The students, who are from the School of Rural Management of KIIT,
went through a program comprising of studies and coursework at AIT,
combined with field work at Saraburi province in Thailand. AIT enrolls
KIIT students as special students during the inter-semester period and
offers them a certificate in Rural Management, which is counted towards
credits in KIIT’s MBA in rural management. The students had arrived at
AIT in the beginning of June, where they were welcomed by Prof. Joydeep
Dutta, Vice President for Academic Affairs.
Led by Prof. Gopal Bahadur Thapa; Prof. Jayant Kumar Routray; and Dr.
Soparth Pongquan of Regional and Rural Development Planning (RRDP)
field of study at AIT’s SERD, the program is now running into its
second year. The program follows a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) signed
in June 2010 by Dr. Achuta Samanta, Chancellor of KIIT and Prof. Said
Irandoust, President, AIT.
As a part of the field work for students, rural development projects
in Saraburi province were identified with the help of the Chief of
Community Development Department of Saraburi. Students analyzed 12
rural development programs, almost of which are a reflection of the
concept of village sufficiency economy as conceptualized by His
Majesty, the King of Thailand.
