Alumni Association president promoted to Thai supreme commander

Gen. Dr. Boonsrang Niumpradit, president of AIT Alumni Association (AITAA), was promoted to Supreme Commander of the Royal Thai Armed Forces, effective 1 October 2006.

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AIT supported project – Demonstrating Recyclable Waste Bank in Ayuthaya Municipality

Teachers and students from eight schools in Ayuthaya Municipality exhibited a variety of products recycled from wastes at the opening ceremony of AIT supported project, Demonstrating Recyclable Waste Bank in Ayuthaya Municipality held on 26 September 2006 at Sabpasamitbamrung School, Ayuthaya, old capital city of Thailand.

AIT supported project – Demonstrating Recyclable Waste Bank in Ayuthaya Municipality

Teachers and students from eight schools in Ayuthaya Municipality exhibited a variety of products recycled from wastes at the opening ceremony of AIT supported project, Demonstrating Recyclable Waste Bank in Ayuthaya Municipality held on 26 September 2006 at Sabpasamitbamrung School, Ayuthaya, old capital city of Thailand.

Minutes of PAC meetings are now online

The Office of the President informed that the President's Advisory Council (PAC) meeting minutes are online and can be accessed at: https://oldweb.ait.ac.th/interimpage/AIT_user/about_ait/pac.asp

Availability of the PAC minutes will be regularly announced to the community and will be posted online as soon as they are confirmed.

AIT joins hands with University of Rhode Island/CRC

AIT joins hands with University of Rhode Island/Coastal Resources Center (CRC) in providing a training course on Co-Management of Marine Parks Launches using a more participatory approach to marine conservation planning in Thailand

A week-long training program on co-management of marine protected areas was implemented in Ranong province from 18-25 September 2006 for newly appointed members of the Laem Som Marine Park Advisory Committee.

AIT alumnus visits AIT to attend a conference and explore collaborations with AIT

AIT alumnus of environmental engineering'1988, Associate Professor Dr. Kanagaratnam Baskaran (Bas), Deputy Dean, Faculty of Science and Technology of Deakin University, Australia, was on campus from 24 to 27 September 2006. During his visit to AIT, Dr. Bas attended and presented a paper at the '7th IWA Specialist Group Conference on Waste Stabilization Ponds: Advances in Pond Technology and Management' at AIT Conference Center and made some follow up discussions with AIT administration and respective schools/fields for AIT-Deakin collaboration activities.

AIT Consultancy Service task force

There is a plan to set up an 'AIT Consultancy Service' at AIT. In this regard, the institute would like to set up a task force which could initiate and put in place some strategy plans, guidelines, mode of operation, etc.

Call for AIT consultants and volunteers for AIT consultancy Task force

An international consultancy company invited AIT to partner the company to submit an Expression of Interest (EOI) related to the Project Preparation for the Livestock Competitiveness and Food Safety Project in Vietnam which is funded by the World Bank.

Call For Papers - CISSE 2006 Online International E-Conference

Interested persons are invited to submit their work to Colloquium for Information Systems Security (CISSE) 2006 (http://www.cisse2006online.org).

CISSE 2006 is the world's leading International Engineering/Computing and Systems Research Online E-Conference.

AIT Academic Calendar 2007 now available on-line

The AIT Academic Calendar 2007 is now available on-line at: http://intraweb.ait.ac.th/interimpage/AIT_user/c_students/calendar2007.asp

The calendar remains open for comments and/or corrections and additional schedules such as meetings.