On 14th March 2017, Associate Professor Chamaipak TAYJASANANT, Acting Director of the International Affairs Division welcomed the representatives from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and professors from seven leading Japanese universities at Kampol Adulwit Conference Room,  in Golden Jubilee Administration and Information Center, Kasetsart University.

      Innovative Asia is a continuous program from the Government of Japan offers scholarships to students in master’s degree and a doctorate in Asian region countries pursuing a study in Japan. The program aims to enhance the circulation of competent human resources between Japan and Asian countries and to promote innovation in the whole Asia. It is the opportunities for study and internship in Japan for competent students who are studying at ‘partner Schools’ in Asia countries. In this program, participants will be accepted in fields as Science and Technology, and Engineering, especially Information Technology, Internet of Things, Artificial Intelligence, etc.

     The purpose of this lecture is to inform useful scholarship information for students who are interested in higher-education institutions in Japan by the representatives from JICA and professors from seven leading Japanese universities. There were many KU students interested in attending this lecture.

A list of Representatives from JICA Thailand and 7 universities in Japan are as follows:

Organization	Name	Position
JICA Thailand	Ms.HAGIWARA Makiko	Deputy Director/University Partnership Division/Domestic Strategy and Partnership Department
	Mr.SONGSRISANGA Kobchai	Senior Program Officer, JICA Thailand Office
2. Tokai University	Mr. IWAOKA Michio	Professor/Department of Chemistry/School of science
Hiroshima University	Mr. FUJIWARA Akimasa	Professor/Graduate School for International Development and Cooperation
Hokkaido University	Mr. SUGIYAMA Takafumi	Professor/Faculty and Graduate School of Engineering
Kyushu University	Mr.OKI Yuji	Professor/Faculty of Information Science and Electrical Engineering
	Mr. Hazarika Hemanta	Professor/Department of Civil Engineering/ Faculty of Engineering
Ritsumeikan University	Mr. TSUTSUMI Osamu	Professor/Graduate School of Life Science
Shibaura Institute of Technology	Ms. Rzeznicka Izabela Irena	Professor/Graduate School of Engineering
Tokyo Institute of Technology	Mr.Hiroaki MORIMURA	Director, Tokyo Teach Thailand Office