UNESCO is working on mainstreaming the issue of climate change in curricula and is keen to develop sustainable development indicators. UNESCO Bangkok is also keen on policy initiatives, and it wishes to tap the expertise available at the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT).

Asia Development Bank-Japan Scholarship Program (ADB-JSP) is keen to continue scholarships forAsian Institute of Technology (AIT) students. It also wishes to strengthen its interaction with its alumni. This was the sentiment expressed by Mr. Kazuo Kojima, Senior Financing Partnerships Specialist, Office of Cofinancing Operations, ADB, at a meeting at AIT on 27 June 2011.

Republic of India has ratified the New Charter of the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) and submitted the Instrument of Acceptance to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Royal Thai Government. India becomes the third country after Sweden and Japan to submit the Instrument of Acceptance.

AIT alumnus Ms. Binda Pandey has been elected as Deputy Member of the Governing Body of the International Labour Organization (ILO), a United Nations specialized agency. Her election took place at the 100th Session of the International Labour Conference held from 1-17 June 2011 in Geneva, Switzerland.

A Unified Bachelor-Master-Program (UBMP) in the Agribusiness Management (ABM) was formally launched on 13 June 2011 at the Sam Higginbottom Institute of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences (SHIATS), Allahabad, India. The inaugural ceremony was attended by Prof. S. B. Lal, Pro Vice Chancellor, SHIATS, and Dr. Weerakorn Ongsakul, Dean, AIT’s School of Environment, Resources and Development (SERD).

PACT, an American-based NGO, is open to developing a strategic partnership with AIT. This message was delivered by Mr. Kurt MacLeod, Associate Vice President for Asia/Eurasia, PACT, during an exploratory meeting with AIT officials on 21 June 2011.

PACT, an American-based NGO, is open to developing a strategic partnership with AIT. This message was delivered by Mr. Kurt MacLeod, Associate Vice President for Asia/Eurasia, PACT, during an exploratory meeting with AIT officials on 21 June 2011.

The Membrane Bio Reactor technology was pioneered at the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) in the nineteen eighties when the idea of submerged membranes was experimented. Stating this, AIT alumnus and Associate Dean (International) of Deakin University, Australia, Prof. K. Baskaran, said that the work initiated at AIT by Dr. Kazuo Yamamoto was later developed at the University of Tokyo.

“Housing is a crucial need of mankind after food. It is a key indicator of a good standard of living in a society. It forms the base around which families are established, communities are settled, nations are built and states are organized in peace,” AIT President Prof. Said Irandoust said in a keynote address on 17 June 2011, as read on his behalf by Prof. Worsak Kanok-Nukulchai, AIT Vice President for Resources and Development, at the seminar on “Asian Prefab Technology for Budget Housing” hosted by AIT.