The Asian Institute of Technology was home to 16 of the top 100 authors in Thailand ranked by publications produced in the field of environmental science from 2010 to 2014, according to Scopus, a leading bibliographic database owned by Elsevier.

Thirty participants from 14 countries are participating in a five-day workshop at AIT on ‘Innovative Biofloc Technologies for Disease Prevention and Ship Farming’. The learning event from 6-10 July 2015 is organized by the Aquaculture and Aquatic Resources Management (AARM) field of study under the AIT School of Environment, Resources and Development.

After the Kyoto Protocol of 2005, the stakes at COP21 in Paris will be very high, as the aim is to reach a “universal legally binding agreement” that will enable the 195 parties to combat climate change effectively and boost the transition towards resilient, low-carbon societies and economies. Stating this, Nobel laureate (1996) and former President of Timor-Leste, José Ramos-Horta, said that “new partnerships must be built between industrialized countries and emerging economies with a view to forging a strategy to address the multi-dimensional challenges we face.”

US Army Research, Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM) and Thailand’s Military Research and Development Center (MRDC) visited the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) on 26 June 2015 and sought to learn about AIT’s research expertise . Led by Rear Admiral Sahapong Kreupetch, Director General of MRDC, the team included Mr. Andy Wood from Field Assistance in Science and Technology Pacific, and Colonel Lee Dunlap Officer, RDECOM.

The Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, known as COP 21, could be a turning point for humanity if countries are able to achieve a new international agreement aimed at keeping global warming below 2°C. This was the sentiment of various experts, scientists, policy makers and practitioners that had assembled at the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) for a three-day conference beginning 1 July 2015 to participate in the Regional Forum on Climate Change (RFCC) being organized jointly by AIT, French Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Development, ASEAN Secretariat, and the European Union (EU).

The Asian Institute of Technology crossed another historic milestone when its degrees were officially recognized by India as a result of AIT being granted Associate Membership of the Association of Indian Universities (AIU), the apex coordinating body for all universities in India.

The Asian Institute of Technology on 9 June 2015 renewed its partnership with Japan by signing a landmark Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with H.E. Hideka Morimoto, Deputy Vice Minister, Ministry of the Environment of Japan (MOEJ).

Prof. Mohamed Mujithaba Mohamed Najim, an alumnus of the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), has been appointed as Vice Chancellor of South Eastern University of Sri Lanka.

“Lessons learnt from the Nepal Earthquake” was the theme of a seminar organized at the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) to mark two months of the Nepal earthquake. Held on 25 June 2015, the event saw three students of the Disaster Preparedness Mitigation and Management (DPMM) program presenting their respective work following the disaster which struck the Himalayan country on 25 April 2015.

A new book titled “Multi-level Forest Governance in Asia” that offers a fresh look and comparative perspectives from various Asian countries on multi-level forest governance, has just been released. Co-edited by Prof. Ganesh P. Shivakoti of Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), and Prof Makoto Inoue of Forest Sociology and Governance, University of Tokyo, Japan, the book presents policy implementation cases in forest resource management from 14 Asian countries.