File photo: H.E. Mr. Pinak Ranjan Chakravarty signing the AIT Charter on 25 August 2010.
The Republic of India has ratified the New Charter of the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) and submitted the Instrument of Acceptance to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Royal Thai Government. India becomes the third country after Sweden and Japan to submit the Instrument of Acceptance.
The new Charter becomes effective within six months of ratification by five signatories. The New Charter, which was signed on 25 August 2010, had witnessed 12 countries and one International organization sign the Charter that day. The Charter is open for signatories for a period of one year since its initial adoption. Subsequently Indonesia signed the
Charter on 20 January 2011.Ambassador of the Republic of India to Thailand, H.E. Mr. Pinak Ranjan Chakravarty had signed the AIT Charter on 25 August 2010.
Charter on 20 January 2011.Ambassador of the Republic of India to Thailand, H.E. Mr. Pinak Ranjan Chakravarty had signed the AIT Charter on 25 August 2010.
So far 13 countries and one international organization have signed the new AIT Charter. These include Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Japan, Nepal, Pakistan, the Philippines, Seychelles, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Timor-Leste, Thailand and UNIFEM.