Good opportunities for all AIT Graduates for Extra luggage Service (20 Kg)

Congratulations to all AIT graduates and there is a good news from Student Union (SU) that all AIT Graduates can carry extra luggage of 20 kg in all major airlines.

SU provide additional 20 Kg luggage service upon request on your way back home flight. This is available for almost all airlines. But, I am not sure for low cost airline such as Air Asia.

For those who want this service, please come and register at SU office during office hour. Please bring along the information (Name, ID, Passport no, destination country, flight no., airline and departure date.

Please note that this will take one day working day and we will not accept register through online and email.

Congratulatory message to the students from AIT President Said Irandoust on 119th Convocation Ceremony

Message from President Irandoust to Graduating Students (119th Convocation Ceremony, Thursday, May 23, 2013)

 

Dear Graduating Students,

 

My congratulations to all of you on the occasion of your convocation and AIT's 119th graduation ceremony. Although I am unable to be present with you on this most important day in your lives my thoughts and best wishes are with you. I have always eagerly looked forward to graduations. I fondly remember the AIT graduation ceremonies for their unique family like atmosphere and charm. In any academic institution graduations are among the most awaited of ceremonies and is a culmination of all your hard work and perseverance. It is also a recognition of the important role your faculty members, staff, family, friends as well as donors and partners have played in leading you to this auspicious day. 

 

I will sadly miss being present with all of you in what would have been my last graduation ceremony as President of AIT. I will be completing my second and last term as President on June 30, 2013 and as the end of my term draws near I look back at all the good times we as a community went through as well as challenging period all of us faced in the aftermath of the floods. 

 

I remain positive that with its proud heritage of more than 5 decades of service to the Asian region AIT will continue to prosper. I trust that all of you will play an active role in ensuring that this is indeed the case. I wish to thank all the students who have written to me and sent personal messages for their kind words of support and encouragement which means a lot to me.

 

As you venture out into the world always listen to the voice inside you and be true to yourself in whatever you choose to pursue you in life. You will definitely face obstacles on the way but that is life and one must learn from it. Try and remain strong and keep moving on. I would like to end my message to you with a quote by Herman Melville, who said the following: "We cannot live for ourselves alone. Our lives are connected by a thousand invisible threads, and along these sympathetic fibers, our actions run as causes and return to us as results." 

 

Once again, my very best wishes to all of you on your graduation.

 

Professor Said Irandoust

President

Asian Institute of Technology (AIT)

 

Live Broadcast of the 119th AIT Graduation Ceremony on 23 May 2013

Like previous years, Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) is live broadcasting/streaming the 119th Graduation ceremony. The 119th AIT Graduation Ceremony will be broadcasted live on the Internet on 23 May 2013 starting from 09:30 AM at the following URL: http://203.159.6.202/ait-graduation/

AIT's IT Services being handled by IntERLab, contract with Netlink terminated

Dear Members of the AIT Community,

 

With reference to the announcement from the AIT Acting President on 1 May 2013, the termination of the Information Technology Professional Services Agreement with Netlink Software Private Limited  has taken effect from 15 May 2013.

 

Therefore, please be informed that Netlink is no longer AIT's IT service provider, and all of the Institute's IT services are now being handled by AIT's Internet Education & Research Laboratory (IntERLab).

 

As communicated by the Acting President, although Professor Kanchana Kanchanasut, Acting Vice President for Research and IntERLab Director, has assured that all efforts will be taken to make the transition a smooth one, we would like to request all members of the AIT community to be patient since there might be some inconvenience during the transition period. 

 

For any enquiry or request kindly contact helpdesk@ait.asia .

Thesis Proposal Writing Course in AIT, to Cost 2,000 Baht per student

Dear Students,

For those who are preparing to write their thesis proposal next semester, please register for the writing course in Room 216, Language Center.  We are still accepting registrations for Groups 2 and 3 (See the course description below.)

Duration:   27 May - 21 June 2013, 25 hours
Course Fee:   2,000 baht

Group 1:  Monday & Wednesday, 10:00-12:00 (Full)
Group 2:  Tuesday & Thursday, 10:00-12:00
Group 3:  Monday & Wednesday, 14:00-16:00

Feel free to contact us by email for more information or special requests.

Course Description

This course aims to prepare students in planning and justifying their research project, particularly those who are not proficient in English.  In this course, students will learn how to choose a topic, specify the focus of their research, develop the research questions and identify the key concepts that are essential in their planned research.   Online discussions and peer reviews will also be incorporated in the course using Moodle.  This will provide the students with the opportunity to discuss their writing, get feedback, and contribute their views and resources to others.

Every student will get enough support in drafting the three chapters required in a thesis proposal; namely, the introduction, literature review and research methodology.  They will also learn how to make use of the on-line resources, and various quantitative and qualitative methods and techniques of doing a research (e.g., survey, RDS/RS methods, interviews, modeling and simulation). The application of various tools or softwares in data analysis (e.g., SPSS, MS Excel, Conversational Analysis, Content Analysis, etc.) will also be included in the course.


