The Minister was accompanied by Mr. Sangay Dorjee, Director of
Department of Occupational Standards, and Mr.Kuenzang Dechen,
Counsellor of Embassy of Bhutan to Thailand.
Welcoming the minister, Prof. Joydeep Dutta, Vice President for
Academic Affairs, briefed him on AIT as well as its activities and
initiatives. The visit to AIT was facilitated by Mr. Gyanendra R.
Sthapit, Coordinator of the Habitech Center, who was in Bhutan recently
to exhibit Habitech Building Technology in the "Bhutan Construction
Expo 2010". During the exposition, Mr. Sthapi also met Deputy Prime
Minister and Minister of Works and Human Settlement of Bhutan, H.E.
Yeshey Jimba.
Mr. Sthapit and Mr. Karma Rana, Institute Secretary also joined the
discussions. The Minister and delegation also met Prof. Sivanappan
Kumar, Coordinator, Energy field of study at AIT’s School of
Environment, Resources and Development (SERD; Dr. Anil Kumar Anal of
SERD and Dr. Fazle Karim,Head, Information Technology and Engineering
at AIT Extension.
Mr. Karma Rana, Mr. Kuenzang Dechen,
Mr. Gyanendra R. Sthapit, H.E. Mr. Dorji Wangd, Prof. Joydeep Dutta,
and Mr. Sangay Dorjee at AIT's Center of Excellence in
Nanotechnology.