The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) can unleash three global transformations including the idea of an Asia-Europe supercontinent, emergency of neo-renaissance and a massive upsurge in cultural communications. Further, BRI is an attempt by China to redefine the meaning of a powerful nation.
GMS Power and White Group have donated one million THB each to the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) to further research in the power sector. Managing Director of GMS Power David L Michaels, and President of White Group Public Co. Ltd. Somchai Chaisuparakul handed over a cheque of 1 million THB each to AIT President Prof.
Ever since its inception in 1959, the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) has been a microcosm of the entire world, and 4 August 2017 was no exception. The incoming batch of August 2017 had students ranging from Canada to Fiji, and from Ecuador to Japan, representing virtually all corners of the world.
Mr. Chaiwat Kovavisarach (left) and Prof. Worsak Kanok-Nukulchai.The Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) received its largest-ever single corporate grant in the form of 50 million Thai Baht towards the establishment of the Bangchak Initiative and Innovation Center at AIT (BIIC@AIT) — a venture which aims to act as a living laboratory and technology business incubator.
Websites are virtual entrepôts, and home pages are not just a window to the world, but they also exemplify and reflect the character and ethos of an organization.
When the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) launched its website in 1995, the website was a collection of simple html files, but in an era of restricted internet speeds and limited bandwidth, the AIT website was a trendsetter.
AIT Orientation Day will be organized on 4 August 2017 at the AIT Conference Center
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A Special lecture on "Sustainability Science: Linking Science, Policy and Society for a Sustainable Future' will be delivered by Prof. Kazuhiko Takeuchi, Chairman, Board of Directors, Institute for Global Environment Strategies on 17 August 2017 from 10:00-11:00 hours at the AIT Conference Center.
Google Scholar has designated two research papers authored by AIT experts as “Classic Papers.” Announced in June 2017, Google Scholar describes "Classic Papers" as a collection of highly-cited papers that have stood the test of time in their respective area of research.
The Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) will organize an annual Thanat Khoman Memorial Lecture Series, with support from the John F Kennedy Foundation.
The recently inaugurated dwellings in the Indian Presidential Retreat are powered by AIT technologies. Twelve dwellings in the Presidential Retreat in Dehradun, the capital of the Indian province of Uttarakhand, which were inaugurated by the Indian President H.E. Mr. Pranab Mukherjee, have been constructed using the Onsite Sanitation Integrated Community Housing Technology Innovations developed at the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT).