Rural development officials from the Indian province of Karnataka joined a customized training program on “Managing Rural Development” at the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT). Speaking at the inaugural program, Prof. Jayant Kumar Routray, coordinator, Regional and Rural Development Planning (RRDP) and Disaster Preparedness, Mitigation and Management (DPMM) field of study at AIT remarked that Thailand had a lot of lessons to offer in the field of rural development.

Significant potential exists for launching an AIT Undergraduate Program in Vietnam in the fields of technology and management, a number of higher education experts told an AIT workshop last week.

Twelve students of the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) were felicitated by the Ambassador of Federal Republic of Germany to Thailand, H.E. Mr. Rolf Schulze, at a function held at the Embassy of Germany on 15 September 2011. Recipients of the Germany Academic Exchange Service scholarships, these students belong to Vietnam, Cambodia and Myanmar.

Thailand is moving towards a path of an innovative economy which encompasses creative, knowledge based and green economies. The country’s eleventh plan envisions the creation of a happy society based on equality, fairness and resilience. This was stated by Dr. Chonchanok Viravan, Advisor, AMATA Science City Project, while delivering an extra mural lecture on “Amata Science City: Creating New Opportunities to Foster Innovative Economy in Thailand”” at the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) on 15 September 2011.

ADB Country Director (Thailand Resident Mission), Mr. Craig M. Steffensen, assured the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) of “full support,” stating that the Institute could also count on ADB as a key supporter. He made these remarks during a visit to AIT on 12 September 2011.

Thailand will have to master twenty-first century techniques of Knowledge Engineering to meet the needs of society in order to emerge as a global leader. Apart from knowledge engineering, techniques in information metering and Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) are critical in this century.

AIT Vietnam (AIT-VN) has expanded its facility in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam to meet the rapidly growing demand for its higher learning professional programs and professional development short courses in the nation’s largest city.