The TUAT Task Force for Kabul University Support (for Afghanistan Rebuilding)

Delegation Led by Afghanistan’s Minister of Higher Education Visits TUAT

On August 5, 2004, Sharif Fayez, Afghanistan’s Minister of Higher Education, Najibullah Nazif, President of Foreign Relations Department of the Ministry of Higher Education, and Mohammad Akbar Popal, Kabul University Chancellor, visited TUAT.
The delegation visited Japan for a bidding meeting associated with the provision of equipment and materials to Afghanistan through Japanese grants-in-aid.
The meeting included an introduction to the university and its efforts by TUAT President Seizo Miyata, and a discussion of future exchanges with Afghanistan, especially with Kabul University, with which TUAT has concluded an exchange agreement. Participants asked questions and discussed issues regarding the difference between national and private universities and the management and operation of TUAT.
This meeting was also attended by Prof. Kazuo Watanabe of the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies and Yasuhiro Yukimatsu, Head of the International Cooperation Policy Office of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.

Delegation listens to comments by TUAT President Seizo Miyata.		Commemorative photo of attendees.

Later the delegation spent about an hour talking with exchange students from Kabul University.

Exchange students greet the minister’s delegation.		Delegation members pose with exchange students.

The minister’s delegation also visited the Koganei campus, saw a demonstration of a robot developed by a student team that won the Idea Award in NHK’s University Robot Competition 2004, and enjoyed tours of the Museum of Fiber Science and Technology and the Technology Research Association for Advanced Display Materials (TRADIM).

The delegation watches a student robot demonstration.

Members of the delegation view exhibits at the Museum of Fiber Science and Technology.		The delegation listens to an explanation about the Technology Research Association for Advanced Display Materials (TRADIM).