The developmental state has been successful in Asia because of its careful intervention in the economy and on account of its policy of promoting growth with equity. However, can this lead to the emergence of more developmental states, and is China moving towards being a developmental state? These issues were raised by Dr. Trevor Parfitt of University of Nottingham, Malaysia, while delivering a talk on “Neo-Liberalism or the State” on 15 September 2015 at the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT).

Public Health Institute, (PHI), Khartoum, Sudan has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) for strengthening its health system services, particularly in times of disasters. The MoU was signed by Dr. Abdalla Siedahmed Osman, Director, PHI, with Prof. Sivanappan Kumar, Vice President for Academic Affairs (VPAA), AIT on 16 September 2015.

Spain’s national technology development agency, Centro para el Desarrollo Tecnologico Industrial (CDTI) is looking towards creating partnerships in Thailand, with an emphasis on health, energy, food and agriculture, and information and communication technologies.

Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) has collaborated with Airports of Thailand Public Company Limited (AOT PLC) to organize its first-ever technical training program for the aviation sector. The program, which was held from 4-11 September 2015 focussed on “Aviation Ground Operations Management.”

AIT students won the “Highest Award” and the “Excellent Group Award” at HydroAsia 2015 held from 10-15 August 2015 in Dae-jeon, South Korea. Ms. Thedini Asali Peiris was the winner of the “Highest Award” granted by the Ministry of Education, South Korea, while the team comprising of Mr. Anil Aryal and Ms. Aye Chan Myint won the “Excellent Group Award” for their group work on modelling the Geum River Basin, South Korea.

Seven AIT students representing 7 Asian countries recently returned to Thailand from Daejeon, Republic of Korea (ROK) after completing a prestigious one-month internship with the Korea Water Resources Corporation, or K-water.

Two officials from LinkedIn organized an engagement event for students of the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), highlighting the benefits of using the professional networking website both for searching for job vacancies and for career progression.

Sir John Kotalawala Defense University (KDU), a premier defense university in Sri Lanka, wishes to explore a partnership with the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT). Vice Chancellor of KDU, Major General Milinda Peiris, who visited AIT on 7 September 2015, expressed interest in AIT’s international integrated programs, training programs, and student exchange.

With 7,000 patents filed every year in Thailand, and the average time to grant a patent being 12.7 years, Intellectual Property (IP) rights still has a long way to go in the country. These were some of the thoughts shared by Mr. Franck Fougere, Managing Director, Ananda Intellectual Property Ltd., who delivered a talk on “Intellectual Property Strategies and Sharing of Best Practices” at the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) on 7 September 2015.

A virtual street tour of the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) will be available online by the end of the year with the launch of imagery collection by Google Street View. Embedded in Google Maps and Google Earth, this imagery will be a part of Google’s Street View University Campus series.