The Systems Approach where problems are viewed as a part of an overall system, rather than focussing on a specific part, can be successfully implemented in managing disasters. This was stated by Prof. Slobodan P. Simonovic of University of Western Ontario, Canada, while delivering a lecture on “Managing Natural Disasters in a Changing Climate: Methods and Tools for a Systems Approach” at the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) on 24 March 2015.

A seven-member delegation representing the Rural Development Cooperative Division (BRDB) Bangladesh visited AIT on 24 March 2015 to discuss possible cooperation on issues related to rural development.
The visit was part of a larger BRDB study tour to Thailand to learn about the country’s rural situation and the government’s responses and strategies for development.

Two students from the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Mr. Aung Ye Htut (Myanmar) and Mr. I Putu Santikayasa (Indonesia) presented their work at the ASEAN-EU Science Technology and Innovation Days (STI Days) organized in Paris, France from 16-20 March 2015.

A three-member team of students representing the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) once again grabbed 1st prize at the annual forestry policy debate competition organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in Bangkok, Thailand.

Dr. Sangam Shrestha, an Associate Professor in Water Engineering and Management (WEM) at the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), has contributed a book chapter in the recently released United Nations World Water Development Report 2015.

Six climate change and disaster risk reduction experts from the Philippines
visited the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) on 20 March 2015 to explore
research and development collaboration.

Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) is an important partner for us, and we are eager to intensify our collaboration. This was the sentiment expressed by Prof. Stefan Uhlenbrook, Vice-Rector, Academic and Student Affairs, UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education, at AIT on 20 March 2015.

AIT President Prof. Worsak Kanok-Nukulchai was awarded an Honorary Doctorate (Honoris Causa) to Prof. Worsak Kanok-Nukulchai, AIT President at the 10th convocation of Sam Higginbottom Institute of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences (SHIATS), Allahabad, India.

Japan’s Mitsubishi Rayon Co., Ltd. (MRC) will send one of its employees to earn a one-year diploma at the Asian Institute of Technology starting in August 2015.

If anyone wished to experience the dedication of the “AIT family” in real-time, the early morning of 13 March 2015 was a day to savor.