The AIT Alumni Club at King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi (KMUTT), led by Dr. Tongchat Hongladaromp, KMUTT Board Chair, on 12 September 2014 presented a donation of 0.5 million Baht to AIT President Prof. Worsak Kanok-Nukulchai for the renovation and modernization of the AIT Library.
AIT Alumni Club of KMUTT donates 500,000 THB for AIT Library modernization
Mini Marathon and Slow Bicycle Race
Schedule:Slow Bicycle Race: 3:30 pmMini marathon: 4:30 pmThe event will be followed by a music performance of “Vas roobi” Japanese music band.Rules and Regulations:There will be two categories - men and women. Detailed rules for the slow bicycle race are available at this link.
EJEC offers scholarship for study at AIT
Eight-Japan Engineering Consultants Inc (EJEC) has offered a scholarship for a student to pursue a Master’s degree at the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT). This was formalized at the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) and Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) between EJEC and AIT on 9 September 2014.
Mitsubishi Rayon donates 1 million Yen to AGS
Mitsubishi Rayon has donated 1 million Yen as support for the Alliance for Global Sustainability (AGS) Asia at the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT). The donation was made during a visit of senior officials of Mitsubishi Rayon at AIT on 4 September 2014.
160 undergraduate students welcomed at AIT
A batch of 160 students, a majority of them from partner institutes in Sri Lanka, Myanmar and Nepal, were welcomed at the Orientation Day program for undergraduate students organized at the AIT Conference Center on 1 September 2014.
Something for everyone: President Worsak’s interview in the Bangkok Post
AIT President Worsak Kanok-Nukulchai was interviewed by Thailand’s Bangkok Post newspaper last week. Based on the interview, an article was published in the Life section of the newspaper on September 3. Titled “Something for everyone,” the article was written by Bangkok Post’s Senior Writer, Yvonne Bohwongprasert.
Orientation : Undergraduate students
The detailed program can be downloaded from this link
FAO Regional Representative for Asia-Pacific visits AIT, discusses joint Action Plan 2014
Inviting the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) to consider the Asian Institute of Technology as its “academic arm†for the region, AIT President Prof. Worsak Kanok-Nukulchai welcomed Mr. Hiroyuki Konuma, Assistant Director General and FAO Regional Representatives for Asia and the Pacific to the campus on August 24 for discussions on the AIT-FAO Action Plan 2014 for cooperation.
Field Demonstration Day on “Promoting Participatory Homestead Sustainable Vegetable Production to AIT Communityâ€
This is aimed at demonstrating the project outcomes to the AIT Community for ensuring community participation.Interested AIT community members are invited to join the Field Day/Demonstration Day to learn more about production methods of chemical-residue free vegetables production.
Stanford University pioneer dazzles audience at Robotics talk
The AIT Distinguished Lecture Series kicked of with a inaugural talk on “Living with Robots†delivered by Stanford University pioneer Prof. Oussama Khatib. Traversing the 50-year journey of robots during a lecture delivered at AIT on 26 August 2014, Prof. Khatib highlighted how robotics is entering new frontiers.