On 6 November 2007, AIT President Said Irandoust participated in the 10th Annual Advisory Committee Meeting of the UNEP Regional Resource Center for Asia and the Pacific (RRC.AP), chaired by Professor Nay Htun, who is a former AIT faculty member and previously held very high-level positions in UNDP, UNEP, having also served as UN Assistant Secretary General.

On 8 November 2007, AIT President Said Irandoust, along with faculty colleague Dr. Preeda Parkpian, from School of Environment, Resources and Development (SERD) visited the Chulabhorn Research Institute (CRI) to discuss the second phase (the first phase was during 1999-2005) of the collaboration between AIT, CRI and Mahidol University on the Postgraduate Education in Environmental Toxicology, Technology and Management.

Congratulations to Professor Tawatchai Tingsanchali, senior faculty from the Water Engineering and Management field of study, School of Engineering and Technology (SET), who received a formal invitation from Dr. Rowan Douglas, Chairman of Willis Research Network (WRN) and Managing Director of Willis Analytics, a component of a world wide Willis' re-insurance company in UK (www.

Dr. B. Mohanty, Visiting Faculty in the Energy field of study, recently brought to AIT's attention the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand's recently launched initiative to reduce 10 million tons of CO2 emission by the dissemination of 10 million T5 fluorescent lamps and 30 million CFLs. Dr. Mohanty helped coordinate and took part in a meeting with the Assistant Governor EGAT, along with Dr. H.L. Tien, Head Infrastructure, following which AIT has made a formal submission, expressing interest in participating in the program, under which EGAT would finance the retrofitting of the lamps.

On 8 November 2007, AIT President Said Irandoust met with Dr. Luis Jorge Perez-Calderon, Deputy Executive Director of the Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC), discussing several of the ongoing and planned initiatives between AIT and ADPC, which includes the installation of the tsunami early warning system at the AIT campus and running a master's program in disaster management in partnership with AIT. As hosts of ADPC, and considering its close proximity, President Irandoust encourages AIT to consider ways in which we could actively further use our combined strengths in a more synergistic manner.

In recent times in Asia, population growth, industrialization and urbanization have brought many environmental issues to the forefront of regional consciousness. In view of the growing concern about environmental degradation across the continent, the Asian Regional Research Programme on Environmental Technology (ARRPET) was initiated in 1998 to conduct a major study to assess these issues through working groups, each tackling specific problems through highly structured research.

On 8 November 2007, AIT President Said Irandoust, together with Professor Worsak Kanok-Nukulchai, Dean, School of Engineering and Technology (SET), met with Director Professor Dr. Soontorn Boonyatikarn; Research Director Associate Professor Vorasun Buranakar; and Executive Project Coordinator Ms. Patchanok Hirungan, from the Center of Excellence, Building and Environmental Technology, Chulalongkorn University.

On 7 November 2007, AIT President Said Irandoust along with AIT News and Media Specialist, Mr. Shawn Kelly, met with Mr. S. Roy, Founder, CEO and Editor of the ASEAN Affairs quarterly magazine www.aseanaffairs.com which has just launched its first issue of the magazine.

Thailand’s Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) and the ASEAN Foundation http://www.aseanfoundation.org have joined forces to offer ten master’s degree scholarships worth a total of Baht 9,706,000 (US$ 303,312) for ASEAN nationals to study at the post graduate institute located in Pathumthani, Thailand.

HE Mr. Nitya Pibulsonggram, Thailand’s Minister of Foreign Affairs (left), presents a 500,000 baht contribution from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to AIT President Said Irandoust, who accepts on behalf of the Asia-Africa Initiative, AIT. Thailand’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has presented a financial contribution of 500,000 baht to the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) […]