Nearly 200 students from 23 countries get degrees at AIT graduation ceremony
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Almost 200 students from 23 countries spanning four continents were conferred with degrees at the 122nd graduation ceremony of the Asian Institute of Technology.
The batch included 35 doctoral, 157 master’s and five bachelor degrees and one diploma student.
Vietnam had the major share with 88 graduates followed by Thailand (47), Indonesia and Nepal (with nine) and Myanmar (eight).
They graduates came from Asia, Africa, Europe and North America.
AIT President Prof Worsak Kanok-Nukulchai said that since 1959 AIT had promoted technological change and sustainable development through higher education, cutting-edge research and outreach activities.
Worsak said that AIT graduates were fully prepared to take on global challenges and emerge as Asia’s next generation of leaders.
Describing AIT as a “global village for future leaders”, Worsak said that the new graduating class had would join their fellow alumni in weaving success stories.
Delivering the graduation message, Hiroyuki Konuma, assistant director-general and regional representative Asia-Pacific for the Food and Agriculture Organisation, warned that the world was facing serious food-shortage challenges.
Konuma said the global population was expected to increase to over nine billion by 2050, and this was happening along with an increase in per-capita food con?sumption.
These two factors, coupled with restricted availability of arable land could lead to price volatility and uncertainties.
He said that to tackle such challenges the AIT could produce “future leaders of our global society”.
