Keen to understand AIT's activities after assuming his diplomatic mission in January this year, Ambassador Adhikari held meetings with the AIT president, as well as Nepalese faculty members and students. The ambassador stressed that would like to see like to see a larger number of students from Nepal enrolled at AIT.
Calling on AIT President Prof. Worsak Kanok-Nukulchai at a meeting also attended by senior administration officials, the ambassador expressed his thanks on behalf of the embassy and the people of Nepal for AIT's financial, technical and humanitarian response to the April 2015 earthquake disaster.
The president, in turn, congratulated the ambassador on the recent enshrinement of Nepal's new constitution. President Worsak also emphasized the ample ties that bind AIT with Nepal in terms academics, research, outreach and human capital.
Briefed on details of Nepal's historical engagement with the institute, highlighted by the fact that six percent of AIT's 21,000-plus alumni hail from Nepal, the diplomat, who is also a member of the AIT Board of trustees, invited suggestions for increasing the number of Nepalese students attending AIT.
President Worsak agreed to try to strengthen and increase engagement between AIT and Nepal across academics, research, capacity building and expert solutions. Specifically, he asked Nepal to support the institute by seconding faculty from top universities to teach and conduct research at AIT. He followed with a request of financial support for student fellowships, as a means to partially subsidize students' tuition fees.