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Asian Institute of Technology
AUGUST 2012
HRH Princes Maha Chakri Sirindhorn with AIT President Prof. Said Irandoust at Chitralada Palace.
HRH Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn grants Royal Audience to 49 AIT students
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er Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn granted a Royal Audience to 49 students of the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) at the Chitralada Palace in Bangkok, Thailand on 2 July 2012. The students are scholarship recipients of His Majesty King’s Scholarship, Her Majesty Queen’s Scholarship, and GMS Scholarship for the years 2010-2011, and 2011-2012. Institute officials led by AIT President Prof. Said Irandoust, students, and administrators of the Office
of the Higher Education Commission, Royal Thai Government, expressed their heartfelt gratitude for the gracious grant of scholarships. In the years 2010-2011 and 2011-2012, a total of 69 students received these scholarships. Scholarship recipients included students from 12 countries including Thailand (31), Nepal (9), India (6), Bangladesh (5), Sri Lanka (4), Cambodia (3), Myanmar (3) Vietnam (3), Indonesia (2), Lao PDR (1), Pakistan (1) and, the Philippines (1).
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