Anil Kumar Anal, PhD

Assistant Professor

Food Engineering and Bioprocess Technology

E-mail: anilkumar@ait.ac.th; anil.anal@gmail.com

Your Resource and Partner for

Sustainable Development

Inception & Planning Workshop_

SRI-LMB

AIT

9 April 2013

VISION AIT strives to become

a leading and a unique regional multicultural institution of higher learning, offering state of

the art education, research and training in technology, management and societal

development.

•position itself as a regional hub •a leading developer and provider of technical

and managerial manpower •become a leading developer and provider of

highly qualified researchers and faculties.

To develop highly qualified and

committed professionals who will

play a leading role in the

sustainable development of the

region and its integration into the

global economy

MISSION

Advanced

Technology

Appropriate

Technology

AIT

Local Bridging Program

Regional

Research

World Wide Partnership

AIT: REGIONAL HUB

SOCIETY

MUTUAL COLLABORATION

CHARACTERISTICS

• Focus on Postgraduate education with

strong research emphasis

• Internationality with an Asian

orientation

• Interdisciplinary, agile academics

• Real-life development problems &

industrial practice

• Capacity building for sustainable

development

• Orientation towards professions

• Global network of partners (top

international universities & research

institutes)

SOME AIT PARTNERS:

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES

• Royal Thai Government (RTG), Thailand

• Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida), Sweden

• Finnish International Development Agency (FINNIDA), Finland

• Canada International Development Agency (CIDA), Canada

• Ministry of Foreign Affairs, France

• Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affair, (NMFA)

• German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)

• Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), Korea

• Government of Japan

• Netherlands Ministry for Development Corporations, Netherlands

• Ministry of Human Resource Development, India

• Higher Education Commission (HEC), Pakistan

• Ministry of Education and Training (MOET), Vietnam

• Government of Philippines

• Ministry of Science and Technology, (MOST), Nepal

• Ministry of Public Works, Indonesia

SOME AIT PARTNERS: INTERNATIONAL

ORGANIZATIONS/FOUNDATIONS

• Asian Development Bank (ADB)

• Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC)

• European Commission (EC)

• Ford Foundation

• International Development Research Centre (IDRC),

• Open Society Institutes

• Rockefeller Foundation

• Starr Foundation

• The MacArthur Foundation

• United Nations: UNEP, UNESCO, UN ESCAP, FAO

• World Bank (WB)

• World Wide Fund (WWF)

ACADEMIC STRUCTURE

School of

Engineering

and Technology

(SET)

AIT

EXTENSION

AIT CENTERS

Vietnam

Indonesia

School of

Environment,

Resources and

Development

(SERD)

School of

Management

(SOM)

Research at AIT Sustainable Development in the context of Climate Change

Research at AIT has been consolidated under thrust area with creation of a center of excellence on “Sustainable Development in the Context of Climate Change” (SDCC)

Sustainable Development in the context of

Climate Change

Based on :

Considerable experience in the region

Working in the area of sustainable development for more

than three decades

Consolidating this research for Climate Change under

broader umbrella of Sustainable Development to create niche

for ourselves.

A core critical mass of faculty and staff strength in the

thematic area.

Endorsed by various donor agencies and stakeholders

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Broad Climate Change areas at AIT

Climate Science – study of vulnerable areas

using GIS and RS, disaster preparedness, air quality monitoring and modeling, etc.

Adaptation – e.g.. major problems in the coastal areas and islands as well as in agriculture production of Asia, urban, rural and coastal areas, etc.

Mitigation – renewable energy and carbon neutral economies, etc.

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AIT-Research strategy (2012-2016)

Overall objective: “To significantly increase, by 2016, AIT’s

contribution towards sustainable development of Asia and

beyond through participatory research in relation to climate

change, and, implementation of applications to address real life

challenges and fill knowledge gaps”.

Strategic principles: The four Strategic principles of the AIT

Research Strategy (2012-2016) are :

1. Research Focus

2. Research Quality

3. Quality Collaboration in Research

4. Research Resource Mobilization

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Research Thematic Areas of AIT

Research focus areas of AIT under the platform of “Sustainable Development in the context of Climate Change (SDCC)”.

