Emeritus Professor Ram M. Shrestha has brought out two premier publications under the banner of the Regional Energy Resources Information Center (RERIC) of the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT). Titled “Climate Policy and Energy Development in Thailand: An Assessment,” and “Power Sector Development with Carbon and Energy Taxes: An Assessment in Six Asian Countries,” these two publications contain significant policy recommendations that have a bearing on both climate and energy sectors in the region.

Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) students have won the annual debate organized on the occasion of the International Day of Forests for the third successive year. The three-member team of Mr. Vasan Narang, Ms Ngoc Han and Ms. Sobia Asghar defeated their rival Kasetsart University at the competition held on 21 March 2016.

The Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) has been ranked among the best universities in the world in three disciplines, according to the QS Top Universities 2016 Rankings by subject released on 21 March 2016. Further, AIT’s faculty has also been ranked 240 in the field of Engineering and Technology.

Prospective postgraduate students from all over Thailand sampled a flavour of AIT’s internationality, academic and research offerings, and its facilities at the Open House organized on 11 March 2016.

A book on “Groundwater Environment in Asian Cities” by Associate Professor Dr. Sangam Shrestha and Vishnu Prasad Pandey of AIT’s School of Engineering and Technology (SET) has been released by Elsevier. Coauthored with Binaya R Shivakoti of Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), Japan and Shashidhar Thatikonda of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Hyderabad, the book focuses on groundwater environment in 14 Asian cities.