Visiting AIT
On 17 October, Mr. Amita Lal Gooneratna (right), Managing Director/CEO of Commercial Bank of Ceylon made a courtesy call on Prof. Said Irandoust, AIT President.
During the meeting, Prof. Irandoust expressed the interest of AIT to further collaborate with CBC to be the private sector arm of AIT in Sri Lanka.
AIT Mission to Jakarta, Bogor and Bandung, Indonesia
On 12-15 October 2005, Prof. Said Irandoust (above, 5th from right:), AIT President accompanied by Mr. Sanjeev Jayasinghe (above, 3rd from right), Director of Promotions and Mr. Kyaw Soe Hlaing (above, right), Alumni Relations Coordinator carried out a mission to Jakarta, Indonesia.
Mr. Chen lectures at the Prominent Alumni Lecture Series
On 17 October 2005, Mr. Shih-Yi George Chen (TRE'72) (above) lectured on the topic of 'Sustainable Transportation Development in Taiwan Area' at the AIT-AITAA Prominent Alumni Lecture Series.
UNEP Supports Scholarships for ESD Studies in AIT
As part of the cooperation between United Nations Environmental Program (UNEP) and AIT is to implement joint activities in the area of environment and sustainable development, UNEP recently launched 5 Masters scholarships for Environmental and Sustainable Development studies in AIT.
The scholarship program -- targeted for January 2006 semester - is under the UNEP Bali Strategic Plan for Technology Support and Capacity-building which aims to provide capacity building measures based on national and subregional priorities and needs.
SU to hold 'CelebrAsian 2005' Food Fair
Tagged as Celebrating Harmony Amidst Diversity, the Student Union (SU) will be holding 'CelebrAsian 2005' Food Fair on Saturday, 5 Nov. 2005. The event will be held on the football field located at the back of Admin Bldg.
ITServ Increases Storage Quota, Improves Service
A. MAIL SERVER MIGRATION FOR IMPROVED SERVICES
Starting November 8th in the evening, ITServ will roll out a new mail
system that will give users a disk storage quota of 100 Mb compared to
the current 10 Mb. This system is also expected to provide:
faster response times (new NAS storage back-end)
improved reliability (3 servers instead of 1, new storage
format avoiding mailbox corruption)
more flexible quota management with a grace period (instead of
immediately bounced mails)
More improvements will follow after this first stage, such as an
improved web mail.
SOM faculty member's paper gets published
SOM faculty member Dr. Roy Kouwenberg's paper was recently accepted for publication. The paper entitled 'Linkages between Extreme Stock Market and Currency Returns' is co-authored by Phornchanok Cumperayot, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand and Tjeert Keijzer, AEGON Asset Management, Netherlands.
AIT Responds... Pakistani Earthquake
While efforts are currently underway by governments, international organizations and other aid agencies to help support the tens of thousands of people whose homes and livelihoods have been devastated by the recent earthquake, AIT would also like to make a contribution to this end by appealing for donations from members of the AIT Community.
AIT Responds... Pakistani Earthquake
While efforts are currently underway by governments, international organizations and other aid agencies to help support the tens of thousands of people whose homes and livelihoods have been devastated by the recent earthquake, AIT would also like to make a contribution to this end by appealing for donations from members of the AIT Community.
Prof. Irandoust appoints Deans, Director AIT Extension and Admin. Office Heads
Prof. Said Irandoust, AIT President recently announced the selection and designation of the following persons. Appointments to take effect 01 November 2005:
School Deans
School of Sustainable Development - Professor Sivanappan Kumar
School of Engineering and Technology - Professor Worsak Kanok-Nukulchai
School of Management and Entrepreneurship - Professor I. M. Pandey
Director AIT Extension
Dr. Jonathan Shaw
The appointments of the School Deans and Director AIT Extension will be for a one-year period following which there will be discussions with a focus on performance and achievement before renewal of term.