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Mr. Somsakdi tabtimthong, Director, International Affairs Division,
Kasetsart University, participated in the 23 rd University Consortium
Executive Board Meeting during the period of November 9-12, 2010
at University of the Philippines Los Baños, the Philippines. This event
comprised 19 representatives of member and associated member
universities and SEARCA. The Agenda of this meeting covered the
following essential issues:
1. Report of the Secretariat
On this issue, it is informed that the Secretariat had
already received the applications from both faculty members
and students on the following fellowships: 1) two Kasetsart University
graduate students applying for the Thesis grant and 2) seven Kasetsart
University faculty members applying for the Faculty Exchange Grants.
2. Master Program in ASEAN Agriculture and Development
This concept proposal was initiated by University of the
Philippines Los Baños aiming on building competencies of qualified
professionals in agriculture and related fields in the ASEAN.
The proposal was also compared with the course entitled Master of
Science in Sustainable Resource Management.
3. UC Catalog of Graduate Faculty and Research Expertise
Under this project, all members will prepare essential
information about the expertise of their faculty members and
researchers which will be disseminated as data of resource persons
in specific areas.
After the two-day meeting, all participants were invited to join
a study visit to three important units, namely
1. Rice World Museum, International Rice Research Institute,
2. National Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, and
3. Institute of Plant Breeding
23 rd
University Consortium
Executive Board Meeting