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FACILITIES: The following list highlights some new ideas that are being considered for inclusion in the renovation plan of the AIT Library.

All books, print materials, theses and special collections will be shelved on the upper floor of the library. Aided by an extensive online catalog, this will be a site for faculty and student designated and recommended text books and reading materials.

The ground floor of the library will become a modern marvel, with massive reading spaces. Instead of stocking books, the ground floor will have open spaces, computers, multimedia stations, carrels, and a large number of niche group study rooms and chambers. It will also house a VIP lounge, an exhibition area, and designated meeting rooms for alumni and visitors.

Faculty, researchers, and students will be able to enjoy many of available resources through vast online repositories containing e-books, subscriptions to online databases, online journals, and open-access publications.

A special multimedia lab is planned for video production, video conferencing, web-casting, webinars and for distance education.

There will be designated social areas and study spaces, all fitted with digital connection points that allow students to share, connect, and utilize library materials in a more productive manner. Digital connectivity will be a key feature of the new library.

Like many other modern university and college libraries, AIT library will share many of its resources online with students through e-books and a rich digital collection.

 

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STATUS OF AIT CAMPUS REHABILITATION AFTER FLOOD Total Compensation from Flood Insurance 440,326,718 Baht

Phase 1 Rehabilitation Expenses 297,046,562 Baht

Student Dormitories 78,386,816 Spent

SERD (Buildings and Equipment) 46,157,835 Spent

SET (Buildings and Equipment) 29,724,019 Spent

Campus Groundwork Development 23,942,610 Spent

AIT Conference Center 18,814,216 Spent

Non Academic Buildings 13,729,454 Spent

Administrative Building 13,274,571 Spent

Restoration of Campus Utilities 12,903,910 Spent

Fence and Lighting for Dykes 8,634,734 Spent

Staff & Faculty House 8,211,690 Spent

Student Union 6,137,515 Spent

SOM (Building and Equipment) 4,242,514 Spent

Renovation Miscellaneous Expenses 84,367 Spent

SERD (Additional Request) 9,215,460 Committed

Administrative (Additional Request) 2,000,000 Committed

Campus Utility (Additional Request) 365,593 Committed

Older Student Dorms Facelift 18,436,000 Committed

Renovation Miscellaneous Expenses 785,259 Committed

Staff & Faculty Houses 2,000,000 Committed

Phase 2 Rehabilitation Expenses 174,490,611 Baht

(1) Library Modernization 54,050,611 Committed

(2) Total Overhaul of 40-year Old Electrical Backbone 73,100,000 Planned

(3) Total Overhaul of 40-year Old Air Condition Backbone 31,840,000 Planned

(4) Total Overhaul of 40-year Old Water Supply Backbone 10,000,000 Planned

(5) Repair of Waste Water System 4,000,000 Planned

(6) Survey and Design Fees 1,500,000 Planned

Net Balance * -31,210,456 Baht

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WAYS TO DONATE

A. Bank transfers:

US Dollar Account Thai Baht Account

Kasikorn Bank Kasikorn Bank

Account Number: 178-92-0815-4 USD Account Number: 178-2-56209-4

Account Name: Asian Institute of Technology Account Name: Asian Institute of Technology

B. Cheque payable to “ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY” and post to

Director of Fundraising Unit Asian Institute of Technology PO Box 4, Klong Luang Pathumthani 12120, Thailand

C. Credit Card

Credit Card Details ⃝ VISA ⃝ MASTER ⃝ AMEX

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Please email the scanned copy or photo copy the pay-slip to modernlibrary@ait.asia with cc: finance@ait.asia

For more information or request for personal presentation, please contact Mr. Sanjeev Jayasinhe Sanjeev@ait.asia Mobile +6681-890-4062 (English), or Khun Chalita Lertwinyu chalita@ait.asia Mobile +6681-813-0535 (English/Thai).  

