For faculty, staff and students increasingly concerned about some external reports of the Institute’s finances, AIT’s Head of Finance had some reassuring words at the Institute Forum on 30 October 2012.
AIT is financially sound, Finance Head tells Institute Forum
Lecture on Challenges on food security in poverty alleviation
Prof. Felix Dapare Dakore of Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa will be deliver a lecture on “Challenges on food security in poverty alleviation” from 1330-1430 hours on 2 November 2012 at the Milton E. Bender Jr. Auditorium.
Government urged to ratify AIT Charter: The Nation
AIT President Prof. Said Irandoust was interviewed live on the evening of October 31, 2012 on the Thai television channel Krungthep Turakij, Nation Group.
Facing questions from journalists Mr. Thanong Khanthong, ASEAN TV Editor, and Nophakhun Limsamarnphun, News Editor on the “Trong Praden” program, the president addressed a number of issues facing AIT.
An article following that interview appeared in The Nation, on 2 November 2012:
Afghanistan expresses desire to join AIT Council, wishes to send 100 undergraduate students
Islamic Republic of Afghanistan has expressed its desire to be part of the AIT Council. Further, it wishes to send one hundred students to pursue undergraduate programs at AIT. This sentiment was expressed by H.E. Prof. Obaiddullah Obaid, Minister of Higher Education (MoHE), Afghanistan, during a visit to the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) on 31 October 2012.