On November 11, 2025, the National Institute of Development Administration (NIDA) had the honor of welcoming a delegation from Saint-Petersburg University of Management Technologies and Economics (UMTE), Russian Federation. The delegation consisted of Assistant Professor Anna Rumyantseva, Ph.D., Vice-Rector for Research and International Affairs, and Assistant Professor Svetlana Avdashkevich, Ph.D., First Vice-Rector. The meeting took place at Meeting Room 802, 8th Floor, Prince Naradhip Bongsprabandha Building.
The NIDA delegation was led by Professor Tippawan Lorsuwannarat, Ph.D., president, accompanied by administrators, deans, and faculty members from the Graduate School of Public Administration, Graduate School of Business Administration, Graduate School of Development Economics, Graduate School of Applied Statistics, and the International College of NIDA, along with the Office of International Affairs (OIA) team. During the meeting, both parties discussed opportunities for academic collaboration in several areas, including faculty, staff, and student exchanges; joint curriculum development and co-teaching programs; collaborative research, publications, and post-doctoral research fellowships; as well as organizing international conferences and cooperative projects. Both sides expressed their mutual commitment to advancing coordination and initiating concrete collaborative activities in the near future.
