The Indian Ambassador to Korea Mr. Vikram Doraiswami and his delagation consisting of officials from the embassasy and the ambassador's wife visited the Sungkyunkwan University, Natural Science Campus on Nov. 8th.
This visit was initiated by the Indian Students Association in SKKU and its faculty supervisor Prof. Navrati Saxena (College of Information and Communication Engineering-CICE) in cooperation with the Office of International Affairs(OIA- Manager Lee Seung-han) in the Natural Science Campus which supports these attivities as an on going cultural event program for SKKU's international students.
The Ambassador's visit was primarily in part to participate in the Diwali Festival held at SKKU, but during his schedule he was able to meet with the Dean of CICE Prof. JEON, BYEUNGWOO, Prof. Navrati (Associate Professor), OlA Manager Lee Seung-han and SKKU Indian Student Association (President - Sukhdeep Singh Sandhu ) to talk about SKKU and educational opportunities between India and Korea that can be established in the higher educatonal sector.
After the meeting the delagation went on to particiate in the Diwali event where 450 Indians from SKKU and from outside who were invited to join in the festivites through the organizers 'Indians In Korea Association-IIK', greeted them with applause and cheers.
In his speech he gave at the festival the ambassador explained the importance of such cultural events
"On strengthening the relations between Indiia and the Republic of Korea these activites promote understanding for Indian culture and help bring together the Indian comunity here in Korea"
Ambassador Vikram Doraiswami(left) with Dean JEON, BYEUNGWOO(right)
Ambassador Vikram Doraiswami & his wife (Center), First Secretary Vedpal Singh(right),
Defence Attache Colonel Ajay Chandpuria (left)
Dean JEON, BYEUNGWOO(center), Prof. Navrati Saxena & Dr. Abhishek Roy (Senior Manager, Samsung Electronics) (left), OIA Manager Lee Seung-han & SKKU Indian Association President Sukhdeep Singh Sandhu(right)
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