AITAA Distinguished Alumni Awardee: Interview with Dr. Binda Pandey of GDS The Gender and Development Studies (GDS) program at Asian Institute of Technology(AIT) takes immense pride in celebrating the achievements of our alumni who continue to create meaningful impact in the field of gender and development. One such alumna is Dr. Binda Pandey, a Read more…
Participation to Profit: How Thailand’s Participatory Guarantee Systems Powers Organic-Vegetable Success Ms. Chanikan Mahora, is a fresh graduate from the Development and Sustainability program at the Department of Development and Sustainability (DDS), School of Environment, Resources, and Development (SERD), Asian Institute of Technology (AIT). Supervised by Prof. Kyoko Kusakabe with committee members Dr. Thi Phuoc Lai Nguyen and Dr. Takuji W. Read more…
Exciting news with the DDS and AIT community We are delighted to share exciting news with the DDS and AIT community — our recent DPMI PhD graduate, Dr. Surendra Tiwari, has been appointed as the new Dean of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at Pokhara University, Nepal. Dr. Read more…
Date: 20 July 2022
Time: 1:00 P.M. (ICT/GMT+0700 Bangkok Time)
Venue: S201 SERD Building, AIT, Thailand, and Online via ZOOM (please ask)
Cambodia’s Sopheap Sreng is a first recipient of the Xulhaz Mannan Inclusive Development Award conferred by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) for his commitment to the inclusion of marginalized populations in USAID’s development efforts. He currently is a Gender and Project Design Specialist with USAID Cambodia.
Dr Punam Yadav is an alumnus of the Gender and Development Studies program (GDS). She studied MSc in Gender and Development at the Asian Institute of Technology between 2005 and 2007. Dr Kyoko Kusakabe was her supervisor.
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Dr. Sanaullah Panezai, an RRDP Alumnus, has launched a new research journal in December 2019. The title of the journal is “Journal of Geography and Social Sciences (JGSS)”. He serves as Editor-in-Chief of the JGSS. This newly launched journal is an open access, peer-reviewed, multidisciplinary journal that publishes rapid publication of substantive and integrative research articles in all areas of geography and social sciences. JGSS has an International Editorial Board and uses online submission system for receiving articles.
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May Sabe Phyu has had a dynamic career advocating for women’s full realization of their human rights. Currently serving as Director of the Gender Equality Network, her work utilizes intersectional approaches and engages multi-sectoral stakeholders as partners in achieving gender equality. She uses various platforms to build on the gains of women in Myanmar, and continuously identifies and works to address laws, policies, as well as cultural and social norms that work against the achievement of full gender equality.
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Department of Development and Sustainability has a special lecture on ‘Sharing Experience in Social Enterprise Business’ by Ms.Luckhana Sanbunko, GDS Alumni as detail below:
Date: 13 August 2019
Time: 10:00 – 12:00
Venue: W224B, SERD Building
(also as part of ED75.9022)
Md. Rafi Hayat, A Master’s graduate from Urban Environmental Management (UEM, 2018), School of Environment, Resources and Development (SERD), has been appointed Mayor of Kandahar in Afghanistan.
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