authorized AIT membership at its meeting on 22 May 2015. As the
representative body for all universities of India, the AIU plays the
important role of evaluating foreign degrees and granting
recognition.
AIT’s graduates will now be treated with equivalence to all graduates
from Indian universities. AIT will also be invited to participate in
the annual vice chancellors’ conference or even to play host to the
meeting at its campus in Thailand.
“This means all AIT graduates are to be treated at par with graduates
from prestigious Indian universities like Indian Institutes of
Technology,” said AIT’s Prof. Nitin Tripathi, who liaised with the AIU
and made the case for AIT’s acceptance.
The request for AIU to recognize AIT'S degrees came in March this year
when Prof. Tripathi and AIT President Worsak Kanok-Nukulchai met with
the Vice Chancellor of Sam Higginbottom Institute of Agriculture,
Technology and Sciences (SHIATS), Dr. Rajendra B. Lal, and Prof. Dr. M.
Imtiyaz (WRE '76), during the convocation in which President Worsak
received the award of Honorary (Honoris Causa) Doctor of Science
(D.Sc.). Dr. Lal is a past president of AIU.
“As president of AIT, I will now be invited to all meetings of the
Governing Council of the AIU. I hope this can lead to many new
collaborations and especially more students from India, currently the
biggest market for high-end international students,” President Worsak
said.
Membership will also provide evidence of degree equivalence to
employers in other South Asian countries, which will help AIT students
with more job opportunities, the president added.
