Equipment Handover Ceremony

List of the Equipment handed over

The University of the South Pacific (USP) received ICT equipment worth approximately FJ$1.4 million from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) at the USP Library Conference Room on Thursday, September 23, 2004.

USP's Acting Vice-Chancellor Professor Rajesh Chandra formally received equipment, from JICA Fiji Resident Representative, Mr. Tadashi Ikeshiro. Pro Vice Chancellor, Dr. Esther Williams presided the ceremony.

The equipment was donated through the Project since its inception in 2002, to USP. Equipment provision has been a major part of project activities to support the three main components of the Project: Computing Science (CS); Distance and Flexible Learning (DFL) and ICT Research and Training for Socio-economic development.

USP Management and counterparts, JICA officials and invited press were part of the Ceremony.