A delegation from Guangdong University of Business Studies (GUBS), People’s Republic of China visited the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) on 24 September 2012 to explore possible academic collaboration. Led by its Vice President, Prof. Yong Heming, the delegation revealed that their finance and business degree programs are ranked among the top five in Guangdong province.

Forty youngsters from 15 countries were trained in the concept and methodology of water-energy-carbon interface during the event ‘Asia Pacific Graduates Youth Forum on Green Economy’ being organized at Kathmandu, Nepal. Dr. Sangam Shrestha of Water Engineering and Management (WEM) field of study, School of Engineering and Technology (SET), Asian Institute of Technology led the session on ‘Quantifying water, energy and carbon nexus’.

Toyo University, Japan has sought collaboration with the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT). A delegation from Toyo University led by its Vice President, Prof. Hidetoshi Kitawaki, Vice President met the AIT President Prof. Said Irandoust on 20 September 2012 and expressed their intention to engage in a permanent collaboration.

Reinventing the Toilet: For urban poor in Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam

The Government of the Kingdom of Cambodia has ratified the new Charter of the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) and will become a member of the Governing Council of Intergovernmental AIT.

For 350 young college and university students, many of whom entered the portals of a United Nations building for the first time, it was a dream come true. For them to act as representatives of various countries, debate and deliberate like them and finally vote on important motions, is a once in a lifetime experience. As Mr. Shun-ichi Murata, Deputy Executive Secretary, ESCAP pointed out that participants “enter as junior delegates but leave as ambassadors.”