Bangkok--28 Oct--AIT
Centre de Coop?ration Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le D?veloppement (CIRAD) President Managing Director Dr. Michel Eddi has complimented the two-decade-old partnership with the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) stating the ‘partnership platforms’ are very important for CIRAD.
In his maiden visit to AIT after assuming CIRAD’s top position early this year, Dr. Eddi stated that they had chosen to partner with AIT 20 years ago, and they would continue with this partnership. CIRAD seeks more ambitious agreements with AIT, and desires more visibility for the organization, he added.
Visiting AIT on 17 October 2013 along with Dr. Jean-Charles Maillard, Regional Director for Continental Southeast Asia, and Dr. Philippe Girard, CIRAD Representative in Thailand, Dr. Eddi also sought to know more about AIT’s future plans.
Welcoming the delegation, AIT’s Interim President, Prof. Worsak Kanok-Nukulchai expressed AIT’s gratitude at CIRAD’s support adding that CIRAD’s seconded faculty has made an immense contribution to AIT. The Interim President also informed the delegation about AIT’s governance structure.
The delegation elaborated on CIRAD’s GREASE (Gestion des Risques Emergents en Asie du Sud-Est) platform, which is a network to manage emerging epidemiological risks in Southeast Asia. This network encompasses human medicine with veterinary sciences and includes a large component of social sciences.
Prof. Kanchana Kanchanasut, Interim Vice President for Research; Prof. C Visvanathan, Interim Dean, School of Environment, Resources and Development (SERD); Dr. Nitin Tripathi of School of Engineering and Technology (SET); Dr. Sylvain Perret, and Dr. Damien Jourdain seconded faculty from CIRAD; Mr. Ahmed Amjad Ali, Head, External Relations and Communications Office (ERCO); and Dr. Gabrielle Eva Carol Groves, Coordinator, ERCO, also participated in the meeting.
Photo caption: From left are Dr. Michel Eddi, Dr. Jean-Charles Maillard, and Dr. Philippe Girard.