Following the dictum of “think globally, act locally,” AIT is also contributing towards the development of local and regional capacity. A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed by Mayor of Thaklong Municipality in Pathum Thani province, Mr. Thai Thogprang, and AIT President Prof.

AIT will launch an international double degree Master’s program in Wireless Communications Engineering with the University of Oulu (UOulu), Finland. The agreement to launch the program was finalized during the visit of Ms. Hanna Saarela, Development Manager, Centre for Wireless Communications, University of Oulu, Finland, during her visit to AIT on 19 December 2017.

The cooperation agreement between AIT and UOulu has been signed by Dr. Helka-Liisa Hentila, Vice-Rector, and Prof.

A faculty member of the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Dr. Indrajit Pal, has co-authored a book on “Natural Hazards Management in Asia.” Published by Sage Publications, the book is a study on how natural hazards convert into disasters.

The Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Bhutan Power Corporation Limited (BPC) to support BPC employees to earn a Master’s degree at AIT. The MoU was signed on 11 December 2017 by BPC Managing Director Mr. Gem Tshering and AIT President Prof.

“Make a difference to this world, and bring down artificial barriers of national interests. Aspire to be Malala Yousafzai, the youngest Nobel laureate in the world.” With these words, Ambassador of Bangladesh to Thailand. H.E. Saida Muna Tasneem inspired 206 graduands from 22 countries to confront and tackle major challenges facing humanity.

A new book on “Climate Events and Disaster Mitigation - from Policy to Practice,” co-edited by AIT’s Prof. Jayant Kumar Routray has been released by the Centre for Science and Technology of Non-Aligned and other Developing Countries (NAM S&T Centre).

Edited by Prof.

Disasters, risk and resilience need to be brought into curriculum at various levels of education, and different disciplines should integrated them within the education system. This was the dominant theme of the two-day conference on “Mainstreaming Resilience and Disaster Risk Reduction in Education” organized at the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) on 1-2 December 2017.

Delivering the opening remark, Mr. Bernard Philip, Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of Australia to Thailand spoke about the importance of concerted global action by the civil society, academia and the private sector in tackling emerging challenges.

A new book by AIT authors explores the Water-Energy-Food nexus in the global perspective, and explores futuristic perspectives in this paradigm. Focusing on contributions to the global debate on water-energy-food nexus, it quotes examples of the nexus approach in practice from different regions of the world and provides new perspectives on the future of the nexus agenda.

With the ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community (ASCC) focusing on people-centered sustainable development, the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) availed of the opportunity to host a three-day forum that deliberated on the use of education for the purpose of rural transformation.

The cricket grounds of the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) will host seven women’s international cricket matches beginning 20 November 2017. Along with the Terdthai Cricket Ground in Bangkok, these two grounds will be the joint hosts in Thailand as six Asian teams clash for a place  in the ICC Women’s World T20 Qualifier to be held in Netherlands in June 2018 .

China, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Nepal, Thailand and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are competing in the round-robin league in Thailand, and the top two teams from this tournament will play in The Netherlands.