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Giant Prawn returns to Thailand, courtesy AIT Nearly four decades after the inaugural Giant Prawn Conference was first organized in Bangkok in 1980, the event returned to Thailand at the lush green campus of the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT). “Thailand is a natural home for this Conference,” AIT President Prof. Worsak Kanok-Nukulchai remarked as he welcomed 150 delegates from​34 countries. The story of Thailand’s association with freshwater prawn farming dates back to the trials initiated by Thailand’s Department of…

The family of late Prof. Robert B. Banks has announced the creation of a new annual Master’s scholarship and a prize in memory of the late AIT President. Prof. Robert B. Banks was AIT’s third President, having served from 1977 to 1983. Mr Erik Banks The new annual “Robert B. Banks Scholarship” will be open to all Master’s candidates, regardless of their field of study, nationality or gender. Candidates with a high academic performance in their Bachelor’s studies and having…

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Dr. Shobhakar Dhakal, Associate professor and Head of Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Change at AIT’s School of Environment, Resources and Development (SERD, has published a new book titled “Creating Low Carbon Cities.” Dr Shobhakal Dhakal Published by Springer, the book is edited by Dr Shobhakar Dhakal and Prof. Matthias Ruth, Director of the School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs at Northeastern University.The book addresses key issues related to low carbon cities with experts focusing on appropriate infrastructure,…

The Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) has signed a partnership with two Cambodian Universities — the Phnom Penh International University (PPIU) and the Asia Euro University. The MoU was signed by the AIT President Prof. Worsak Kanok-Nukulchai with Mrs. Tep Kolap, Rector of PPIU, and Dr. Chea Sopheap, Rector, Asia Euro University, respectively. Delegation from Cambodia at AIT. The partnership provides for exchange of faculty members and students, joint academic and research activities and seminars, conducting unified degree, dual degree,…

Four-hundred-and-eighty-nine students hailing from 27 countries were conferred degrees on the occasion of the 127th Graduation of the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) on 19 May 2017. Graduating students came from Asia, Africa, Europe, and North and South America. The largest cohort of graduating students came from Sri Lanka (128), followed by Thailand (114), Myanmar (64), India (36), Vietnam (33), Nepal (32), Afghanistan (26), and Pakistan (13). A lone student from Colombia and USA represented their respective continents. Graduating students…

Thirty-one companies participated in the AIT Career Fair organized at the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) on 29 March 2017, with 10 of the 31 companies attending the bi-annual event for the first time. A Research Exhibition showcasing the research work of students was organized by the AIT Students’ Union in conjunction with the event. Welcoming the participants, AIT’s Vice President for Academic Affairs, Prof. Sivanappan Kumar encouraged the participants to engage with both students and faculty members at AIT….