VISITING AIT
On 27 November, Mr. Christer Blomqvist, Senior Vice President,
International Relations, Sonera Group Plc., visited AIT and met with
Telecommunications Program faculty and Sonera scholars enrolled in the
TC Program. Mr. Blomqvist, center, is seen with, from left: Dr. Kazi Ahmed,
TC Program Coordinator; Sonera scholars, Mr. Piya Patcharamaneepakorn, Mr. Mohammad Forhadul Parvez, Ms. Vanicha Sangvornetphan, and Mr. Johan Musalim and TC Associate Professor Tapio Erke.
AIT IN SRI LANKA
AIT's already successful collaborations in Sri Lanka were further strengthened by a mission
led by Prof. Jean-Louis Armand, AIT President, who travelled to Colombo on 12-14
November 2000 to deliver the keynote address at a two-day workshop on 'Sustainable
Industrial Development through Cleaner Production', co-organized by the Ministry of
Forestry and Environment, Ministry of Constitutional Affairs and Industrial Development
and AIT. Prof.
Geotech Year 2000
Geotech Year 2000 held on 27-30 November centered around contributions from some 60 or so well-known experts in Geotechnical Engineering in the 21st Century. The conference was held in two parts. Part I was devoted to authors who have had long and distinguished careers in their fields of discipline, including those who have officially retired from their professions.
M.C. Peesadej, Chairman of the Royal Project Foundation visits AIT
M.C. Peesadej Rajani, Chairman of the Royal Project Foundation, visited AIT on 28 November to observe the various uses of vetiver grass as construction material. M.C. Peesadej was guided around the Structural Engineering Laboratory by Dr. Pichai Nimityongskul.
AIT 2001 CALENDAR ON LINE
To download the AIT CALENDAR 2001 on-line, please visit:
http://www.aasu.ait.ac.th/newsandevents/calendar/calendar.cfm
Year End Time Sheets
The Director of Finance would like to inform all staff that staff salary for December 2000 will be paid on 20 December. Time sheets, as usual, should reach the Payroll Section no later than 12 December.
Employees who work overtime or take leave during 12-22 December are required to submit an extra time sheet to be attached to the January 2001 time sheet.
SCE and Petra Christian University to sign agreement on dual program in Construction Management
Prof. Sugie Prawono, Director of the Post-Graduate Program in Construction
Management at Petra Christian University, and his party of five officials
are visiting AIT today (28 November) from 9:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon to sign
an agreement with AIT on the Dual Program in Construction Management, due
to start in May 2001.
The program is as follows:
9:30 a.m.
Delegates meeting with Dr. Stephen Ogunlana, Dr. Chotchai and Prof.
Visit of M.C. Peesadej Rajani, Chairman of the Royal Project Foundation
M.C. Peesadej Rajani, Chairman of the Royal Project Foundation, will visit AIT this afternoon at around 4 to discuss the various uses of vetiver grass as construction materials.
AITAA to hold Governing Board Meeting in India
The Asian Institute of Technology Alumni Association (AITAA) will hold its Governing Board Meeting featuring an AIT DAY and an international seminar on Knowledge Management on Thursday, 30 November at the Kautliya, Hotel Samrat, New Delhi.
VISITING AIT
On 15 November officials from the Swedish National Institute of Distance Education, led by Ms. Elsie Norden, Director, met with AIT President, Prof. Jean-Louis Armand.
Visiting AIT on 16 November: