A Career Talk is being organized by Thai Beverage Public Company Limited on 28 November 2012 from 1330-1500 hours at the Milton E. Bender Jr. Auditorium. The presentation will highlight the company and will focus on job and internship opportunities, primarily for nationals from China, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam among others.
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Universiti Teknologi Petronas desires partnership with AIT
Universiti Teknologi Petronas (UTP), Malaysia has expressed its desire to partner with the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT). A UTP delegation led by Prof. Khairun Aziz Bt Azizli, Director, Sustainable Resources, which visited AIT on 27 November 2012, identified environmental engineering, water engineering, disaster management, offshore technology, and sustainability studies as potential areas of partnership.
AIT alumnus bags Outstanding Academic Staff award, honored by Deputy Prime Minister
Dr. Assadej Vanichchinchai, an alumnus of the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) was presented the prestigious “Outstanding Academic Staff Award 2012 of Association of Private Higher Education Institute of Thailand†by Thailand’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education, H.E. Mr. Phongthep Thepkanjana.
AIT’s Yunus Center features at the Global Social Business Summit
Yunus Center at Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) featured front and center at the Fourth Global Social Business Summit 2012 held at Vienna from 7-10 November 2012. Yunus Center at AIT (YCA) was one of only six key presenters, both in the academic session, and at the main plenary graced by Her Majesty Queen Sofia of Spain, and state representatives from Austria, Bahrain, and Brazil.
AIT student bags top paper award
A paper authored by AIT’s doctoral student has been selected among the top five journal review articles of the year 2011 by the journal ‘Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews.’
Loy Krathong festivities
Thai AIT Student Association will be organizing Loy Krathong festivities on 22 November 2012 from 1730-2100 hours. The event will be held near the 108 junction, AIT. Activities include demonstration of making Krathong, Loy Krathong, folk song, and fireworks display.
MDI, India seeks partnership with AIT
Management Development Institute (MDI), Gurgaon, India has sought a renewed partnership with the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) with focus on academic exchange, joint programs and research projects. Prof. Mukul P Gupta, Director, MDI, expressed this sentiment while visiting AIT on 19 November 2012.
AIT President clarifies invalid degree issue: Daily News
SOM ranked 2nd in Thailand, 22nd in Far East Asia & 146th in the World
Climate change and disasters impinge on water and waste management issues
SOM ranked 2nd in Thailand, 22nd in Far East Asia & 146th in the World
Seminar on Tropical Forest and RED+ Scheme
A Seminar on “Tropical Forests and the REDD+ Scheme: Accounting for Carbon Emission Reductions and Removals” will be delivered by Dr. Nophea K. Sasaki of the University of Hyogo, Kobe, Japan from 1400-1530 hours on 12 November 2012 at Room # W226.Abstract: Biologically rich tropical forests provide us with various goods and services while including regulation of global and local climates.