Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
College of Engineering
5500 Campanile Drive
San Diego, CA 92182-1324
April 18, 2012

Travisa
San Francisco
Fax 415 644 0158

Dear Sirs:

Prof. Dr. Victor M. Ponce, a full professor at our department, has been invited by the World Bank to advise them on their project entitled "Benchmarking, Technological Upgradation, and Capacity Building programme at the National Institute of Hydrology, Roorkee, India."

Please extend the necessary visa so that Prof. Ponce can travel to India from May through October to carry out this important mission.

Sincerely yours,



Julio Valdes
Professor and Chair, Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering

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