Mr. Börje Wallberg, Sida consultant, recently completed a
Sida-funded review of Sida support to master’s scholarships Program
2004-2008. The purpose of the review was to make an assessment of the
Sida funded scholarship program, its relevance, effectiveness and
cost-efficiency as compared with other education programs, as well as
to make a study and give recommendations to Sida of the AIT proposal
for a new program for the period 2009-2011. Aside from the review of
the scholarships, Mr. Wallberg also undertook an assessment of the
systems connecting the scholarship program with the Institute’s field
programs, like the Aquaculture Outreach Program (AOP) and the wider
Wetlands Alliance Program (WAP).   

Since the end of the 1980s, Sida has had a very close cooperation with
AIT, and this support has encompassed different components of higher
education and research, that have been important for the effectiveness
of Swedish bilateral aid programs in countries, like Vietnam, Laos and
Cambodia and in regional programs and regional cooperation.

From left: Ms. Park,
Prof. Vilas, Prof. Cho, Dr. Pritam and Ms. Kim.

Officials representing one of South Korea’s top
universities and one of its leading telecommunications companies
recently paid a visit to AIT to strengthen mutually beneficial
partnerships.

Venue:    The Miracle Grand Hotel and the Asian Institute of Technology    Bangkok, ThailandDate:    8-10 September 2008Overview:This symposium/workshop will provide valuable lessons on organic farming policy. Participating country representatives have been tapped to share organic experiences including the successes and constraints of organic farming.

The Asian Institute of Technology acknowledges Dr. Poompat
Saengudomlert, an Assistant
Professorof Telecommunications (TC) Field of Study,
School of Engineering and Technology (SET), for his accomplishment in
translating a book  “A Brief History of Communications” into Thai
version.

 

 

Hope Not Complacency – Disaster Management in India and Sri
Lanka
Asian Institute of Technology, pp. 129
By Dr. Mokbul Morshed Ahmad and Arvind Kumar

 
 

Disasters are the first and foremost major threats to development,
specifically to the uplifting of the poorest and vulnerable people in
the world.

The
Government of France has extended a financial grant totaling 379,000
Euros to the Asian Institute of Technology. The financial pledge for
this year was officially presented to the Institute on August 21 by Mr.
Hervé d'Oriano, Regional Counselor for Health at the French Embassy in
Thailand, who personally visited the campus to deliver the
grant.

“Towards
environmental and socio economic sustainability:  A vital role for
AIT”

“AIT, with its broad global reach and a clear mandate for
research and education relevant to the needs of society, can and should
play a pivotal role in effecting the changes that are required to
correct some very troubling global trends.

For the first time in its history, last month AIT participated in an
educational exhibition in Iran to promote the institute to the many
prospective students existing in the large central Asian country. At
the Thailand Trade Exhibition held in Tehran from 10 to 13 August 2008,
the Institute joined Chulalongkorn University and the Asian University
of Science and Technology (AUST) in a common booth for promotional
purposes.

The Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) has recently been making
concerted efforts to connect with Africa in terms of higher education.
This week H.E. Mr. Umaru Azores Suleiman (below
right),  Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to
Thailand, accompanied by Mr. Abubakar Ramat Salihu,
Second Secretary Embassy of Nigeria, visited AIT to discuss
possibilities for partnership in joint research projects, capacity
building and poverty alleviation, all of which could lead to more
students from Nigerian coming to Thailand.

On 20 August 2008, Professor Said Irandoust, President of the Asian
Institute of Technology (AIT), along with Professor Vilas Wuwongse,
Vice President for External Relations, and Acting Director of the
AIT  Center in Vietnam (AITCV), met with
high-ranking officials of the
Ministry of Education and Training (MOET), and Ministry of Foreign
Affairs (MOFA) Vietnam.