 

 

 

 

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AIT LIBRARY MODERNIZATION

ORGANIZATION

AIT Board of Trustees

Subin Pinkayan (Chair)

Sohail Khan (Vice Chair)

Boonsrang Niampradit (Vice Chair)

John Nelson (Vice Chair

Bindu Lohani Kriengsak Chareonwongsak Sahas Bunditkul

Cao Shihai Lutfi Rauf Saida M.Tasneem

Dornath Aryal l Ly Bounkham Shantha Kottegoda

Eat Sophea Malik M. S. Khan Somkit Lertpaithoon

Harsh V. Shringla Manasvi Srisodapol Sumate Yamnoon

Jae Man Jeon Nguyen Tat Thanh Thanin Bumrungsap

Jocelyn Batoon-Garcia Ning Fukui Thierry Viteau

Kamjorn Tatiyakavee Niwes Hemvachiravarakorn Viphandh Roengpithya

Klas Molin Noritada Morita Worsak Kanok-Nukulchai

Kraiwood Kiattikomol Ricardo P. Pama

Honorable Advisers

Alastair M North Madhav P. Ghimire Shigeo Fuji Amod Mani Dixit Mamoru Shibayama Shinichiro Ohgaki

Angus Stuart Nguyen Ngoc Tuyen Shunji Murai Apichart Anukularmphai Paul Nugraha Soe Myint Chainarong Na Lampoon Piyal D. Hennayake Somkuan Watakeekul

Chaovalit Ekabut Pradap Pibulsonggram. Suman P. Sharma Francis J. Devadason Prasong Tharachai Sumate Tanthuwanit

Gajendra Singh Premalal De Silva Sunimal B. Weerasooriya Hiroki Yamaguchi Rafiul Ahad Thao Sokmuny

AIT Hall of Fame

HRH Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn

Subin Pinkayan Srisakdi Charmonman Anat Arbhabhirama Tongchat Hongladaromp Ricardo P. Pama Shamsuddin M. Qureshi

Prasert Patramai Shih-Yi G. Chen Yen Yi Tseng Boonsrang Niumpradit Djoko Santoso

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Hwa-Wei Lee Ram M. Shrestha Wachchi P. Ranjith Jaruwan Ruangswadipong Ranjith Premalal De Silva Weirong Willie Li

Joseph Paul Sianghio Robert J. Kay Yanyong Phataralaoha Karma Jimba Roger Downer Yoshi Watanabe Kiran Dongol Rukhsana Rahooja Yoshimasa Watanabe

Le Thanh Quyen S.M. Imamul Huq Yuba Raj Bhusal M. Kamal Uddin Sharif Uddin Zachieh Moh

 

 

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Library Modernization Steering Committee

Worsak Kanok-Nukulchai (Chair) Sivanappan Kumar Kazuo Yamamoto Kanchana Kanchanasut

Chettiyapan Visvanathan Voratas Kachitvichyanukul Donyaprueth Krairit Jonathan L Shaw Nitin K Tripathi Shawn P Kelly

Rajendra P Shrestha Karma Rana Izel Ann M Dante

Library Modernization Committee

Worsak Kanok-Nukulchai Mukand S.Babel Shawn Patrick Kelly

Izel Ann Mojado-Dante Nguyen Thi Kim Oanh Syed M. Husain Bokhari

Juthathip Jongwanich Pakkamol Dherapongsthada Thanisa Choombala

Manukid Parnichkun Pranee Kiriyanant Thitima Olarikabutr

Mokbul M. Ahmad Sanjeev Jayasinghe Viraphan Samadi

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"I have reviewed the description of the plan for the new library building and like it very much. The plan is very much in line with the current trend of academic libraries in the most advanced stage. 

Personally, I would like to make a donation toward the reconstruction fund. Hopefully other former faculty and AIT alumni would do likewise for a very important undertaking which is critically needed."

For more information, visit  www.modernlibrary.ait.ac.thContact: Director of FundraisingAsian Institute of Technology PO Box 4 Klong Luang, Pathumthani 12120, ThailandEmail: modernlibrary@ait.ac.th Tel +66(0)2 524 6319