“AIT will offer whatever assistance it can to the disaster affected
areas,” Prof. Irandoust said. He added that the expertise that AIT has
in disaster management and mitigation will be available to the affected
parties. Further, AIT will also consider working in these areas on
disaster prevention strategies to avert such tragedies in the
future.
AIT is currently engaged in the field of disaster monitoring through
its collaboration with the Regional Integrated Multi-Hazard Early
Warning System for Africa and Asia (RIMES). It also partners Telecoms
Sans Frontières (TSF) which has been taking the lead in providing
communication facilities to disaster stricken areas.