By Nitipol Kiravanich

September 21st, 2021 — Kurita Water and Environment Foundation (KWEF) this year awarded the fifth batch of two outstanding students from Thailand and Sri Lanka in their pursuit of Masters’ Degrees at the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT).

The virtual ceremony was attended by Mr. Toshiyuki Nakai, President of KWEF; Dr. Eden Y. Woon, President of AIT; Mr. Takuo Ishida, KWEF Managing Director; Mr. Toshihito Uchida, KWEF General Secretary, and Mr. Masa-aki Wakita, KWEF Secretary, as well as AIT professors who are on the Kurita Scholarship Selection Committee, Prof.

By Office of Public Affairs

The third event of the AIT Tech Talks, a series being organized under the AIT Enterprises Alliance (AEA), to highlight the expertise of AIT in various emerging technologies and developments, was held on August 26, 2021. This event, supported by Computers and Structures Inc.

By Mae Thiwari

Student of Natural Resources Management, Win Myint Thein, and student of Water Engineering and Management, Vishal Thakur, gave insights into their internship with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Bangkok.

By Mae Thiwari

Former Asian Development Bank scholarship student turned World Bank water expert, Abdul Naser Majidi, is working through tough challenges on the first ever mega Water-Sanitation-Hygiene program in Afghanistan.

Working as a trainee engineer in 2013 on a dam project, Majidi noticed how almost all the water specialists working for the Afghan Ministry of Energy and Water at the time were foreigners.

By Mae Thiwari 

Student of Business Analytics and Digital Transformation (BADT), Ms. Pakamon Vongsanit, shared how AIT Internship Program had exceeded her expectations. 

Merck Thailand is hosting the student from AIT School of Management (SOM), interning as an Assistant to the Head of Commercial Excellence of Southeast Asia.

By Mae Thiwari and Olubummi Temidayo Thomas

July 15, 2021

New report by AIT and UNEP brought to light the environmental impact and possibilities to build back better with a holistic waste management system, through plastic circularity principles.

With comprehensive data on plastics and plastic packaging sector collected over a year since the outbreak of COVID-19 in the report, the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) and United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) jointly held a webinar on ‘COVID-19 & Plastic Plight: A Reflection from One Year of the Pandemic’ to discuss how to create a solution for resource efficient and pollution free Asia Pacific.

By Mae Thiwari

July 30, 2021 -- With research highlights showcasing innovations and intensive studies, the first generation of environmental leaders in marine plastic pollution produced by AIT Marine Plastic Abatement program has brought Japan and its global partners’ vision of zero plastic litter one step closer to reality.

By Kanda Yaemboonruang

More than 20 years in science, with 237 papers published with over 6,000 citations, and countless young researchers under his wings, AIT alum Prof. Shabbir Hussaini Gheewala is one of the most influential scientists in Thailand and has made the 2021 Reuters Hot List of the world’s top climate scientists with his expertise and dedication on his scientific work related to sustainability, life-cycle assessment and global warming.

By Kanda Yaemboonruang

AIT alum Mr. Chaiwat Kovavisarach discusses what makes zero carbon emission possible, as he shares industry insight on technologies that will transform the future of energy – and his fond memories of AIT.

As the world is shunning fossil fuels due to their impact on climate change, and as technologies to produce renewable energy have made it more affordable to switch, it is not difficult to see the trajectory of energy transition – from dirty to green.

By Kanda Yaemboonruang

Educational opportunities have been known to lift people out of poverty and propel them toward success. The same applies to Dr. Pham Minh Duyen, AIT alumnus of Environmental Engineering and Management within the School of Environment, Resources and Development (SERD), whose life-changing moments were brought on by education.