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OCTOBER 2017
Asian Institute of Technology
OCTOBER 2017
AIT J OINS HANDS WITH NPU TO ESTABLISH INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY OF INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
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he Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) has signed a formal agreement with the N orthwestern Polytechnical University (NPU), People’s Republic of China, to establish an “International Community of Innovation and Entrepreneurship.” The agreement was signed by Prof. Zhang Wei, Chairman of the Board of Trustees, NPU, and Prof. Worsak Kanok-Nukulchai, President, AIT, on 16 September 2017. Prof. Zhang Wei, who is an AIT alumnus, described his AIT days as phenomenal, adding that the Institute is both exhilirating and challenging. This is a place where academic study is fascinating, and student life is terrific, he remarked after returning to AIT after 17 years.“NPU is similar in some ways,” Prof. Zhang Wei said. NPU is known for engineering, particularly in the realm of strate-
gic state requirements. Elaborating on the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), Chairman Zhang remarked that NPU is located in the city of Xi’an, which was the starting point of the ancient Silk Road. Similarly, Thailand lies on the maritime Silk Road. “We believe that the age of cooperation between AIT and NPU has just begun,” Chairman Zhang said.Describing Prof. Worsak as “a man of vision and fresh ideas” and as an inspiring leader and President, Prof. Zhang invited the AIT President to deliver the concluding speech at the closing ceremony NPU’s international conference. (See Page 2) Visiting AIT after a long gap, Prof. Zhang was also delighted to meet his advisor Prof. Barbara Igel.
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