The Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) is one of the two foreign institutes listed by the Government of India in its latest listing of technical institutions supported by the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD). Further, it is the only institute outside of India that is listed under the Government’s Externally Aided Projects/International Collaboration(EAPIC) program.
Describing AIT as an “autonomous International postgraduate Institute which provides advanced education in engineering, science and allied fields,” the MHRD states that AIT is an autonomous institute with management being entrusted to an International Board of Trustees. It adds that India’s Ambassador in Bangkok is a member of the Board of
Trustees of AIT. MHRD also provides support to AIT by way of secondment of Indian Faculty for a period of 16 weeks in selected areas of specialization.AIT and Colombo Plan Staff College for Technician Education (CPSC), Manila, Philippines, are the only international institutes listed in the MHRD website.Besides 82 technical institutions including Indian Institute of Technology (IITs) and Indian Institute of Management (IIMs), MHRD also supports 10 other institutes known as Central Institutes. AIT and CPSC are listed in the list of 10 institutes. AIT also figures in the Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme (TEQIP) program being one of the six institutes supported by the Government of India.
Trustees of AIT. MHRD also provides support to AIT by way of secondment of Indian Faculty for a period of 16 weeks in selected areas of specialization.AIT and Colombo Plan Staff College for Technician Education (CPSC), Manila, Philippines, are the only international institutes listed in the MHRD website.Besides 82 technical institutions including Indian Institute of Technology (IITs) and Indian Institute of Management (IIMs), MHRD also supports 10 other institutes known as Central Institutes. AIT and CPSC are listed in the list of 10 institutes. AIT also figures in the Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme (TEQIP) program being one of the six institutes supported by the Government of India.
Three separate entries of the MHRD website (updated on 30 September 2014 and 1 October 2014) can be found at these links:
http://mhrd.gov.in/technical-education-7
http://mhrd.gov.in/eapic
http://mhrd.gov.in/eapic_overview