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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