Minister of Housing and Common Amenities (Sri Lanka), H.E. Mr. Gitanjana Gunawardena, along with Mr. Upul E. Kulasinghe, Advisor to the Minister visited the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) for discussions on the implementation of the MoU between AIT and the Ministry of Housing and Common Amenities of Sri Lanka.

History was made today when twelve students from five
countries attended their first day of classes as undergraduates at AIT
on November 2.
 
Fifty years after eighteen graduate students from three countries
enrolled at the SEATO Graduate School of Engineering, which would later
become the Asian Institute of Technology, a similarly small group of
students from India, Nepal, Myanmar, Vietnam and Thailand ushered in a
new era for undergraduate education at AIT.
 
Welcomed along with their families by administration officials on
undergraduate Orientation Day on October 29 the newcomers, ranging
from sixteen to twenty years of age, quickly learned the significance
of their decision to attend AIT. “You are all making history as the
first ever batch of undergraduates at AIT,” the Head of the AIT Student
Office Ann Lopez-Fontanilla said.

Research work by Prof. Vilas M. Salokhe of the School of Environment,
Resources and Development (SERD) at the Asian Institute of Technology
(AIT) has been featured by the Agriculture Research Service (ARS) of
the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).

An article written by Ann Perry titled “Computer Modeling Can
Contribute to Thai Soybean Production” states that ARS scientists along
with their partners at AIT have been able to “pinpoint the best
agronomic practices for maximizing soybean production in
Thailand”.

The article says that ARS scientists are testing the soybean model
GLYCIM to improve its performance under a range of conditions around
the world.

University of Borås has
sought a partnership with the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) for
dissemination of knowledge on waste treatment, resource recovery as
well as energy generation from waste materials. A delegation comprising
of Prof. Mohammad Taherzadeh, Professor in Biotechnology at School of
Engineering, University of Borås, and Mr. Olle Engstrom, Chairman of
the Board of Boras Lokatrafik AB, Sweden, stated this while delivering
a presentation on the “Knowledge and technology transfer on waste
refinery between Sweden and Thailand".

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Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) seeks a closer partnership with China. This was the central theme at the Golden Jubilee celebrations of AIT during the Press Conference and Mini Exhibition organized at Beijing Normal University, Beijing on 26 October 2009.