Following the lecture there will be an informal interaction over coffee / tea prior to the Q&A session. The lecture will also be broadcast live and can be viewed at the following link: http://203.159.28.31/LiveAbout Dr. Bindu N. Lohani :Dr. Lohani is Vice-President (Finance and Administration) of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and is a member of the Bank’s Management Team.

The Thai Red Cross Society has been working with the volunteer students and staff of the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) to collect units of blood from the AIT community. The bloodmobile visits AIT every three months; four times a year, hoping to collect enough units to supply the constant demand for blood.

Seminar on February 15, 2010Art Exhibition from : February 15th – 28th 2010Venue : Pridi Bhanomyong Institute, Sukhumwit Soi 55 (BTS Thonglor), Bangkok, Thailand The Illegal, Temporary and Precarious States of Being - Migration Seminar and Art Exhibition explores the impacts of the current global responses to migration.

A presentation "Bridging the Gap" on the international mobility project funded by ERASMUS MUNDUS will be held on Wednesday, 10th February 2010 at Room ET238 (Energy Building) from 10.00 am. onwards.The presentation will be made by Ms. Marcella Orrů, Head of the European Programmes, Cooperation and Networks office, International Cooperation and Mobility Division - University of Trento

A presentation on “World Bank Information Resources and The World Bank Role in Infrastructure Development” will be organized at the Milton E. Bender Jr. Auditorium at the Asian Institute of Technology on Tuesday, 9 February 2010 from 2.00 pm to 4.00 pm.

Mr. Edgar Samuel Sharuk, Chief of Administration, Asia-Pacific Regional Bureau for Education, UNESCO will be delivering an interesting talk on "Career Planning and Conflict Resolution" on 3rd February 2010 from 1:30-3:30 p.m. at the Milton E. Bender Jr. Auditorium.

A talk on Ph.D. scholarships and research opportunities in Engineering at Nanyang Technological University will be delivered by Prof. Alex Kot, Professor and Associate Dean for College of Engineering, Nanyang Technological University (NTU) on 2 February 2010 at 2:00 p.m. at the Milton E. Bender Jr. Auditorium.

The Asian Center for Corporate Social Responsibility (ACCSR) will be internally launched at AIT on Tuesday, 2 February 2010, from 10 am - 12 noon in room 108, AIT Conference Center.There will be the introduction of the new Center at AIT and presentation of some cutting edge topics in the field of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). The AIT community are invited to begin a collaborative dialogue on opportunities for AIT in capacity building and knowledge development in the field of CSR, as a focal point to advance the development and implementationof effective sustainability solutions for and by business, and a platform for partnerships for sustainable development with the private sector.

Background and objective: The workshop aims at assisting developing countries formulate comprehensive, locally appropriate and environmentally sound low carbon technology projects.In this context, UNIDO has initiated a project titled “Pilot Appraisal for low carbon technology innovation and diffusion in Thai manufacturing sectors”. The project seeks to demonstrate the potential of existing centres and networks to initiate, catalyze and accelerate the development, deployment and dissemination of low carbon technologies in the cement and pulp and paper manufacturing sectors in Thailand.