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We are pleased to invite you to the Distinguished Institute Speakers Series jointly organized by AIT Belt & Road Research Center and AIT Centre for Global Challenges.

In this series, we would like to welcome our first speaker Mr. Jin Liqun, President and Chair of the Board of Directors, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) on 15 October 2021 at 2:00 PM (Bangkok Time GMT+7).

Topic: Promoting Economic Development through Multilateralism
Venue: Zoom (online)

Speaker’s Profile

Mr. Jin Liqun is the inaugural President and Chair of the Board of Directors.

The Asian Institute of Technology is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Emilio R. Paz, Jr. as the new Director of Language Center.

Mr. Paz earned his master’s degree in Language and Literacy Education and Diploma in Language and Literacy Education from the University of the Philippines.

By Mae Thiwari

October 5, 2021 – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) renewed its partnership with the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) through the signing of a Memorandum of Understating (MOU). Through the partnership, the two institutions will collaborate in the fields of urban food systems, climate change, water, food and energy, agroecology, and innovation/digitization – for the sustainable development of the Asia and Pacific region.

By Nitipol Kiravanich

AIT Master’s Degree student in Computer Science, with Specialization in Data Science and Artificial Intelligence (DS & AI), from School of Engineering and Technology (SET) – Ms. Suprava Sahoo shared her insights on the potential of Data Science technology in the near future through her internship experience with Merck Thailand.

Spetember 30, 2021

Since January of 2020, the Coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis has spread across the world.  The situation in Thailand was very stable starting last summer--with a minor outbreak in December-- all the way through the early part of 2021.  Unfortunately, a fierce wave has hit Thailand in April, but things are slowly improving.

By Mae Thiwari

September 15, 2021 --- Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) and Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on collaboration for disaster preparedness and climate resilience.

Asia, home to 60 percent of the world’s population, experiences more natural disasters than any other areas on earth.

Mr. Sittichai Khowsurat agreed to support the amount of 500,000 Thai Baht towards the AIT Centre for Global Challenges. 

President Eden Woon stated that the Centre for Global Challenges (CGC) serves as a forum for promoting comprehensive policy discourses on global challenges facing humanity, such as Climate Change, Energy-Food-Water Security, Infrastructure, Inequalities, Institutions and Governance, Technology-Public Policy interfaces, Socio-political polarization, and Human-Machine fusion.

The AIT Christian Fellowship (AITCF) community supports the amount of 50,000 Thai Baht towards the Organizational Quarantine (OQ) facility operations. 

AIT is the first university in Thailand to have a quarantine facility that enabled the overseas students to quarantine for 14 days at AIT campus thereby, saving substantially on Alternative State Quarantine (ASQ).  The AIT OQ facility had its first year anniversary on 13 September 2021.  

Dr. Eden Woon expressed his thanks and appreciation to the AIT Christian Fellowship community for this very timely and meaningful donation.

By Nitipol Kiravanich

September 9th, 2021 — The 5th International Conference on Nation-Building (ICNB) 2021, held online for two consecutive days (from September 8th to September 9th) amidst the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) pandemic, the session ‘Enhancing International Cooperation for Long-term Crisis Recovery and Nation-Building’, AIT President Dr. Eden Woon along with prolific panelists from the government agencies, academics, and private sectors including the representative of Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs H.E. Don Pramudwinai; Vice Minister H.E. Dr. Vijavat Isarabhakdi; Prof.

By Nitipol Kiravanich

Elise del Rosario, distinguished AIT alumna who received her Masters’ Degree in Industrial Engineering and Management (IEM) in 1980 imprinted her name as the first woman President of the International Federation of Operational Research Societies (IFORS), a 62-year-old organization of 54 national societies and around 30,000 individual members.