The Minister made these observations during a visit to AIT on 11
November 2010. The minister stated that it was a great honor to be a
founding member of AIT and wanted the engagement levels with AIT to
scaled up. H.E. Mr. Afridi was welcomed by Prof. Sudip Kumar Rakshit,
Vice President – Research, who elaborated on the partnership between
Pakistan and AIT and highlighted AIT’s expertise in the field of
environment.
The Minister was accompanied by H.E. Mr. Sohail Mahmood, Ambassador of
Pakistan to Thailand; and Mr. Syed Zafar Ali Shah, Commercial
Counselor, Embassy of Pakistan, Thailand. Apart from Prof. Rakshit, AIT
was represented by Dr. Mokbul Morshed Ahmad, Associate Dean, School of
Environment, Resources and Development (SERD); Dr. Zakir Hossain and
Dr. Albert Salamanca from AIT Extension; Dr. Jai Govind Singh from
Energy Field of Study in SERD; Prof. Nazrul Islam of School of
Management (SOM); Dr. Oleg Shipin, Coordinator of Environmental
Engineering and Management (EEM) program at SERD; Dr. Pritam Krishna
Shrestha, Head, External Relations and Communications Office (ERCO);
and Ms. Sumana Shrestha, Program Officer, ERCO.
