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.