Ambassador of Thailand to India, Pattarat Hongtong has urged the North-Eastern Hill University (NEHU) to facilitate larger participation of Thai students in various academic programmes and promised to reciprocate by allowing for larger participation in terms of exchange, fellowships and other such openings in Thailand.
Hongtong today led the Thai delegation and met NEHU vice chancellor Prof. Prabha Shankar Shukla. She emphasized on NEHU’s academic strength and expressed her willingness to facilitate collaborations between universities of Northern Thailand and NEHU.
Shukla pointed out the need for further exchange of ideas in areas like bioinformatics, data sciences, medicine, nanosciences, innovative science and technology projects, culture, language and the arts.
Hongtong said there is a possibility of fresh collaborations in traditional medicine and aromatic plants. She pointed at the active role of her office in bridging up between Thailand and Northeast, as she fondly recognized Tai-Ahom and other such communities that share cultural roots in Thailand.
Meanwhile, it was agreed that the newly established Office of International Office of NEHU has been tasked with striking up the existing collaboration between NEHU and Chulalongkorn University, which could further be extended to universities of Chiang Mai and Chiang Rai. The university has proposed to send a demarche of all the salient points made.
The visiting team also engaged with academicians of NEHU on a wide ranging discussion on subjects ranging from students and youth exchange to new Thai and new India relations.