Enrollment to the Course and the Research Writing Club

Students who are planning to defend their thesis proposal next semester are encouraged to register in the course.  If necessary, the Language Center might require an approval from a student's adviser in order to attend.  Students registered in this course will automatically become members of the LC's Research Writing Club which will begin in August, 2013.  This will enhance more our students? ability to write and present better through coaching and support from other members.

Best regards,

Language Center
Website http://www.languages.ait.ac.th

 

Acting President Professor Worsak Kanok-Nukulchai expands Memberships of AIT MT & Campus Rebulding

Sent on behalf of Acting President Professor Worsak Kanok-Nukulchai

§ Expanded AIT Management Team

The AIT Management Team, which is the main internal decision making body and shall support the operative and strategic management of the Institute, originally includes the President, the Vice Presidents, School Deans, Cluster Representative and Institute Secretary.  Under my term as Acting President, and the need to draw on everyone's support towards the Institute's financially recovery, the AIT Management Team now includes the following associate members: Academic Senate Chair Prof Jayant K Routray; Convener of the Financial Health & Budget Review Task Force Dr Gregory L F Chiu; Head-Finance Mr Noppadon Rittipongshusit; Head-ERCO Mr Ahmed Amjad Ali; Senior Legal Adviser Dr Roland Amoussou-Guenou; Senior Media Specialist of ERCO/MCU Mr Shawn P Kelly; and the RTG Coordinator Mrs Wannapa Pliansri.  The Senior Media Specialist of ERCO/MCU shall be responsible in communicating AITMT deliberations and decisions to the AIT community.

§ Expanded AIT Main Campus Rebuilding and Upgrading Committee

The AIT Main Campus Rebuilding and Upgrading Committee was formed in December 2011 to consider ways in which the campus could be rehabilitated and also possibly upgraded and made environment friendly, safe and sustainable.  The committee also considers the implementation of various aspects of an AIT campus master plan developed earlier, as well as coordinates efforts in trying to secure funding and support from some partners in showcasing post-flood recovery efforts and environment friendly or "green campus" initiatives.  The committee is chaired by the President and comprises of the following members from AIT: Vice President for Research; Vice President for Resource Development; Faculty Resident Representative; AIT Extension Executive Director; AIT Consulting Executive Director (Member and Committee Coordinator); Head-Finance; Head-Contract Management Office; Student Union President; and Sodexo Operations Director at AIT.  Faculty colleagues Dr. Sangam Shrestha and Dr. Brahmanand Mohanty were also invited to serve as members of the Committee.  External Resource Persons include Prof. Dr. Soontorn Boonyatikarn, Professor of Architecture, Chulalongkorn University; Dr. Ludovic Lacrosse, EEP Mekong, Chief Technical Advisor – AIT alumnus; Professor Waheed, Professor of Civil Engineering and Founder and Director of Center for Advanced Infrastructure Technology (CAIT), University of Mississippi, USA – AIT alumnus; Dr. Saeed Zaki, Executive Director - SE Asia and Managing Director - Thailand, dwp Limited – AIT alumnus.

Under my term as Acting President, the AIT Main Campus Rebuilding and Upgrading Committee now includes the following additional members: Vice President for Academic Affairs; School Deans; Faculty Representative; Staff Representative; Chair of the Campus Residents' Committee (or representative); Head-Administration; Head-Alumni Affairs Office; MCU Unit Head; and Purchasing Coordinator of CMO.

List of Scholarships for Masters & PhD Students in Asian Institute of Technology AIT Thailand

BJC Regional Scholarships at AIT (For MBA, for Vietnamese and Myanmar students)

 

NMFA SCHOLARSHIPS FOR MYANMAR

 

DAAD Scholarships for Nationals of Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar and Vietnam

 

ADB-JSP Selection Guidelines

 

PR China Scholarships for Chinese Students

 

Joint Japan/World Bank Graduate Scholarship Program

 

DIKTI scholarships for Indonesian Lecturers

 

KAAD - AIT Scholarship Program

 

Ford Foundation International Fellowships Program (IFP) thru the Asian Scholarship Foundation in Thailand

 

e8 Scholarship Programme

 

BJC Regional Scholarships at AIT (For MBA, for Vietnamese and Myanmar students)

 

bjc.doc

 

bjc.pdf

 

Appointment of Interim Head of Alumni Affairs Office - Mr. Sanjeev Jayasinghe

Appointment of Interim Head of Alumni Affairs Office (AAO)

 

With Dr Hoang Le Tien, Head Alumni Affairs Office taking early retirement from the institute effective from 1st May 2013, I am pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Sanjeev Jayasinghe, as the Interim Head of the AIT Alumni Affairs Office with immediate effect. This appointment is concurrent to his current positions as Director Fundraising office. The interim Head-AAO will coordinate AAO daily duties and will mainly be responsible for the active creation and enhancement of partnerships and support of alumni to the institute.

