Rakshit, Vice-President for Research, earlier this month attended
the Franco-Thai Seminar on “Climate Change: Impacts and Mitigation
Options”, held from 3 -5 September in Bangkok.
The seminar served as a good platform for instructive exchanges
between the AIT delegation and French, Thai and international
researchers. Many were informed of AIT’s orientation towards climate
change and sustainable development as its thematic knowledge area. The
delegates gathered useful contacts and useful information in
preparation for an upcoming workshop on the subject to be held on
campus.
In addition to Prof. Rakshit, who chaired a panel on prospects for
international and Thai-French collaboration, the AIT delegation also
included Prof. Sivanappan Kumar, Dean of School of Environment,
Resources and Development (SERD), and other faculty members.
Prof. Ram. Shrestha, of the School of Environment, Resources
and Development, served as a panelist in the session “How to get out
of the fossil fuel era to fight climate change?” and Dr.
Rajendra Shrestha delivered a keynote lecture on climate change and
land management.
AIT officials including Mr. Jean-Philippe Thouard, Prof.
Rakshit, and Prof. Kumar were also invited to a closed parallel session
on defining a possible research topic for further cooperation.