Bangkok--20 Aug--Asian Institute of Technology
Directorate-General of Personnel Administration (DGPA), Executive Yuan of Taiwan plans to send their civil servants to the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) for its human resource development program. This was stated by a delegation of DGPA which met with senior AIT officials on 18 August 2015.
The DGPA meeting follows the visit senior AIT team to Taiwan to felicitate AIT alumnus H.E. Dr. Mao Chi-Kuo on his elevation to the position of Premier of Taiwan. H.E. Dr. Subin Pinkayan, Chairman, AIT, Board of Trustees, and Prof. Worsak Kanok-Nukulchai, President, AIT had met with Premier Mao at a dinner reception hosted by the AIT Alumni Association in his honour on 21 March 2015.
Ms. Chun-Fang Huang, Section Chief, DGPA, stated that their organization is drawing an overall plan for a comprehensive domestic and international training for its middle and upper-level civil servants, and they plan to send their civil servants to AIT this year. Energy and environment would be the focus of their human resource development program. She was accompanied by Ms. Chzu-Ju, Executive Officer, DGPA; and Mr. Charn Tanaprakob, Secretary, Taipei Economics and Cultural Office, Bangkok.
AIT President Prof. Worsak said that the Institute is very proud of the achievements of its alumni, and recalled his meeting with H.R. Dr. Mao during his visit to Taiwan. AIT alumni have made a tremendous contribution in Taiwan, and AIT is keen to renew its relationship, he added. Responding to queries by Mr. Charn Tanaprakob, Prof. Worsak informed the visitors about AIT’s neutral and non-political character, stating that AIT is an international autonomous postgraduate institute hosted by Thailand. AIT has an international board of trustees, and it is unlike any conventional university, Prof. Worsak added.
Photo caption: Prof. Worsak Kanok-Nukulchai (left) with Ms. Chun-Fang Huang.