 

I wish to express my sincere appreciation to Dr. Hong Le Tien for his efforts and valuable administrative contributions made during his more than 30 years of dedicated service to the institute and wish him continued success in his future endeavors.

 

At the same time, we wish Mr. Sanjeev Jayasinghe every success on this additional assignment and wish him well in carrying this additional administrative tasks with no additional supplement. During this difficult time, it is an urgent task of Mr. Sanjeev to restore the good relationships between the AIT Administration and the AIT Alumni Association (AITAA) and all its National Chapters, including all alumni individuals. I can confirm that alumni body is certainly one of the most important stakeholders of AIT, as AIT alumni worldwide have always served a testimony of the great AIT heritage for the past 54 years.

AIT Thesis Proposal Writing Course

The Language Center is pleased to offer the course, Thesis Proposal Writing, for students who are planning to write their proposal next semester.  This is a 25-hour course, which is scheduled to start on May 27th, 2013 and ends on 21st June, 2013 (see the course description below).

Students who are expected to do their thesis proposal are encouraged to register. The course fee is 2,000 Baht per student.  To address the specific needs of each student, the maximum class size is limited to 15 students only.  Classes will be held twice a week, Mondays and Wednesdays, from 10-12 AM.  Another class will be opened in case we get more registrations. The registration fee can be charged to a project or paid in cash by the student.

Feel free to contact us by email for more information or special requests.

Course Description

 
This course aims to prepare students in planning and justifying their research project, particularly those who are not proficient in English.  In this course, students will learn how to choose a topic, specify the focus of their research, develop the research questions and identify the key concepts that are essential in their planned research.   Online discussions and peer reviews will also be incorporated in the course using Moodle.  This will provide the students with the opportunity to discuss their writing, get feedback, and contribute their views and resources to others.

Every student will get enough support in drafting the three chapters required in a thesis proposal; namely, the introduction, literature review and research methodology.  They will also learn how to make use of the on-line resources, and various quantitative and qualitative methods and techniques of doing a research (e.g., survey, RDS/RS methods, interviews, modeling and simulation). The application of various tools or softwares in data analysis (e.g., SPSS, MS Excel, Conversational Analysis, Content Analysis, etc.) will also be included in the course.


Enrollment to the Course and the Research Writing Club

Students who are planning to defend their thesis proposal next semester are encouraged to register in the course.  If necessary, the Language Center might require an approval from a student's adviser in order to attend.  Students registered in this course will automatically become members of the LC's Research Writing Club which will begin in August, 2013.  This will enhance more our students' ability to write and present better through coaching and support from other members.

AIT terminates IT Service Outsourcing under Netlink Software Private Limited

On an email sent to students on Thursday Morning, the acting President Prof Worsak Kanok-Nukulchai said that AIT has terminated the IT Professional Services outsourcing under Netlink Software Private Limited and the task will from now handled by AIT's in-house Internet Laboratoy (intERLab) lead by Prof Kanchana Kanchanasaut, the mother of Internet in Thailand. The email reads:

 

1 May 2013

 

Dear Members of the AIT Community,

After a very careful consideration and with legal advice from multiple sources, I agreed with the recommendation of the Financial Health and Budget Review Task Force (FRTF) to terminate the "Information Technology Professional Services Agreement" with Netlink Software Private Limited, based on Clause 21.1 of the Agreement. The termination will take effect on 15 May 2013.

This decision was made based on the review of our external consultant, Asian Intelligent Information Technology Co. Ltd. in 2012, who cited poor customer satisfaction and lapses in service, and concluded that Netlink performs poorly and lacks knowledge and operational capability in basic requirements such as network operations and security. Then, a follow-up committee composed of AIT's in-house experts unanimously agreed with the consultant's recommendation. Subsequently, another committee has worked out an outline for an alternative solution to Netlink.

Netlink's contract cost is approximately 1 million baht per month. With reference to the Executive Committee's guideline to save cost, the FRTF recommends that AIT's IntERLab Center take on this assignment as a special project, which turns out to reduce the cost by half and still provides better IT service to the campus. We all remember how IntERLab helped restore the IT infrastructure after the flood.

Based on the aforementioned reviews and discussions, and with the recommendation from the FRTF, I have decided to send the termination letter prepared by our legal advisers to Netlink Software Private Limited as attached.

 

Although Professor Kanchana Kanchanasut, VPR and IntERLab Director, has assured me that the transition shall be seamless, I wish to request all members of AIT community to be patient if there might be some inconvenience during the transition period. Meanwhile I would like to thank all members of the two committees, members of the FRTF and especially Prof. Kanchana for kindly accept this challenge during this difficult period of AIT.