The three tops teams of the School of Environment, Resources and
Development (SERD), School of Engineering and Technology (SET) and
School of Management (SOM) of AIT vied for top honors. Inaugurating the
competition Prof. Said Irandoust, President, AIT stated that
presentation skills are very critical in public life, particularly for
people in academics and science. “It is very important to be able to
communicate new knowledge to non academics,” Prof. Irandoust remarked.
“Team GDS” comprising of Mehwish Qudoos, Ria Parmana Sari, Nafisa
Rashid and Dimdaline Sar who spoke about the need for more action
oriented research bagged the top honors among competitors from the
School of Environment, Resources and Development (SERD). “FEBT 10”
comprising of Yakindra Prasad Timilsena, Kalpana Soudapana Arunagiri,
Alisha Tuladhar, Jyotsna Shrestha Khanal and Silvia Ayu Widayati won
the second prize; while “Duarte” comprising of Paul Jacob, Karnwadee
Wilaingam and Sawitree Singjan came third. Teams from SERD were
presenting on the topic “Universities of Asia in the twenty first
century.”
In School of Engineering and Technology (SET), the team “As-One”
comprising of Muhammad Haris Aziz, Nancy Sykora, Warisa Wisittipanich,
Chayakarm Bamrungbutr and Saowanit Lekhavat came first followed by “The
Gurukul” comprising of Amit Kumar Tamang, Birodh Rijal, Mukesh Khadka,
Sabita Khadka and Ram Sewak Dahal. “CEG” comprising of Senjam Romero
Singh and Andre Susanto came third. The theme for SET competitors was
“The role of university in community related research.”
The competition reached a crescendo when “Three Jewels” from School of
Management (SOM), who were the last team to deliver their presentation,
talked about their vision of an “Open Mind”. The team comprising of
Cherry Than, Olga Olegovna Shipina and Subodh Bahadur Pradhanang, won
the first prize among the competitors from SOM. They were followed by
“The Trio” comprising of Rahul Kumar Bohara, Avishek K. Karky and
Taweesak Paepimparath who came second. “Qyerdenker” comprising of
Maximilian Lingenthal and Manuel Bender emerged third. SOM teams
presented on the topic “effective strategies for maintaining an open
mind.”
Mr. Bikendra Shamsher Thapa, Chairperson of AIT Student Union External
Affairs Committee, who was the main organizer of the competition,
revealed that a total of 25 teams had participated in the competition,
out of which nine were selected for the finals. “We have established a
new benchmark in AIT for organizing such competitions,” he said. Mr.
Worawaj Onnom, President, AIT Student Union welcomed all delegates and
complemented all participants. Mr. Varun Kumra was the Master of
Ceremonies during the competition. The three winners from the
respective schools were awarded cash prizes of 20,000 Bht each. Second
prize winners were awarded 10,000 Bht each. All cash prizes were
sponsored by the Office of the AIT President.
Apart from Prof. Irandoust, the judges included Mr. Raymond Brandes,
Program Specialist, “Partners for Prevention (P4P) - Working with Boys
and Men to Prevent Gender-based Violence"; Dr. Aphiya Hathayatham,
Director of Information Technology Museum at the National Science
Museum, Thailand; Mr. Bjorn Turmann, writer, filmmaker and consultant;
Dr. Branford Johnson, Education Editor of the English daily, The
Bangkok Post.
The event was organized by the AIT Student Union with the support of
the Office of the AIT President and the Media and Communications Unit
(MCU).
Participants of the second AIT Open Presentation competition with the
judges, organizers and volunteers.