Bank of Thailand Governor Dr. Prasarn Trairatvorakul made an impassioned plea for innovation as a key to progress in Thailand. Delivering a talk on the “Global Financial System and Challenges in Thailand” at the AIT Dinner Talk jointly organized by AIT and the AIT Alumni Association, Dr. Prasarn identified innovation, a more conducive environment for conducting business, and better quality education as the three fundamentals that could catapult Thailand on a path of greater progress.

Ten persons from the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), including nine students and one staff, are among those who have been selected for the Erasmus Mundus PANACEA program.

An advanced electronic monitoring device developed by Dr. Mongkol Ekpanyapong of the AIT School of Engineering and Technology (SET) was one of five technologies presented by Thailand’s National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA) at its Investors’ Day 2013.

A student of the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) has bagged the “Best Student Paper” award at the 3M Nano conference held at Suzhou, China. The conference on “Manipulation, Manufacturing and Measurement on the Nano Scale” saw Mr. Om Prakash Gujela, a Master’s student of the Mechatronics Field of Study in AIT’s School of Engineering and Technology (SET) receive the best paper award from Prof. Zuobin Wang of Changchun University of Science and Technology, China.

By Pattanun Rueangtrakarn

Fifteen PhD students from across the Asia-Pacific region arrived at AIT on 10 September 2013 for one day of lectures as part of a 12-day summer academic exposure program called the Young Researchers’ School held under the Promotion for Sustainability in Postgraduate Education and Research (ProSPER.Net) program.

The Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) cricket team has reached the finals of the ‘A’ division of the Thailand Cricket League. The finals will be played on 13 October 2013 at the Harrow International School, where the AIT team will face the winner of the match between the Bangkok 11 Cricket Club and the Krishna Cricket Club.

A delegation from the Japan Aerospace Explortion Agency (JAXA) led by Dr. Hideshi Kozawa, Executive Advisor to the JAXA President, visited the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) and explored various aspects of international cooperation and business. Meeting AIT’s Interim President Prof. Worsak Kanok Nukulchai on 9 September 2013, Dr. Kozawa outlined JAXA’s mid-term plan, which has been activated from 1 April 2013.

The Asian Center for Engineering Computations and Software (ACECOMS), in collaboration with AIT Consulting, on 27-28 August 2013 organized a seminar and workshop on Performance-Based Design of Reinforced Concrete Buildings which attracted large international participation.

A delegation of The University of Tokyo expressed admiration at the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), with its Executive Vice President, Prof. Fumio Isoda stating that he was “very impressed by the long active story of AIT.”