A 6-member delegation from Bangladesh Ministry of Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs visited ITP on September 28, 2012. The delegation was headed by the Secretary-General Mr. NabaBirkram Kishore Tripura, and warmly welcomed by ITP deputy director Prof. MA Yaoming.

Academic exchanges with the visiting delegates included introduction of ITP’s research scope and academic realms, graduates education and outreach to foreign students. The delegates were also acquainted with the TPE program including its young scientists education and training projects and international joint expeditions. ITP’s ongoing research programs related to the South Asian region were also reported, ranging from the tectonic significance of the Chittagong Hill to the Eurasian formation and Indian plates collision, to the application of the hydrological modeling in the Tibetan Plateau, and to the study of the interactions between Tibetan Plateau climate and the Plateau uplift.

The Bangladesh visitors were greatly intrigued by the TPE program, as well as research activities conducted by ITP scientists. They hoped that Bangladesh young scientists would be involved in the young scientists training program, and academic exchanges between both nations would be strengthened by jointly conducting academic joint expedition and communications in the future.