By Office of Advancement and Alumni Affairs
21 July 2023 – Dr. Huibert (Herb) de Vries an Associate Professor in Management and Entrepreneurship at the University of Canterbury (UC) Business School, New Zealand paid a courtesy visit to AIT President Prof. Kazuo Yamamoto at the AIT campus. It was discussed to explore the possibility of a Student Exchange Program for Master students between the AIT School of Management and the University of Canterbury Business School.
Dr. Herb gave his lecture on “The New Zealand Experience in Entrepreneurship Education: A student engagement perspective” which was well received by the attendees online and on-site at the Creator Space, AIT Entrepreneurship Center.
UC Business School is among 1% of Business Schools globally with Triple Crown Accreditation. Also, UC received Award-winning experts in a wide of research areas (PBRF,2019) which ranked #1 in New Zealand for Marketing and Tourism and #3 in New Zealand for Economics, Management, and HRM.
Also presented at the talk were Mr. Sanjeev Jayasinghe, Executive Director, Office of Advancement and Alumni Affairs, Prof. Dieter Trau, Dean, SET and Director, AIT Entrepreneurship Center (online), Dr. Kamonkanok Kiatisakchai, Assistant Dean, School of Management (SOM), Ms. Jennifer Pangilinan, Coordinator, AIT Entrepreneurship Center and Ms. Sirikate Owasit, Senior Advancement Officer, Office of Advancement and Alumni Affairs.
