Four AIT students of Water Engineering and Management (WEM), Ms.
Thedini Asali Peiris from Sri Lanka, Mr. Anil Aryal from Nepal, Ms Aye
Chan Myint from Myanmar, and Mr. Asim Shoaib from Pakistan, were among
the 76 students who participated in the five-day event.
According to Prof. Mukand Singh Babel of WEM, HydroAsia began in the
year 2007 with AIT being one of the institutes that had initiated the
event . This was the ninth consecutive year when it was held.
Organized by K-Water, the event seeks to promote key concepts,
methodologies, tools and good practices which are essential for a
sustainable water management. Other universities and institutes
associated with HydroAsia include Tropical Marine Science Institute,
National University of Singapore (Singapore), International Center for
Urban Water Hydroinformatics Research & Innovation (South Korea),
University of Incheon (South Korea), Danang University of Technology
(Vietnam), Chuo University (Japan),Disaster Prevention Research
Institute, Kyoto University (Japan),Beijing University of Technology
(China),Tianjin University (China), and Qingdao Technical University
(China).
More details are available at this link: http://www.hydroasia.org/
