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A first of its kind Dengue Epidemic Prevention, Control and Management Program (DEPCAM) organized by the Asian Institute of Technology Extension for 117 participants from Pakistan’s Punjab concluded at Bangkok on 23 December 2011. Speaking at the function, the Chef-de-Mission, Mr. Sajjad Saleem Hotiana, Secretary, Environment Protection Department (EPD), Government of Pakistan, thanked AIT for organizing a “remarkable” program encompassing not just various dimensions and elements of dengue control, but also organizing it at various locations along with multiple partners.

A first of its kind Dengue Epidemic Prevention, Control and Management Program (DEPCAM) organized by the Asian Institute of Technology Extension for 117 participants from Pakistan’s Punjab concluded at Bangkok on 23 December 2011. Speaking at the function, the Chef-de-Mission, Mr. Sajjad Saleem Hotiana, Secretary, Environment Protection Department (EPD), Government of Pakistan, thanked AIT for organizing a “remarkable” program encompassing not just various dimensions and elements of dengue control, but also organizing it at various locations along with multiple partners.

The Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) is strengthening the dragon fruit value chain for export market in Vietnam. Ten officials from the Plant Protection Department (PPD), Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD), Vietnam, drawn from five provinces recently attended a regional initiative coordinated by AIT.

A new waste recovery project involving four countries in South-East Asia has been launched with the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) assuming the role of the lead partner. The four countries – Thailand, Lao PDR, Cambodia and Vietnam, all from the Mekong region, are engaged in an international partnership to work towards zero waste, zero landfill and reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.

A gathering of over 30 alumni of Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) from Thailand visited the AIT campus and recommended that it is a good opportunity to rebuild the AIT campus. Rebuilding should be done with advanced and appropriate technology so that the campus is not only sustainable but also flood resistant.

Experts from various streams suggested remedial measures and emphasized the need to learn lessons from the Thailand flood. At a seminar on “Lessons learned from the 2011 Thailand Flood Disaster and Future Directions for Flood Prevention and Mitigation,” organized by the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) and ASEAN Affairs in association with the Center for Advanced Infrastructure Technology (CAIT), University of Mississippi, panelists stressed the need for knowledge sharing, capacity building, and preparedness.

The mother campus of the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) has been officially declared as “fully dry.” The water level in the entire campus is now at normal level. Power has also been restored at two sub-stations, namely at the AIT Main gate house and New Zealand house village (Substation 1), and the Pump House and golf course (Substation 13).

ASIAN Institute of Technology (AIT) has signed a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Laureate International Universities to explore a possible partnership. It was signed on 30 September 2011, and it is an exploratory MoU with no commitments, but merely an expression of interest to explore a partnership. Further, AIT plans to return to its mother campus sometime during the next semester, though the exact date is not finalized.

Communicating with alumni in person on current and prospective developments of AIT was the focus of an informal gathering organized by AIT in downtown Bangkok on 14 December 2011.