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NSTDA and AIT to launch a pilot tele-lecture project

A pilot tele-lecture project in microelectronics will be launched, based on the agreements between Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) and National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA), and between NSTDA and the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT). The test program transmitted from Tokyo Tech via Superbird B-2 satellite was received at AIT on 22 March.

AIT PS/CC holds FUN & FOOD FAIR

Teachers, parents and children of the AIT PlaySchool/Child Centre will hold a FUN & FOOD FAIR on Wednesday, 3 April, from 9:00 am to 12:30 noontime. Children wearing their own national costumes will parade first at the AIT campus and then the fun continues with different games where door prizes will be awarded to winning participants.

REMC Organizes a Study Tour on 27 March

The Regional Environmental Management Center (REMC), an outreach arm of the
Water Engineering and Management Program, School of Civil
Engineering is organizing a study tour program on Wednesday, 27 March.

The nine-day study tour -- involving government officials of the Ministry of
Agriculture of Bhutan -- will focus on small-scale surface irrigation systems,
sprinkler and drip irrigation systems and conservation activities in projects in
the Northern, Eastern and Central parts of Thailand.

Mr. Pansak Vinyaratn, (fourth from left) is seen flanked by AIT President, Prof. Jean-Louis Armand, and Prof. Mario T. Tabucanon, Provost. Also in the photo are from left: Prof. Chongrak Polprasert, Dean of School of Environment, Resources and Development; Mr. Vitoon Reunglertpunyakul, President of Green Net Cooperatives; Mr. Suwath Sapyaprapa, Managing Director of Suwath Green Products Co. Ltd.

Dr. Nibhon is seen awarding a certificate to Associate Professor Shu Xiaonan (left) of Kunming University of Science and Technology, Yunnan Province, China.
News from GMSARN: 44 GMS participants complete their training in QUALITY FUNCTION DEPLOYMENT

Forty-four participants representing various institutions and businesses in the Greater Mekong Subregion successfully completed their training in QUALITY FUNCTION DEPLOYMENT (QFD) at a recently concluded workshop that examined in depth the importance of QFD in translating customer requirements into functional and quality characteristics.

MOU Signing with the University of Pantheon-Sorbonne (Paris I)

AIT President, Prof. Jean-Louis Armand, and Prof. Jean-Pierre Helfer, Director for International Affairs and Prof. Vicent Giard, Director of the Institute of Business Administration of the University of Pantheon-Sorbonne (Paris I), recently signed an agreement between AIT and the Institute of Business Administration of UP-S (Paris I) to establish the cooperation between AIT and University of Panteon-Sorbonne (Paris I) to respond the needs of multi-regional approach in the field of higher education as well as the specific needs of developing countries in Asia.

Prof. Gajendra Singh in a meeting with Prof. Gunapala Nanayakhara (right), Director of Post-graduate Institute of Management, together with Mr. Sanjeev Jayasinghe (center), AIT Office of the President. Discussions took place around drafting a general MOU that will take into account the following key areas: senior management training programs, joint research, upgrading PIM's IT capacity, teaching/joint research opportunities, PIM students' study visits to AIT and an MBA research supervision.

Photo shows, left row from left: Dr. Brahmanand Mohanty of Energy Program; Mr. Michel Hamelin; Prof. Surapong Chirarattananon of Energy Program; and Prof. C. Visvanathan, Coordinator of Urban Environmental Engineering and Management Program. Right row from right, AIT President, Prof.

Prof. Mario T. Tabucanon (center), Provost, is seen discussing with Prof. Ido Perlman and Prof. Zvi Kohavi, left and right, respectively.

Visiting AIT

On 27 February, Prof. Ido Perlman, Dean of Graduate School, and Prof. Zvi Kohavi, Director of the Technion Research and Development Institute, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, came to AIT to explore possible collaboration between both Institutes on MBA program and discuss on grants, technology transfer and faculty collaboration.

AIT President, Prof. Jean-Louis Armand, is seen with the students from Lao PDR.
Scenes from the AIT Fair & International Women's Day

The AIT Community participated on 8 March and enjoyed the variety of fun and awareness-raising activities at the AIT Fair & International Women's Day held in front of AIT Conference Center (AITCC).

Leading the AITians at the Walk for Gender Equality were AIT President, Prof.