Dr. Béréziat who was accompanied by Dr. Isabelle Limon-Boulez,
Researcher in Natural Sciences at UPMC, revealed that their University
has the largest number of doctoral students in science in France. UPMC
has created 15 International Master’s and three international
bachelor’s programs so far. The mobility offerings are currently
targeted towards European and North American markets and UPMC is
seeking to diversity towards South and South East Asia. UPMC is
particularly keen on to explore partnerships in the field of medical
imaging and medical robotics.
Prof. Sudip K. Rakshit, Vice President (Research) remarked that AIT
has a very active mechatronics field of study, and added that UPMC and
AIT can synergize their energies in the field of medical engineering.
He stated that AIT is already working with many European institutions
and encouraging mobility among faculty, students and staff. He also
thanked French Cooperation for its association with AIT and highlighted
the field of Sustainable Development in the context of Climate Change
(SDCC) as one such endeavor.
The delegation from France also included Mr. Maurice Siveton,
Counselor for Regional Cooperation in South East Asia of the Embassy of
France in Bangkok; and Ms. Cécile Faraud, Assistant to the CouSelor.
The delegation later met representatives from Environmental Engineering
and Management (EEM) field of study of the School of Environment,
Resources and Development (SERD); Computer Science (CS) and Information
Management (IM) from School of Engineering and Technology (SET);
InterLAB, apart from representatives from Thammasat University.
The AIT team also included Dr. Pritam K. Shrestha, Head, External
Relations and Communications Office (ERCO) and Mr. Olivier Drean,
Coordinator, French Cooperation.