The millennium goal of reducing maternal mortality is lagging behind other Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and it is estimated that five jumbo jets of maternal deaths occur every day. This is compounded by sub regional disparities with some regions falling way behind others in achieving this MDG.
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There is a great potential in the partnership between the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) and the Amata Science City. This was stated by Mr. Sascha Haselmayer of Interlace Invent ApS, advisor to Amata Science City in a meeting with the AIT President Said Irandoust.
Seventh ICT-Asia Seminar shall be held at the Keio University, Mita Campus, Tokyo, Japan East Research Building, Keio Global Studio (6th Floor), and Seminar Room (4th Floor) on 15-16 March 2010.The conference will also be broadcasted in China, Korea, Philippines and Thailand through the project CanalAVIST of IntERLab (Internet Education and Research Laboratory) of the Asian Institute of Technology, and is supported by the Regional French Cooperation at AIT. Detailed program regarding the seminar is available at this link.
Government of Timor-Leste is keen to collaborate with the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) and proposes to co-host a workshop on “Higher Education for Sustainable Developmentâ€. This was discussed during a recent visit of the AIT delegation to Timor-Leste.
Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) will organize a workshop on “Global Navigation Satellite System” (GNSS) on 15-17 March 2010 at the AIT Conference Centre.South East as a centre on European GNSS for International cooperation and Local development (SEAGAL) aims to set up a European GNSS (Global Navigations Satellite Systems) collaboration centre in support of educational, commercial and technical needs in South-East Asia.
AIT Career Center is organizing CV writing and job interview workshop on 12 March 2010 from 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm at the Milton E. Bender Jr. Auditorium. For pre-registration, please reply to this email and mention your name, Identity number and Field of Study.
A delegation from Anna University, Chennai (India) visited the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) and expressed keen interest in collaborating with AIT’s School of Environment, Resources and Development (SERD) in the area of coastal zone management.
The Office of International Cooperation and Exchange (OICE), University of Tokyo has evinced deep interest in the activities of the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT). A delegation of OICE of the School of Engineering, University of Tokyo led by its Director, Prof. Koichi Maekawa expressed their keen desire to learn about AIT’s best practices as an international academic institute.
Agricultural Systems and Engineering field of study (ASE), School of Environment Resources and Development (SERD) of Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) is organizing a “Field Day” at Ban Nongri, Nongkob sub-district, Ban Pong district, Ratchaburi province on 10 March, 2010. The Field day is aimed at sharing and disseminating knowledge to farmers and other stakeholders engaged in rice production systems.