The Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) and the Royal Thai Armed Forces’ National Defence Studies Institute have established a partnership to develop research and academic programs, resources cooperation and organize social activities for the next five years.

AIT President Prof. Worsak Kanok-Nukulchai has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Dr. José Manuel Piňa Gutiérrez, Rector, Universidad Juárez Autónoma De Tabasco (UJAT), Mexico, to initiate cooperative activities in Aquaculture and Aquatic Resource Management between the two universities.

Dr. Rajendra Shrestha has been promoted from the rank of Associate Professor to Full Professor, following the approval of the Board of the Trustees at its meeting held on 16 July 2015.

“We hope to work closely with the Asian Institute of Technology,” said Dr. Liu Jinghui, Secretary-General of the China Scholarship Council, People’s Republic of China, on a visit to AIT on 15 July 2015.

Dr. Sarawut Ninsawat has been promoted to the rank of Assistant Professor in the Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems (RS&GIS) field of study at the AIT School of Engineering and Technology (SET), AIT President Worsak Kanok-Nukulchai announced on 16 July 2016.

Vietnam national Mr. Lai Nguyen Huy graduated from the Asian Institute of Technology on May 22, 2015.

For the fifth year in succession, undergraduate students from United Group of Institutions (UGI) in India spent a good portion of their summer break at the Asian Institute of Technology learning about high-end technology and immersing themselves in the culture and society of Thailand.

Agricultural production in urban and peri-urban areas of Asia could help strengthen the future of food security and nutrition for the region’s growing urban populations, a regional meeting co-organized by FAO and the Asian Institute of Technology heard this week.

AIT Gender and Development Studies coordinator Asst. Prof. Philippe Doneys has co-edited a newly published book titled ‘Gendered Entanglements: Re-visiting gender in rapidly changing Asia’ – a first of its kind publication covering a wide set of contemporary issues relating to gender, with a specific Asia focus.

The Asian Institute of Technology was home to 16 of the top 100 authors in Thailand ranked by publications produced in the field of environmental science from 2010 to 2014, according to Scopus, a leading bibliographic database owned by Elsevier.