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The Library Modernization Fundraising Campaign this week broke the 40
million Baht barrier as major donations from the Na Lamphun family,
Amata Corporation, alumna Ms. Loh Ai Lee, and SEAFCO Plc., pushed the
campaign total to over 80% of its goal of 50 million Baht.
The Na
Lamphun family, who are all AIT alumni, on 13 March 2015 donated a
total of 2 million Thai Baht for the AIT library’s modernization
effort. Dr. Chainarong individually donated 1 Million Baht, and his
three children Dr. Phannachet Na Lamphun, Dr. Pornlapas Na Kamphun, and
Mr. Rathawait Na Lamphun also joined hands to contribute another 1
Million Thai Baht.
A day
earlier, on March 13, Amata Corporation pledged 1 million to the
fundraising drive. The donation was made by Mr. Vikrom Kromadit at his
Amata Corporation Bangkok headquarters when he met AIT President Prof.
Worsak Kanok-Nukulchai and Prof Voratas Kachitvichayanukul, Dean of the
AIT School of Engineering and Technology.
Mr. Vikrom
also said he would help mobilize additional funds for AIT’s campaign
from large foreign corporates now operating at his industrial estate in
Chon Buri, Thailand. Mr. Vikrom is a business leader, philanthropist,
best-selling author and a man with a mission "to bring Asia to the
world and the world to Asia."
According
to President Worsak, he still wants AIT to set up a front office at his
industrial estate to collaborate with thousands of R&D companies
expected to set up operations.
On March
11, it was announced that AIT alumna Ms. Loh Ai Lee (SEC '81) had
pledged US$ 30,000 to the campaign to give new life to AIT's library. A
Malaysian national, Ms. Ai Lee is a fully qualified Chartered
Professional Engineer registered with the Board of Engineers in
Malaysia and Australia. She has more than 30 years of experience in
Malaysia and overseas, having worked with international companies such
as TYLin, Parsons Brinkerhoff, Bilfinger and Berger, and Bechtel.
Currently,
Ms. Ai Lee serves as the Technical Advisor of Prasarana Malaysia
Berhad, the asset owner which operates the LRT and the Monorail Systems
in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Kicking off
the week of notable donations was SEAFCO Plc’s contribution of 300,000
Baht. Mr. Narong Thasnanipan, President of SEAFCO, pledged 0.3 million
Baht to support the campaign on March 9.
SEAFCO
initiated collaboration with AIT in 2007 when Mr. Narong established a
scholarship program in dedication and memory of his late elder brother,
Mr. Supot Thasnanipan, the founder of SEAFCO, and a former AIT
student.