Alumnus of the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) and Executive Chairman of Nepal’s National Information Technology Institute (NITI), Mr. Pramod S. S. Pradhan has announced that half of his earnings from undergraduate student recruitment would be donated to the AIT Endowment Fund. He stated this during the signing ceremony of the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) between NITI and AIT on 16 July 2010.

H.E. William J. Burns, Under Secretary for Political Affairs has described the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) as “world class”. He stated this while delivering a talk, “A Renewed U.S.-Thai Alliance for the 21st Century” at Chulalongkorn University on 16 July 2010.

Nong Lam University (NLU), Vietnam and Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to expand mutual collaboration in academics, research, training and consultancy services. The MOU was signed by the AIT President Prof. Said Irandoust, and Dr. Tring Truong Giang, Rector, NLU on 16 July 2010.

Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) is already getting suitors with proposals to establish campuses in various countries. A delegation from Nepal submitted a proposal on 16 July 2010 to establish an AIT center in Nepal.

Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) has signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with the Institute of Scientific Research (ISR), Boston College, USA to forge cooperative research under the framework of Scintillation Network Decision Aid (SCINDA) research network. ISR and AIT will conduct regional research on geodynamics, real-time corrections of Global Positioning System (GPS) signals from solar extremes and solar flares in upper atmosphere among others.

Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) is an ideal place for students to acquire an international outlook while maintaining an Asian orientation. AIT students graduate with an international perspective; high level of IT competence; innovation; and are able to achieve integration of holistic aspects while remaining pegged to industrial relevance. This was stated by Prof. Worsak Kanok-Nukulchai, AIT’s Vice President for Resource and Development while welcoming prospective students and their parents on the visit AIT Day organized on 12 July 2010.

AIT’s Chairman of the Board of Trustees, H.E. Dr. Tej Bunnag, was the special guest of the television program “ASEAN Talks” telecast regionally on 1 July 2010.

Distinguished alumnus of the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Dr. Prasarn Trairatvorakul has been appointed as the new Governor of the Bank of Thailand. The appointment was cleared at the cabinet meeting of the Royal Thai Government, and Dr. Prasarn is slated to assume his new position on October 1 after receiving a royal command from His Majesty the King endorsing his position.

Distinguished alumnus of the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Dr. Prasarn Trairatvorakul has been appointed as the new Governor of the Bank of Thailand. The appointment was cleared at the cabinet meeting of the Royal Thai Government, and Dr. Prasarn is slated to assume his new position on October 1 after receiving a royal command from His Majesty the King endorsing his position.

The four day Professional Development Needs Assessment (PDNA) workshop for the Asian Project Management Support Programme (AFMAS) got off to a start at the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) with the AIT President Prof. Said Irandoust stressing that such initiatives would help project management skills in the region.