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Dr Fredric William Swierczek appointed Director of AIT Center Vietnam (AITCV)
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.
Workshop on “Climate Change and Water Resources: Knowledge Gaps and Research Needsâ€
Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) will be organizing a parallel workshop on “Climate Change and Water Resources: Knowledge Gaps and Research Needs” on 21 January 2014 from 1300-1730 hours at the Thailand Science Park Convention Center (TSPCC). The event is being organized in relation of the ASEAN-EU STI Days being organized in Bangkok on 21-23 January 2013.Live Stream: The workshop on Climate Change and Water Resources will be streamed live.
Asian countries top groundwater abstraction: Workshop
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 Yamamoto appointed Interim Vice President for Resource Development
Prof. Kazuo Yamamoto has been appointed as Interim Vice President for Resource Development at the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT).
Workshop on “Enhancing the groundwater management capacity in Asian cities through the development and application of groundwater sustainability index in the context of global changeâ€
A major objective of this workshop is to share the knowledge of groundwater environment of selected cities; discuss on the framework of Driver-Pressure-State-Impact-Response (DPSIR) and Groundwater Sustainability Index (GSII). The regional workshop is an activity planned under the project supported by Asia Pacific Network for Global Change (APN) and jointly implemented by Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Thailand; Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), Japan; and International Research Center for River Basin Environment (ICRE), University of Yamanashi, Japan.
Training program for Afghan officials on hydrological measurement and analysis concludes
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).
FAO teams up with AIT, signs MoU
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to develop innovative approaches in research, education and capacity building in the field of food and agriculture.
Seminar on “The NASA Land-Cover/Land-Use Change Program: Focus on Southeast Asia”
A seminar on "The NASA Land-Cover/Land-Use Change Program: Focus on Southeast Asia" will be delivered by Dr. Garik Gutman, Manager, The NASA Land-Cover/Land-Use Change Program, Landsat Program Scientist on 10 January 2014 from 1100-1200 hours at Room E220, Asian Institute of Technology (AIT).The ICT-NASA Seminar will describe the goals of the Land-Cover/Land-Use Change (LCLUC) program.
AIT’s Management programs among global top 20
AIT’s prestigious Management programs have been ranked among the top global and regional programs, with its Master’s program in AgriBusiness Management being ranked 14th globally. Most AIT programs have improved their rankings in the latest Eduniversal Best Masters, which was released on 24 December 2013.