Following the establishment of four Director positions under the Office
of the Vice President for Academic Affairs to oversee new highly
promising initiatives, AIT President Said Irandoust has
formalized the appointments of Professor Vilas M Salokhe,
Professor in School of Environment, Resources and Development’s
Agricultural Systems and Engineering Field of Study, as Director for
Unified Programs at AIT, and Dr. Nitin Afzulpurkar, School of
Engineering and Technology (SET) Associate Dean and Associate Professor
in SET-Mechatronics / Microelectronics, as Director for Undergraduate
Programs at AIT. Their initial appointment period is from 1 September
2008 to 30 June 2009. Professor Salokhe and Dr Afzulpurkar shall
serve as the contact persons and in-charge of related coordination both
within AIT and with partner universities, as well as support the
development of their respective initiative areas in collaboration with
our field of study coordinators.
The AIT President also appointed Professor Ajit P Annachhatre,
Professor in SERD-Environmental Engineering and Management (EEM), as
Director of the AIT-United Nations Office at AIT for the initial period
from 1 September 2008 to 30 June 2009. Professor Ajit, who shall
report directly with the Vice President for Development & Resources
under this appointment, shall coordinate and oversee UN-related
activities and initiatives at AIT, serve as the contact person and
in-charge of related coordination both within AIT and with UN agencies,
as well as support the development of new UN-related activities and
initiatives in collaboration with our field of study coordinators.