United Nations Centre for Regional Development (INCRD) Director, Ms. Chikako Takase appreciated the role played by the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) in hosting the global secretariat of the International Partnership for Expanding Water Management Services of Local Authorities (IPLA). She expressed this sentiment during a visit to AIT on 12 October 2012.

The Ambassador of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam to Thailand, H.E. Mr. Ngo Duc Thang, visited the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) on 8 October 2012 to review its ongoing flood rebuilding work and meet with Vietnamese nationals studying and working at the international higher learning institute located north of Bangkok.

DPMM students learn first-hand from natural calamities in Japan and Thailand

A researcher from the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Dr. Alfredo Anceno was awarded the World Water Congress fellowship by the International Water Association (IWA) to participate in the Congress held between 16-21 September 2012, in Busan, South Korea.

Minister of Labor and Human Resources, Government of Bhutan, H.E. Mr. Dorji Wangdi described the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) as a “great seat of learning,” and an “undisputed pioneer in the field of education.” He made these remarks on the occasion of the signing ceremony of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between AIT and the Royal Institute of Management (RIM) on 8 October 2012.

Eight volunteers from the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) participated in a training organized by Télécoms Sans Frontières (TSF). Six students and two AIT employees participated in the TSF training program organized from 28-30 September 2012.

A delegation from Directorate General of Higher Education of Ministry of Education and Culture of the Republic of Indonesia (DIKTI) expressed their intention to strengthen relations with the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) and promote it as a center of engineering excellence to candidate lecturers in Indonesia. The visitors also stated that they are interested in sending more scholars, researchers and teachers for dual-degree, sandwich programs and postgraduate programs.

Dr. Shahadat Chowdhury, an AIT alumnus won the local government election in New South Wales (NSW), Australia on 8 September 2012. He has been elected as a council governing Parramatta City Council, and will serve for four years.

We have known and respected AIT’s work for decades and would like to structure a formal relationship with your Institute. This was stated by Prof. Laurence R. Simon, Director of Sustainable International Development Program, Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University, United States, during a visit to AIT on 28 September 2012.