Winning 3RKH logo announced
The ‘Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Knowledge Hub’ project team, known as 3RKH and comprising ADB, UNEP, UNESCAP, and AIT, recently held a logo competition and short-listed the top three logos from among 50 entries. The top three were on display at AIT for the community’s comments.

AIT President meets with
former prime minister of Hungary

On 23 March 2007, AIT President Said Irandoust, attended a reception held in honour of Dr. Peter Medgyessy, former Prime Minister of Hungary who was visiting Thailand, through the invitation of H.E. Dr. Andras Balogh, Ambassador of the Republic of Hungary.

DBA Program launched in Vietnam

The Doctor of Business Administration program, a professional doctorate program, was launched in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam on 22 March 2007. The event was the fourth successful launching of a DBA program in which AIT President Said Irandoust has participated.

AIT President attends the First Wetlands Alliance Programme Strategic Partnership Board Meeting

AIT President Said Irandoust, on 21 March 2007, participated in the first meeting of the Wetlands Alliance Programme (WAP) Strategic Partnership Board Meeting at AIT, which was attended by Professor Sudip Kumar Rakshit, Vice President for Research, Dr. Anders Granlund , Sida Regional Advisor on Environment, Dr. Robert Mather, Programme Director of WWF, Dr. Blake Ratner , Regional Director of Greater Mekong WorldFish Center, Cambodia, Dr. Chatchai Ratanachai, Vice President for Outreach and International Affairs of Prince of Songkla University (PSU), Dr. Hakan Berg, AIT-WAP/AOP Coordinator, Dr. Somsak Boromthanarat, PSU, Mrs.

AIT welcomes delegation from Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), Japan

On 23 March 2007, Prof. Said Irandoust, AIT President, welcomed a group of delegation from Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), Japan (http://www.

6th Research Meeting of the Sustainable Water Management Policy (SWMP)

The 6 th Research Meeting of the Sustainable Water Management Policy (SWMP) project, co-organized by the Water Engineering and Management (WEM) field of study, School of Engineering and Technology (SET) and Institute for Global
Environmental Strategies (IGES), Japan, took place at AIT on 19 and 20 March 2007. The meeting was attended by 40 participants including research partners, policy makers and other stakeholders from seven countries: China, Indonesia,
Japan, Korea , Sri Lanka, Vietnam and Thailand.

AIT discusses partnership with Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Sweden

On 12 March 2007, Prof. Said Irandoust, AIT President, together with Professor Rakshit, and Dr. Hakan Berg met with Professor Björn Frostell from the
School of Energy and Environmental Technology, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) in Stockholm, Sweden, to discuss the possibilities of establishing an MoU on students exchange, research and curriculum cooperation between AIT and KTH.

AIT joins hands with US Embassy in screening of movie and discussion on "Global Warming"

On 22 March 2007, AIT in collaboration with the US Embassy held an event to focus on the issue of global warming, including a showing of the film "An Inconvenient Truth". The film was followed by an open forum discussion,
featuring a panel consisting of Mr. James Waller, Regional Environmental and Health Officer at the US Embassy in Bangkok, and Professor Ram Shrestha of AIT's energy program.

Bird flu article by Dr. Tripathi featured on Science and Development Network

An article by Dr. Nitin Tripathi on the topic "Digital Mapping Shows the Way Forward" has been featured in the Science and Development Network website. The article tells about AIT and the project conducted by Dr. Tripathi on mapping and tracking fatal strains of the bird flu virus, as well as identifying risk zones and the trajectory of any potential outbreak.

AIT spends 41.1 Million Baht on energy in 2006

For the year 2006, AIT spent 41.1 million baht on energy, compared to 36.8 million baht in 2004 and 38.56 million baht in 2005. This amount covered consumption across the entire campus, including the academic and administrative buildings, faculty and staff housing, student accommodations, and auxiliary services.