Prof. Worsak, Dean SCE Appointed as Member of NEIAC Infrastructure Projects
The National Environment Board of Thailand, chaired by Deputy Prime Minister Suwit Khunkitti has appointed Prof. Worsak Kanok-Nukulchai (right), Dean of School of Civil Engineering (SCE), AIT, as one of the five expert individual members of the National Environmental Impact Assessment Committee (NEIAC) on Infrastructure Projects, effective on July 3, 2003.
The role of the Committee, composed mostly of representatives from related Government Authorities, is to provide expert opinions, and to approve the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Reports that are required by laws for all public as well as private infrastructure projects in Thailand. This is to ensure that all future major infrastructure projects in Thailand will carry no significant and long-term impacts on the environment.