The Board of Trustees of the ASEAN Foundation has recently approved the project proposed by AIT entitled "Capacity Building in Poverty Mapping in the ASEAN Member Countries" in the amount of US$ 367,489, under the auspices of the project proposals initiated by the Government of Japan.

The Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Nepal Hon. K. P. Sharma Oli, paid a visit to AIT on 7 February 2007 and met with the AIT President Professor Said Irandoust, Vice President for Research, Professor Sudip K. Rakshit, Dr. Nitin Afzulpurkar (representing Dean SET) together with Nepalese faculty members and staff Prof.

AIT recently decided to carry on with the launch of AIT's own version of an Open Courseware. The initiative was in line with the ones proposed by MIT and the Open Courseware consortium. The decision was reached at the President's Advisory Council Meeting held on 8 February 2007.

The initiative is aimed to further raise AIT's profile as a unique provider of knowledge in specific areas of development, technology and management in an Asian context.

Dr. Theeraphat Serirangsan (left), Prime Minister's Office presents
Inventor’s award to AIT alumnus Dr. Siriwan Suebnukarn
(right).

Dr. Siriwan Suebnukarn , an
alumnus of AIT's Computer Science and Information Management program,
School of Engineering and Technology, received the Thai Inventor’s
Award on February 2, 2007 at the BITEC Exhibition and Convention Hall,
Bangkok.

Royal Irrigation Department (RID) of Thailand directly assigned AIT and Thammasat University to conduct a study of Tha Chin river basin management as part of the Royally Initiated Projects under His Majesty the King of Thailand.

In an article on “A Brief History of ICT in Thailand”, written by Hugh Thaweesak Koanantakool which was published in the Bangkok Post’s Database Section on 7 February 2007, recognized Prof. Kanchana Kanchanasut of Computer Science, School of Engineering and Technology (SET), as the “mother of the Internet” in Thailand.

'Innovation' of the Bangkok Post Database Section (page D2), on 14 February 2007, published a news based on the interview of Prof. Peter Haddawy, Vice President for Academic Affairs. The news, “Education not serving Thai software” was written by Don Sambandaraksa.

Fourteen participants from Iran attended a short training course on "Remote Sensing and GIS for Development" conducted by Dr. Nitin K. Tripathi and Visiting Associate Professor Dr. Saied Pirasteh from Remote Sensing & GIS field of study, School of Engineering and Technology, from 5-12 February 2007. The participants were mid-career professionals from academic institutions, organizations of engineering associations and the mayor's offices from different cities in Iran.

The project team comprising of ADB, UNEP, UNESCAP, and AIT recently held a logo competition for the Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Knowledge Hub (3RKH) project. The top 3 short-listed logos (from 50 entries) as shown above were selected for the AIT community’s comments.

Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Iran, has expressed its interest to collaborate with AIT in the area of disaster mitigation and management, through its Kerman Disaster Management Center of the University. The center is the only one of its kind in Iran.