Mrs. Kasemsri Hormchean (Environmental Engineering, 1980), a master’s graduate from AIT’s Environmental Engineering Program, School of Environment, Resources and Development (SERD), has been appointed as the new Governor of the Thailand Institute of Scientific and Technological Research (TISTR).

Students from National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) visited the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) and returned impressed with the wide range of offerings at the institute. A delegation from NTUA headed by Dr. Theopisti Lyuperopoulou and comprising of 40 students were eager to learn more about the interdisciplinary and professional programs during their campus visit of AIT.

Students from National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) visited the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) and returned impressed with the wide range of offerings at the institute. A delegation from NTUA headed by Dr. Theopisti Lyuperopoulou and comprising of 40 students were eager to learn more about the interdisciplinary and professional programs during their campus visit of AIT.

President of Asian Institute of Technology, Said Irandoust has expressed his condolences to victims of the earthquake that hit the province of Qinghai in North Western China. The earthquake has led to over 500 fatalities.

At the first Africa-Southeast Asia Business Forum held recently in Singapore in early April, speakers and participants representing leading African banks, regional organizations, African governments and Southeast Asian businesses agreed that business opportunities abound in Africa.

131 teachers and students from eight provinces in Cambodia participated in a “Training Seminar on Educational and Entrepreneurship Resourcefulness,” organized by the AIT Mathivation Center at the Khemarak University in Phnom Penh. This seminar follows a request by Dr. Chan Roath, President of the Cambodian Mathematical Society and Director of the Scientific Research Department at the Cambodian Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport.

Laureate Education Inc has shifted its Asian regional base from Hong Kong to Kuala Lumpur. At the launch of Regional Office of Laureate Education Asia Limited, Education Minister of Malaysia H.E. Datuk Seri Mohamed Khaled Nordin described the move as a signal that Malaysian education sector was moving in the right direction. “Through the National Higher Education Strategic Plan, we are paving the way towards a holistic transformation of our higher education environment, not only to be world class in nature, but also be the best in the region,” the Minister remarked.

Nearly 50 faculty, staff and students from the College of Arts, Media and Technology (CAMT) of Chiang Mai University visited the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) and sought to learn from AIT’s experience on multiculturalism and its research orientation.

South Asian region has the largest concentration of the poor not only in the Asia-Pacific but also in the entire world. A critical aspect is sustainable land management and improved agricultural practices. Land degradation causes loss of ecosystem function and resilience and consequently environmental disasters. The issue of land degradation assumes greater importance and complexity in the wake of climate variability and change.

Prof. Hamlet Isaxanli (Isayev), Founder President of Khazar University, Azerbaijan, visited the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) to discuss possible partnerships.