Sri Lanka Technological Campus (SLTC) has signed an agreement on an Academic Exchange program with Thailand’s Sirindhorn International Institute of Technology (SIIT).
This Agreement, aims to facilitate cooperation between the two universities on exchange programs that will benefit both faculty and students as well as giving them the opportunity to further enrich their learning experiences.
SLTC’s School of Engineering and SIIT will work on the exchange of undergraduate and post graduate students on the coordination of joint projects, seminars and conferences etc. Five students an year can avail themselves of this opportunity.
The agreement was signed between Professor Somnuk Tangtermsirikul, Director of SIIT and Eng. Ranjith G. Rubasinghe, Founder President and CEO of SLTC. Also present at the event was SIIT’s Asst. Prof. Dr. Prapun Suksompong, Chairperson of Electrical Engineering (EE) programme, Asst. Prof. Dr. Itthisek Nilkhamhang, Assistant Director for International Affairs and Corporate Relations, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Waree Kongprawechnon, Assistant Director for Admission and Public Relations, Prof. Pruettha Nankorn, Assitant Director for Academic Affairs and Dr. Paiboon Sreearunothai, Assistant Professor. Representing SLTC were Dr. Udesh Oruthota, Head of School of Engineering, Mahesh De Silva, Bursar and Ms. Pabasara Amarawardena, Registrar.
SIIT is one of Thailand’s leading universities offering undergraduate and graduate programs (Master and Doctoral levels) leading to the Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.), Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Master of Engineering (M.Eng.) SIIT has established similar, faculty member and student exchange programs with a number of universities in Asia, Australia, Europe, and North America.
Speaking at the signing ceremony, Eng. Ranjith Rubasinghe said, “Together with SIIT, we have agreed to work in cooperation to explore options and to work together to create research and teaching programmes that will encourage students to not only learn academically, but to also learn to integrate with other nationalities and become global citizens.”