An article titled “Planet choking on polluted water” written by Prof. Said Irandoust, President, Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) and Prof. Asit K Biswas , President of the Third World Centre for Water Management, Mexico was published in the newspaper Bangkok Post on 5 June 2011.

The United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR) is keen to associate Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) in the preparation of the Global Assessment Report (GAR). This was stated by Mr. Jerry Velasques, Senior Regional Coordinator, UNISDR for Asia and Pacific, at a meeting held at AIT on 3 June 2011.

The Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) and Rangsit University (RSU) have joined forces to offer a new Unified International Bachelor-Master Degree program in engineering that enables students in Thailand to earn both an undergraduate and graduate degree in five years.

The Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) and Rangsit University (RSU) have joined forces to offer a new Unified International Bachelor-Master Degree program in engineering that enables students in Thailand to earn both an undergraduate and graduate degree in five years.

Asia Pacific Water Forum (APWF) held its pre-launch workshop of the launch of the “Regional Water Knowledge Hub for Groundwater Management” at the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) on 1 June 2011. Speaking on the occasion, Ms. Yatsuka Kataoka of the Institute for Global Environment Strategies (IGES), stated that the APWF knowledge hub is a major initiative of knowledge sharing and capacity development.

At 2:46 pm on 11 March 2011 a monumental 9.0 magnitude earthquake shook Japan to its core and reverberated all around the world. The temblor with its epicenter located off the northeastern coast of the country in the Pacific Ocean was the fourth strongest in recorded history. The earthquake caused death and damage in metropolitan Tokyo 250 kilometers to the south and was felt across the entire country. It also generated a massive tsunami that inundated long stretches of Japan’s coastal areas, causing catastrophic physical damage and huge loss of life.