Water Virtual Learning Center at AIT

AIT is to take part in the United Nation's Water Virtual Learning Center (WVLC). This was the subject of the discussion during the visit to AIT of Dr. Colin Mayfield and Dr. Velma Grover from the International Network for Water, Environment and Health (INWEH) of the United Nations University (UNU) on 19-21 July 2004. The Center will serve as a regional base for UN's 'Virtual Academy'.

The 'academy' was initiated to impart the fundamentals of water management on a global level.

Visiting AIT

On August 20, 2004 a delegation from the Banking University of Ho Chi Minh City (BUHCMC), Vietnam visited AIT. The delegation was comprised of Dr. Nguyen Van Ha, Rector; Dr. Ho Dieu, Vice Director; Dr. Nguyen Thi Nhung, Vice Director; Dr. Vuong Duc Hoang Quan, Interim Director; and Mr. Le Tan Phat, Manager/ Training Department

The BUHCMC delegation, from left: Mr. Le Tan Phat, Manager, Training Department; Dr. Bo Ba Khang, Associate Professor, SOM; Dr. Nguyen Van Ha, Rector; Prof.

AIT Conference Center Functions
23 August - 29 August 2004

Date
Time
Room
Group Name/Organizer

Mon. 23 Aug.
08:30-17:00
B108
Solid Waster Management System for Environment Preservation
(SWMEP)
c/o K. Harissadee, AITE, Tel. 5275

08:30-17:00
B144
Education Management and Trainer Training (SESIP-3)
c/o K. Voravate, AITE, Tel.

Seminars, Workshops and Conferences
16-24 August 2004: The Internet Education and Research Laboratory (intERLab) is conducting hands-on Internet network operation center training for fifteen network engineers from Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar and Thailand.

Mission Promotes AIT in Peshawar, Islamabad and Lahore, Pakistan

An AIT delegation led by Mr. Sanjeev Jayasinghe, Director of Promotions Activities and Ms. Naina Shakya, Program Officer, Office of the President visited Pakistan. The delegation held meetings from July 16 to 24, 2004 with heads of various institutes in the cities of Peshawar, Islamabad and Lahore.

Mission Promotes AIT in Peshawar, Islamabad and Lahore, Pakistan

An AIT delegation led by Mr. Sanjeev Jayasinghe, Director of Promotions Activities and Ms. Naina Shakya, Program Officer, Office of the President visited Pakistan. The delegation held meetings from July 16 to 24, 2004 with heads of various institutes in the cities of Peshawar, Islamabad and Lahore.

AIT Conference Center Functions
9 August - 15 August 2004

Date
Time
Room
Group Name/Organizer

Mon.09 Aug.
08:30-17:00
B108
Effective Marketing in an Uncertain Environment (EMUE)
c/o Mr. Pradeep, AITE, Tel. 5274

08:30-17:00
B144
Education Management and Trainer Training (SESIP-3)
c/o K. Voravate, AITE, Tel.

New SERD graduate receives ITTO Research Fellowship

Mr. Bhoj Raj Khanal (left), newly graduate student of Rural and Regional Development Planning with Specialization of Integrated Watershed Development and Management recently received the Freezailah Fellowship Research Fund (International Tropical Timber Organization Research Fellowship) for Research from Japan in July 2004.

International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO) is working in the field of forest product marketing around the world.

SPIE honors Prof. Awnashilal B. Sharma fellow

The International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE) recently honored Prof. Awnashilal B. Sharma (right) of the Telecommunications Field of Study, SAT, as one of the 33 new fellows who have made significant scientific and technical contributions in the fields of optics, photonics, and imaging.

AIT marks Queen Sirikit Arboretum Garden's one year anniversary

On the occasion of Her Majesty Queen Sirikit's 6th cycle birthday anniversary, the AIT community together with the officials from the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MNRE) of the Royal Thai Government and Ambassadors to Thailand and their spouses held a tree planting ceremony as part of the one year anniversary of the Queen Sirikit Arboretum Garden at AIT campus on 6 August 2004.

The event was presided over by Dr. Monthip Sriratana Tabucanon, MNRE Inspector-General, representing MNRE Minister.