1. Disaster Risk Management

2. Sustainable Land and Water Resources Management

3. Business and Innovation Models for a Green Economy

4. Urban and Rural Quality of Life and Sustainability

5. Low Carbon, Sustainable Production & Consumption Technologies & Management

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Disaster Risk management

1. Disaster Risk Assessment

– Probabilistic risk assessment

– Multi-hazard risk assessment in the context of cumulative environmental

impacts

– Environmental and Health Risks

– Drought Risk Assessment

2. Disaster Management

– Preparedness, (Prospective/corrective/compensatory risk management)

– Response (Scenario analysis, Applications of Information and Communications

Technology for emergency response)

– Recovery (Damage and need assessment, etc)

– Ecosystem-based risk management

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Sub – thematic areas

Sustainable Land and Water Resources

Management

1. Future climate and water resources

2. Forestry and land management

3. Integrated Water Resources Management

(IWRM)

4. Sustainable agriculture and aquaculture

intensification

5. Integrated coastal management

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Sub – thematic areas

Business and Innovation Models for a Green Economy

1. Sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility in Business

2. Climate Change Policy and Corporate Compliance

3. Social responsibility, Behavioral Change and Social Impact

4. Innovation in Green Products and Services

5. Technology needs assessment and transfer

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Sub – thematic areas

Urban and Rural Quality of Life and

Sustainability

1. Poverty, food security and sustainable livelihoods

2. Eco-cities, Infrastructure and transport

3. Human security, social equity and gender

4. Information and communication technologies for sustainable development (ICT4D)

5. Governance viz. a viz. urban and rural changes

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Sub – thematic areas

Low Carbon and sustainable Production and

consumption Technologies and Management

1. Green house gas mitigation

2. Energy access and security

3. Sustainable energy sources and access to energy

4. Urban solid waste management

5. Non- hazardous industrial waste management for

energy intensive industries and processes

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Sub – thematic areas

AIT Research Projects-Mitigation

Technologies for mitigation of greenhouse gas emission

Power sector

Transport sector

Small and medium industries

Barriers to promote clean coal technologies and energy efficient technologies

Power sector

Transport sector

Small and medium industries

Promoting selected mature/nearly mature renewable energy technologies.

Cook stoves efficiency improvement

Briquette-fired Stoves

Low cost PV system components

Solar, biomass and hybrid dryers

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AIT Research Projects-Adaptation

Sector of Research in AIT Adaptation

Agriculture

Water Resources

Coastal Zone Management

Several Centers within AIT working with Adaptation Projects:

CoE SDCC

The Wetland Alliance

Water Center

CSR Asia

Some Adaptation research in AIT:

Climate Change and System Rice Intensification (SRI)

Sustainable Wetland Management Lower Mekong Countries (Cambodia, Lao PDR and Vietnam)

Various research on water resources management throughout Asia

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related project (Contd)

Assessment of Co-Benefits on air Quality and climate resulted from various

control strategies in southeast Asia

LICORICE (Life Cycle Assessment of Cotton and Rice)

Production of Bio-ethanol and Biomaterials from Oil Palm Biomass: A study of

Feedstock Sustainability, Technological Efficiency and Social Applicability.

Sustainability Issues Due to Coal Ash From Coal Fired Power Plants

Action towards Resource-efficient and Low Carbon Cities in Asia” program -

French Environment and Energy Management Agency (ADEME) , May 2011

Integrated Sustainable Solid waste Management in Asia

Air quality and climate impacts of Switching to Natural Gas fueled Public

Transportation Vehicles in Bangkok

Contd..

The Asia-Pacific Climate change Adaptation Forum (Adaptation Forum 2010) -UNEP, Institute for Global Environment Strategies (IGES), AIT/UNEP RRC.AP, Asian Development Bank (ADB) in partnership with other key actors in the region.

The UNEP Risoe Centre (URC), Denmark engaged the Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Development in the context of Climate change (SDCC), AIT, for implementing Technology Needs Assessment (TNA) in developing Asian countries.

Thailand’s Institutional and policy landscape on climate change Mitigation

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High Tech Research Areas

(EXAMPLES) Robotics and Sensor Networks for Intelligent

Environment

MECHATRONICS, MICRELECTRONICS and

NANOTECHNOLOGY

Bioprocess Technology for Sustainable Food

Production and Green Technology

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Research Strengths

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Inter-cross disciplinary

• Technology

• Socio-economic aspects

• Managerial aspects

• Policy development .

• Public sector

• Private sector

• Development agencies

• Government consultations.

• Intimate knowledge of region

• Strong network of collaborators and

partners

Various Centers at AIT for

RESOURCE MOBILIZATION

“ ….Either we are going to rise to the level of leadership, innovation and collaboration that is required or everybody is going to lose – big. Just coasting along and doing the same old things is not an option any longer.”

Thomas L. Friedman

in : “Hot, Flat and Crowded”

Three time Pulitzer Prize- Winning Author

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THANK YOU

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