Prof. Mario T. Tabucanon has been conferred with the title of Emeritus Professor by the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT). He was bestowed with this honor on the occasion of the Institutes 115th Graduation on 26 May 2011.
Professor Ashim Das Gupta has been conferred with the title of Emeritus Professor. This title was conferred on him by the AIT President, Prof. Said Irandoust on 26 May 2011 on the occasion of AIT’s 115th Graduation.
Prof. Ram Manohar Shrestha has been appointed Emeritus Professor by the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT). This title was conferred on Prof. Shrestha by the AIT President, Prof. Said Irandoust, on the occasion of the 115th Graduation at AIT on 26 May 2011.
Dr. Shabbir H. Gheewala, an AIT alumnus, has recently been appointed Professor at King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi (KMUTT), Thailand. Dr. Shabbir completed his Master’s and Doctorate under the Environmental Engineering Management (EEM) Program in AIT in 1995 and 2001 respectively, under the supervision of Prof. Ajit Padmakar Annachhatre.
Four hundred and twenty eight graduates from 25 countries spread across five continents graduated from the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) on 26 May 2011. Thailand provided the maximum cohort of 144 graduates, followed by 93 graduates from Vietnam.
115th GRADUATIONMorning Ceremony School of Environment, Resources and DevelopmentSchool of ManagementPROGRAMAcademic ProcessionIntroduction by the Vice President for Academic AffairsGraduation Message by the PresidentGraduation Address by the Graduation SpeakerDr. Andreas Schild, Director General of International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD)Installation of New Professor and Professorial RemarksIntermissionConferment of Doctoral DegreesConferment of Master Degrees and Awarding of PrizesIntermissionMessage by the AIT Alumni Association PresidentMost Outstanding Student MessageAcademic Recession Afternoon CeremonySchool of Engineering and TechnologyPROGRAMAcademic ProcessionIntroduction by the Vice President for Academic AffairsGraduation Message by the PresidentGraduation Address by the Graduation SpeakerProf.
Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) is now a part of the UN-Habitat Partnership University (HPU) Initiative. Prof. Sudip Kumar Rakshit, Vice President for Research, who participated in the first global meeting of HPUI held in London, UK from the 16-18 May, 2011 has been nominated to represent the Asia-Pacific region in the HPUI’s steering committee.
Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) is a good platform for providing training facilities in the field of disaster management. This was the view expressed by Mr. K.S.Prabhakar, Secretary, Disaster Management, Government of Karnataka, India, during the inaugural function of the training course on “Geospatial Technology for Flood Mitigation†organized for Indian government officials on 23 May 2011.
Ambassador of Japan, H.E. Mr. Seiji Kojima felicitated seven AIT Japanese scholarship recipients at a dinner hosted at his residence to celebrate their graduation on 19 May 2011. H.E. Mr. Kojima congratulated the graduating students, and highlighted the importance of AIT as a development partner in promoting sustainable development in the region through higher education.
Mr. Rungrot Kitsomboonloha, an AIT graduate of microelectronics, School of Engineering and Technology (MEng, 2007) who is currently studying for his doctorate at the University of California, Berkeley, U.S.A., has won a pre-doctoral prize for being at the top of his class in academics.