Visiting AIT
Mr. Johan Sundberg (left) and Dr. Magnus Torell
On December 4, 2003, a Swedish delegation comprising of Mr. Johan Sundberg, Senior Programme Officer, Department for Natural Resources and the Environment, Sida and Dr. Magnus Torell, Consultant to Sida visited AIT.
Seen at the meeting from left: Mrs. Monowara Hussain, Program Officer, External Relations; Prof. Mario T. Tabucanon, Provost; Prof. Jean-Louis Armand, President; Mr. Johan Sundberg and Dr. Magnus Torell.
During the visit they met with Prof. Jean-Louis Armand, President and Prof. Mario T. Tabucanon, Provost. The visit was aimed at annual consultation and progress review between Sida and AIT and other administrative and academic related matters.
On December 8, 2003, Prof. Shan-Hwei Ou, Vice President and Professor of Hydraulic and Ocean Engineering of National Cheng Kung University (NCKU), Taiwan visited AIT. During his visit he met with Prof. Jean-Louis Armand, President; Prof. Mario T. Tabucanon, Provost and WEM faculty. At the meeting, it was discussed that a MOU can be formalized between NCKU and AIT. However, the collaboration should focus on a specific field. It is likely considered that the collaboration between the two institutions will be in the field of water engineering.
Above: Prof. Jean-Louis Armand (left) is seen handing a memento to Prof Shan-Hwei Ou.
Below: From left: Prof. Mario T. Tabucanon, Prof. Jean-Louis Armand and Prof. Ashim Das Gupta, WEM Coordinator.
On the same day, a delegation of 15 high ranking officials from the Examination Yuan of Taiwan led by Mr. Liang-Wen Tsai (below, third from left), Deputy Secretary General visited AIT. The Examination Yuan is responsible for the examination, employment and management of all civil service personnel of Taiwan. In light of its current policies, the Taiwanese Government is seeking overseas partners that would assist in their civil service personnel development. In this regard, it is hoped that AIT could become one of the partners.
Mr. Liang-Wen Tsai (above, third from left), Deputy Secretary General, Examination Yuan of Taiwan and Prof. Jen-Huong Wang (below, second from left), President, National University of Kaohsiung, Taiwan hands over their token of appreciation to Prof. Jean Louis Armand.
Also on the same day, a delegation of seven professors from the National University of Kaoshiung (NUK), Taiwan led by its President, Prof. Jen-Huong Wang, visited AIT. The visit was aimed to explore potential collaboration with AIT. NUK is a relatively new university and is seeking international collaboration to strengthen its academic excellence. The delegation was also joined by Professor John Wei-Shan Hu (below left), Dean, College of Business, Chung Yuan Christian University.
Prof. Mario T. Tabucanon (right) is seen listening to Prof. Jen-Huong Wang (left) and Mr. Karl Kuan Hua Lee, Executive Assistant to the Representative, Head of Cultural Division, Taipei Economic & Cultural Office, Bangkok