AIT to develop a paper highlighting its role and contribution in the region
AIT President's Advisory Council (PAC) agreed at its meeting on 9 May 2007 to develop a paper, which could be used by all members of the AIT Community, highlighting the role and contribution of AIT in region, and argument as to why it is in the interest of partners to continue supporting and working with AIT into the future.

Meeting for selection of WAP Coordinator held at AIT

The meeting of the WAP (Wetland Alliance Program) partners (AIT; Coastal Resources Institute at the Prince of Songkhla University, Thailand; WorldFish Center; and WWF) was held at AIT on 11 May 2007 to shortlist the candidates for the WAP coordinator position, among a total of 119 applications received.

Final proceedings of Tsunami Scientific Forum completed

The symposium proceedings of the Scientific Forum on the Tsunami, Its Impact and Recovery, Regional Symposium (held at AIT during 6-7 June 2005), which was edited by Professor Tawatchai Tingsanchali, was successfully completed.

Advance Notice for GRE-type Test for Pakistani Nationals Called
The Higher Education Commission Pakistan, invites applications for the Batch-2 of the program titled “Overseas Scholarships for MS/MPhil leading to PhD in Selected Fields-Phase-2” in end-May 2007. This Advanced Notice is meant for advising the applicants to complete the GRE-type test requirement which is essential for the Overseas Scholarship Program.

N. R. Narayana Murthy of Infosys to Deliver Convocation Address
The Chairman of the Board and Chief Mentor at Infosys (http://www.infosys.com/), Mr. N. R. Narayana Murthy, will deliver the convocation address in the afternoon session of AIT’s 107th AIT Graduation Ceremony which will take place on 24 May 2007. Mr. Murthy also serves as the Chairman of the AIT School of Management Board, which will be holding its second meeting on the same day as the graduation.

Prospects for Collaboration with VINNOVA on Innovation Systems
AIT expects to have two prospects in terms of collaboration with VINNOVA (Swedish Governmental Agency for Innovation Systems - http://www.vinnova.se/) , in follow to a 4 May telephone interview conducted by Mr. Tomas Eriksson, Journalist for the VINNOVA-Nytt magazine with AIT President Said Irandoust.

Collaborative Project on Protected Cultivation with University of Hannover Continued
The University of Hannover (HU) will continue the collaborative research program project on "Protected Cultivation - An Approach to Sustainable Vegetable Production in the Humid Tropics" between AIT-HU-Kasetsart University (KU) which was to come to an end this year.

Electric Power System Management (EPSM), Energy Field of Study of Asian Institute of Technology will hold a training workshop 16-18 May 2007 on "Waste Incinerator Power Generation Technology and Management" at the AIT Conference Center, Bangkok, Thailand.

The Internet Education and Research Laboratory (intERLab), AIT, will organize a 3-day "VoIP & SIP" hands-on training at intERLab training center. The details are as follows:

"VoIP & SIP" Hands-on Training
Date:         14 - 16 May 2007
Time:         9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Venue:       intERLab Training Center, AIT, Thailand
Class Size: 25 participants (max.

In order to attract more alumni, the AIT alumni brainstorming meeting has been rescheduled from 26 April 2007 to 28 May 2007 (from 09:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon), prior to the AIT Board of Trustees meeting to be held in the afternoon of the same day.

 

The agenda of the meeting is an open discussion on AIT alumni's roles and participation in the Golden Jubilee Fundraising Campaign 2007-2009. Based on the outcomes of this meeting, AIT will be organizing an "Alumni Home-Coming Seminar" in 2007.

 

AIT Alumni are asked to please confirm their participation by sending their name, position, and year of graduation to Mr. Kyaw Soe Hlaing, Alumni Relations Coordinator at aru@ait.