaboration covered under the MoU includes exchange of
academic staff; exchange of graduate and/or undergraduate students;
joint research activities and publications; participation in seminars
and academic meetings; exchange of academic materials and other
information; and a double degree academic program.
The MoU was signed by Prof. Sivanappan Kumar, Dean of SERD and
Dr. Damrong Sriparam, Dean of Faculty of Forestry, KU, at the Pulp and
Paper Field of Study building on the campus of AIT.
From
left:Dr.
Uthaiwan Sangwanit, Faculty of KU; Dr.Esa Lehtinen of SERD/PPT; Dr.
Esa Viljakainen, PPT FoS Coordinator; Dr. Damrong Sriparam, Dean of
Faculty of Forestry, KU; Prof. Sivanappan Kumar, Dean of SERD; Dr.
Sawitree Pisuttipiched, Faculty of KU; Dr. Pratuang Puthson,
Faculty of KU; and Dr. Pritam K. Shrestha, Head of ERCO.