By Nitipol Kiravanich and Mae Thiwari
December 10th, 2021 — AIT Enterprises Alliance (AEA) held its 3rd AIT Tech Talks on “Tech for Sustainability: Leveraging Technology to Solve Sustainability Challenges” featuring an expert and founders of start-up companies for sustainability.
By Mae Thiwari
January 10, 2022 -- The Spring 2022 semester at the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) began with a virtual institute-wide orientation to warmly welcome a high number of new students joining from near and far. Even from the computer screen, it is clear how truly international and diverse the AIT community remains even international travels remain restricted due to the pandemic.
January 31, 2022
Since January of 2020, the Coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis has spread across the world. The situation in Thailand was very stable in the summer of 2020--with a minor outbreak in December of that year—and all the way through the early part of 2021. Unfortunately, a fierce wave hit Thailand in April, but things are slowly improving, even as we battle the new Omicron variant.
By Nitipol Kiravanich
December 1st, 2021 — The Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), led by Prof. Sangam Shrestha, and Department of Groundwater Resources (DGR), Thailand, jointly held an inception workshop on “Assessment of Groundwater Sustainability in the Special Economic Zone of Thailand for Operational Groundwater Management” to gather feedback and comments from various stakeholders.
By Mae Thiwari
January 20, 2022 – The Regional Resource Centre for Asia and the Pacific of Asian Institute of Technology (RRC.AP - AIT) co-organized the 7th International Forum on Sustainable Future of Asia with partners in Japan for global participants to share knowledge and dialogue with global audience on “Research for Societal Transformation with Future Earth”. The Director of RRC.AP and AIT Vice President for Academic Affairs took part in the forum to highlight “healthy science” and ways to bridge the gap between science and society.
By Mae Thiwari
A research paper by students and faculty members at the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) won the Best Paper Award from the 10th Asian Society of Agricultural Economists (ASAE) International conference, held in Beijing on December 6 – 8, 2021. The paper investigates how rural small-scale farmers, who produce 90% of rice out of the Mekong Delta Region (MDR), adapt to climate change and offers policy recommendation to enhance rural livelihoods.
By Nitipol Kiravanich
November 11, 2021 — The Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) together with the Embassy of Finland in Bangkok, and Ministry of Industry (MoI) co-organized an online webinar on ‘Circular Economy Webinar Episode II: How to Deal with Non-Recycled Plastics?' where participants from important bodies of private sectors, university, and institutions were of the same opinion on managing non-recyclable plastics in accordance with their expertise.
December 31, 2021
Since January of 2020, the Coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis has spread across the world. The situation in Thailand was very stable in the summer of 2020--with a minor outbreak in December of that year—and all the way through the early part of 2021. Unfortunately, a fierce wave hit Thailand in April, but things are slowly improving.
By Mae Thiwari
December 21, 2021 – The Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) held the 136th Graduation Ceremony virtually, for the graduates to safely celebrate with friends and families amidst another wave of COVID-19 attack. As the distinguished speakers urged the new generation of leaders to make possible the future without waste, to dream high and achieve higher, and to give back when possible, the graduates were also congratulated for having sailed through a Perfect Storm.
By Mae Thiwari
November 18, 2021 – Professor of Water Engineering and Management, Mukand S. Babel, at the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) shared his experience of shaping policy for water resources management with peers from around the world at the second Water Policy Lab (WPL) Forum.