'Gender, Technology and Development' Journal now partners with the publisher Taylor and Francis
The AIT-hosted journal “Gender, Technology and Development (GTD)” has now completed two decades of impactful and scholarly work. The latest issue of the journal has just hit the shelves as it celebrates twenty years of existence.
Dr. Takuji W. Tsusaka has joined the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) in the Department of Development and Sustainability as Assistant Professor.
Dr. Tsusaka obtained his Bachelor of Engineering in Applied Physics from University of Tokyo (1999), Master of International Development Studies jointly from National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS) and Foundation for Advanced Studies on International Development (FASID),Tokyo (2008), and Ph.D. in Development Economics from GRIPS (2011).
Prior to joining AIT, he was serving as a scientist at the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) in its Eastern and Southern Africa Program.
Dr. Sylvia Szabo has joined the Department of Development and Sustainability at AIT’s School of Environment, Resources and Development (SERD) as an Assistant Professor.
Prior to AIT, she was working as a Nutrition Advocacy Advisor at Save the Children, United Kingdom.
The Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) has fully recovered from its worst crisis, and it is now ready to welcome fresh ideas that can take the institute to greater heights. This was the sentiment expressed by AIT President Prof. Worsak Kanok-Nukulchai is his report presented to the Board of Trustees during the meeting held on 11 January 2018.
President Worsak highlighted five key steps that had helped AIT reach this stage — regaining trust of the Royal Thai Government and improving employee morale, achievements in international ranking systems, rejuvenation of campus facilities and environment, reorganizing of academic structure, and the implementation of n incentivized Responsibility Center Management (RCM). His report can be downloaded from this link ( Presidential Report to the Board).
The President also presented key indicators including faculty and student trends, operational performance, research output and quality, and 48 key indicators of institute’s performance.
Dr. Manzul Kumar Hazarika has assumed charge as Director of AIT’s Geoinformatics Center (GIC). He takes over from Dr. Lal Samarakoon.who served as Director of GIC for 14 years.
The announcement was made by AIT President Prof. Worsak Kanok-Nukulchai in an email sent to the AIT community on 12 January 2018.
Dr. Hazarika will be responsible for coordination and administrative responsibilities of GIC. Prior to assuming this position, he was serving as Director (Project Operations) at GIC. A graduate from Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Jabalpur, India (Agricultural Engineering, 1989); Dr. Hazarika holds a Master’s from IIT Kharagpur (Soil and Water Conservation Engineering, 1990) and AIT (Remote Sensing and GIS, 1997). He obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Tokyo (Civil Engineering, 2003). He has been serving in AIT since December 2003.
In his message, Prof.
You have explored the green and beautiful campus of the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) many times. You have navigated the lanes and bylanes of the campus, and admired the flora and fauna. You have seen many maps and tagged your locations in Google Maps, Google Earth, SwarmApp and others.
“You may come from overseas, but at the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), no student is treated as a foreigner. Here, everyone is treated equally and Thailand serves as a host for AIT.” These were the welcome remarks of Prof. Worsak Kanok-Nukulchai, AIT President, while greeting students hailing from 20 countries spread across Asia, Europe and South America at the AIT Orientation organized on 5 January 2018.
“When AIT was founded in 1959, it’s was to develop this region,” Prof.
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.