The campaign for fund collection for rebuilding the AIT Library got off to a start with the donation of USD 3900 being handed over by the AIT Alumni Association (Myanmar chapter) to Prof. Worsak Kanok-Nukulchai, Interim President, Asian Institute of Technology (AIT).

“AIT has an important role to play in offering knowledge and skills to students from Myanmar.” These were the remarks of the Ambassador of the Royal Norwegian Embassy in Myanmar, H.E. Ms. Anne Ollestad while announcing the launch of the third tranche of scholarships for Myanmar students to study at AIT.

The Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (NMFA) unveiled its third tranche of scholarships for students from Myanmar to study at the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) in Thailand. In an elegant ceremony organized at the Royal Norwegian Embassy at Yangon on 30 January 2014, the Ambassador of the Norway, H.E. Ms. Anne Ollestad announced the commencement of scholarships for Myanmar students to undertake postgraduate studies at AIT.

Newly appointed Vice President for Resource Development (VPRD), Prof. Kazuo Yamamoto has unveiled a proposal for establishing Alliance for Global Sustainability Asia at the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT).

An alumnus of the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Dr. Cao Quoc Hung has been appointed as Deputy Minister, Ministry of Industry and Trade in Vietnam.

A full-day session of AIT’s faculty and staff deliberated on the AIT Institutional Road Map, which was organized under the aegis of the Chairman of AIT Board of Trustees, H.E. Dr. Subin Pinkayan.

Dr. Fredric W. Swierczek has been appointed as the new Director of AIT Center Vietnam (AITCV). His appointment will be effective from 21 January 2014 till the end of December 2015.

Seven Asian countries feature among the top 15 groundwater using countries in the world, accounting for three-quarters of global groundwater abstraction. Such facts and issues concerning groundwater management in Asian countries were the focus of the two-day workshop organized by the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) on 16-17 January 2014.

Prof. Kazuo Yamamoto has been appointed as Interim Vice President for Resource Development at the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT).

Seven hydrologists from the Ministry of Energy and Water, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, successfully completed the six-day training program on “Hydrology Measurement and Analysis Training” organized by the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT).