Fifty-six students from 15 countries have joined the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) in the January 2014 batch. Welcoming them at the Orientation program held on 7 January 2014, AIT’s Interim Vice President for Academic Affairs, Prof. Sivanappan Kumar offered them felicitations on behalf of the Institute.
The AIT Cricket team, which won the Bangkok Cricket League (BCL) “A†Division League, was felicitated by the AIT Interim President, Prof. Worsak Kanok-Nukulchai. Meeting with select team members on 19 December 2013, Prof. Worsak presented them a cash award of 25,000 THB and complimented them on their achievement.
Outlines of the post-2105 development agenda and its potential forinstitutions like the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) were the central theme of the presentation by Mr. Surendra Shrestha, Director, International Environmental Technology Centre (IETC), United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), delivered at AIT on 17 December 2013.
The seminar will cover four topics: - Publishing in International Journals & Getting Hired as an Asst. Professor in an International Business School (Prof. Henrikki Tikkanen)- Contemporary Consumer Research: an Outlook (Dr. Joel Hietanen)- Researching Organizational Mechanisms: A Study in a Product Development Context (Antti Sihvonen, M.Sc)- Researching Corporate Strategies: A Study of Large Finnish Corporations (Iiro Vaniala, M.Sc)Doctoral students (Ph.D. and DBA) from AIT’s School of Management are expected to participate in the seminar.
The Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Korea Research Council of Fundamental Science and Technology (KRCF) to foster research and collabaration. The MoU was signed by Prof. Keon Kim, Chairman of KRCF and Prof. Worsak Kanok-Nukulchai, Interim President, AIT on 12 December 2013.
Mr. Surendra Shrestha, Director, International Environmental Technology Center, UNEP, Osaka, Japan will deliver a talk on "Post 2015 development agenda in the Asia Pacific - Where AIT can deliver" on 17 December 2013 from 1500-1600 hours at the AIT Board Room.
The Graduation message will be delivered by H.E. Dr. Sohail Khan, Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan to Thailand. The AIT Prominent Alumni message will be delivered by Mr. Surendra Shrestha, Director, International Environmental Technology Centre, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Japan.
As senior Asian bankers, diplomats and special dignitaries looked on, nineteen new graduates of the AIT Professional Master’s in Banking and Finance (PMBF) Program for 2013 were recognized for their achievements at a blue-ribbon Completion Ceremony in downtown Bangkok on December 7.
Two-hundred and twenty seven graduates coming from 19 countries and three continents graduated on the occasion of the 120th graduation of the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) on 17 December 2013.
The Thai Red Cross Society along with the AIT Medical Clinic, volunteer students and employees of AIT will organize the blood donation camp. The bloodmobile visits AIT every three months. The previous Blood Donation Camp was organized on 17 September 2013.