Prof. Eng. Paul Ndirangu Kioni, the Vice Chancellor DeKUT in his opening address challenged the participants to uphold the perception of Engineering profession by making use of the decentralized Institution of Engineers of Kenya (IEK) branches, the UNESCO social-technical system and the many skills in the industry that cannot be taught in a curriculum. He further encouraged academia engineers to form forums for partnership in research projects with industries.
The team also visited the engineering workshops and laboratories at DeKUT for benchmarking.