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Worsak Kanok‐Nukulchai, Ph.D.President, Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand
President Forum12 October 2016
11‐14 October 2016
10/15/2016
Greetings from the Asian Institute of Technology in …
AIT serves as a Politically Neutral Platform in the heart of Asiafor Sustainable Development through Global Collaboration inEducation, Research and Capacity Building Outreach.
• Research for the Future of Mankind
• Research for Economic Gain
Public and International Funding
Private and Industrial Funding
AIT’s Research for the Future of Mankind
Issues like climate change, disasters, water, hunger, urbanization,renewable energyneed cohesive international research for the future sustainability of mankind.
AIT’s 8 Focus Areas
AIT’s 8 Focus Areas
CLIMATE CHANGEResearch for Humankind
GMSARN Greater Mekong Sub‐region Academic and Research Network
AIT is the Secretariat Hub of GMSARN – A network of 12 of the top-ranking academic and research institutions in the GMS
Yunnan University (YU), Yunnan
Hanoi University of Technology (HUT) Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology (HCMCUT) Vietnam
National University of Laos (NUOL) Laos
Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) Thailand
Thammasat University(TU) Thailand
Khon Kaen University (KKU) Thailand
Royal University of Phnom Penh (RUPP)Cambodia
Institute of Technology (ITC) Cambodia
Guangxi University (YU), Guangxi, China
Yangon Technological University (YTU) Myanmar
• Human Resources Development
• Joint research• Dissemination of
information and intellectual assets generated in the GMS
AIT is a Neutral Platform for Regional Engagement & Cooperation
The Regional Integrated Multi‐Hazard Early Warning System for Asia and Africa (RIMES) is hosted at AIT
Post‐Disaster Needs for Shelter are common !
AIT Habitech Technology
Regional project to reinvent decentralized systems and technologies for treatment and safe disposal of human excreta and wastewater.
Total research grant: us$ 5 million
Project period:2011-2016
ThailandCambodiaVietnam
Sustainable Decentralized Wastewater Management in Developing Countries
Agricultural Learning Exchange for Asian Regional Networking (AgLEARN)
Total Research Grant: 899,000 USD
Project Period: 2013‐2016
Location of the Action: Nepal, Bangladesh, Cambodia with support from collaborators in Thailand, India and USA,
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