Prime Minister of Nepal Reaffirms Support for Intergovernmental AIT and Charter

On 28th June 2012, I had the honour and privilege of meeting with H.E. Prime Minister of Nepal, Rt. Hon. Dr. Baburam Bhattarai. During the meeting which was joined by Mr. Madhav Ghimire, Chief Secretary of the Government of Nepal (and distinguished alumnus) and Mr. Madhusudan Paudel, AIT Alumni Association (AITAA) Nepal Chapter President, Prime Minister Bhattarai stated that Nepal was proud to be a member of the AIT Council, and reaffirmed Nepal's strong support and commitment for the new AIT Charter, and being among the countries to have signed and ratified, stressed that Nepal was ready and willing to facilitate in whatever manner that it could in furthering the intergovernmental AIT Charter.

Prime Minister Bhattarai welcomed AIT's exploration in the setting up of satellite campuses in a number of targeted countries, and viewed this as a good idea, which Nepal should welcome, and assured AIT of the government's full support and assistance, in such plans.

As a symbolic contribution on the part of Nepal, Prime Minister Bhattarai assured AIT that the government will try and set aside a number of scholarships for Nepalese nationals to study at AIT targeting the August 2012 intake, in a number of areas of study that are of priority to Nepal.

AIT is thankful to the Government of Nepal for its strong and continued support to AIT, and to Chief Secretary Mr. Ghimire, for having kindly helped facilitate the meeting, and for his instrumental role in the process leading to the ratification of the new AIT Charter by the Government of Nepal. AIT is equally thankful to Mr. Madhusudan Paudel, AITAA Nepal Chapter President, Mr. Kiran Dongol, Vice President, AITAA Nepal Chapter, and the many distinguished alumni for all their support and dedication to furthering AIT's cause.

Mr. Sanjeev Jayasinghe, Director Fundraising, Mr. Karma Rana, Institute Secretary and AIT alumnus Dr. Laxmi Prasad Devkota also joined the meeting. 

Further details available at the below link:

http://www.ait.ac.th/news-and-events/2012/news/nepal-pm-reaffirms-support-to-ait-council-says-country-is-proud-to-be-a-member/view

Extracted from President's Newsletter