Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Raipur, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) seeking student and faculty exchange programs, collaborative research projects and organization of joint academic and scientific activities. The MoU was signed by Prof. B. S. Sahay, Director, IIM, Raipur and Prof. Said Irandoust, President, AIT on 18 October 2012.

A workshop on Ionosphere Scintillations Monitoring using GPS was organized by the Remote Sensing and Geographical Information Systems (RS-GIS) field of study at AIT’s School of Engineering and Technology (SET) on 17 October 2012.

A policy paper on ‘Sustainable Urban Transport Systems – An Overview,” authored by Mr. Ridwan Quaium, a researcher working at the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), has been published by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP), Bangkok.

An eight-member senior delegation from Pakistan’s prestigious National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST) visited AIT for two days to investigate a wide range of cooperation possibilities.

AIT President Prof. Said Irandoust called on H.E. President of Nepal Rt. Hon. Dr. Ram Baran Yadav and H.E. Prime Minister of Nepal, Rt. Hon. Dr. Baburam Bhattarai during a visit to Kathmandu.

Coping with disasters can be extremely difficult, particularly if you are a child. But for the children of AIT International School, “Living with flood” was a theme for their art competition. Scores of children unveiled their talents coming up with their creative best on the occasion of the International Day for Disaster Reduction organized by the Disaster Preparedness, Mitigation and Management (DPMM) field of study at the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) on 13 October 2012.

Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) has launched new programs in Nepal including a two-stage Master’s Program in Business (MBA and MBA in Energy Business Management), along with a Bachelor’s Program in Civil and Infrastructure Engineering, and Information and Communication Technology (ICT). The programs were launched on 11 October 2012 under the Memorandum of Agreements (MoAs) signed between AIT and the Nepal Education Foundation-Consortium of Colleages, Nepal (NEF-CCN).

AIT President Prof. Said Irandoust delivered a keynote address on the topic “Private Public Partnership in Technology Innovation and Promotion” at the international conference on “Technology and Innovation Management” held in Kathmandu, Nepal from 10-12 October 2012.

AIT President Prof. Said Irandoust met Secretary-General of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC), H. E. Mr. Ahmed Saleem, at the SAARC Secretariat in Kathmandu, Nepal on 11 October 2012.