Responding to the risk of flood re-occurring in Thailand this year, the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) has instituted a specialized Task Force to devise a flood protection plan for its Pathumthani province campus, which was completely inundated last October.

Restoring internet access across the campus, especially to AIT students in their dorms, has been the ongoing work of the campus network restoration team led by AIT internet expert Prof. Kanchana Kanchanasut.

Multimedia University College (MMU) of Kenya has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) to facilitate the launch of unified programs, promote faculty and staff exchange programs, conduct joint training programs and foster academic and research collaboration.

Updates on AIT Insurance Claim, Street Lights, Air Conditioning, Air Quality Tests & Renovation for Muslim Prayer Room

Former Ambassador of the United States of America to the Asian Development Bank (ADB), Mr. Curtis S. Chin, of Alexandria, Virginia, has joined the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) as a Senior Fellow and inaugural Executive-in-Residence.

With operations now resuming at AIT’s Pathumthani campus, air quality is steadily improving and is expected to reach exacting international safety standards.

“AIT must change,” Prof. Sudip Rakshit told an audience last week as he publically unveiled the brand new AIT Research Strategy 2012-2016.

Thailand has three options for managing and controlling floods, including creating a detention basin of three million Rais (3000 million cubic meters); creating an additional East flood bypass channel; and creating both East and West flood bypass channels in addition to the detention area. These options were postulated by eminent flood expert Dr. Seree Supratid of The Sirindhorn International Environmental Park, Climate Change and Disaster Center, Rangsit University at a discussion organized by the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) on 24 February 2012.

President of the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) Prof. Said Irandoust has postulated the concept of a Safe, Secure and Sustainable (3S) AIT campus. Speaking on the occasion of the event organized to mark the return of AIT to its mother campus in Pathumthani, Prof. Irandoust said the AIT campus is being reconstructed on lines of sustainability so that it can act as a model for others to emulate. Further, the Institute seeks to emerge as a Knowledge Hub in the field of flood management. President Irandoust stated that all rebuilding, reconstruction and renovation is being conducted on the basis of principles of safety, security and sustainability.

A delegation from Tohoku University, comprising of Prof. Hideki Harada and Prof. Tatsuo Omura handed over a donation of 1 million Yen to the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) for repair and rehabilitation of the Institute campus. The donation was handed over to the AIT President, Prof. Said Irandoust on 25 February 2012.