From former faculty members based in the United States to alumni in Hong Kong; from former students based in Sri Lanka to professors based in Canada; from faculty members in Germany, Australia and Holland, to alumni in Vietnam, Philippines and Myanmar; from alumni in China and Pakistan to current students from Kenya; from a former AIT President in Ireland to the Ambassador of Cambodia — members of the diverse AIT community have joined in a global outpouring of emotions following the passing away of His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej.

The Royal Society of Thailand has announced on 29 September 2016 that President of the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Prof. Worsak Kanok-Nukulchai was among the four scholars in Thailand that are newly inducted into the Academy of Sciences of the Royal Society of Thailand.

AIT has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Irrigation Department, Sindh, Pakistan to establish a framework of cooperation under the World-Bank funded Sindh Barrages Improvement Project (SBIP). The MoU was signed by Prof. Worsak Kanok-Nukulchai, President, AIT and Mr Aijaz Shaikh, Project Director, SBIP, Sindh Irrigation Department, on 26 September 2016.

The renovated ‘Rashtrapati Ashiana’, the historic Dehradun-based Presidential Secretariat of the Indian President will now have an AIT tag. The “Innovation Technology Demonstration Project” of constructing 12 dwelling units for President’s Secretariat at Ashiana in Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India will be based on technologies researched and developed at AIT.

The renovated ‘Rashtrapati Ashiana’, the historic Dehradun-based Presidential Secretariat of the Indian President will now have an AIT tag. The “Innovation Technology Demonstration Project” of constructing 12 dwelling units for President’s Secretariat at Ashiana in Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India will be based on technologies researched and developed at AIT.

TWENTY-THREE recipients of His Majesty King’s Scholarship, Her Majesty Queen’s Scholarship and Loom Nam Khong Pijai Scholarships were granted a Royal Audience by HRH Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn at the Chitralada Palace on 28 September 2016. The scholarship recipients included students of the August 2014 intake, who had just graduated from AIT in May 2016.

Dr. Shobhakar Dhakal of AIT’s School of Environment Resources and Development (SERD) is among the top scientists from all over the world who have coauthored an article titled “IPCC chair Hoesung Lee: we can meet 2°C global warming target if we act fast.” Published in The Conversation, the article is coauthored by Sandrine Maljean-Dubois, Université Aix-Marseille; Ina Islam, Independent University of Bangladesh; Joyashree Roy, Jadavpur University; Chukwumerije Okereke, University of Reading; Shobhakar Dhakal, Asian Institute of Technology; Michel Damian, Université Grenoble Alpes; Angelina Davydova, St Petersburg State University; and Joice Ferreira, Federal University of Pará.

Thirty-seven participants from 19 countries participated in the 2016 Asia Pacific School of Internet Governance organized by intERLab from 12-15 September 2016 at the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT).

Thirty-seven participants from 19 countries participated in the 2016 Asia Pacific School of Internet Governance organized by intERLab from 12-15 September 2016 at the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT).

The transition from Thailand 3.0 to Thailand 4.0 will focus on investments in people, technologies, and connectivity-based, resource-based and intellectual infrastructure. This will help people move from traditional farming to smart farming, convert Small and Medium Enterprises (SME’s) into Innovation Enterprises, and help low-skilled workers become knowledge workers.