Bangkok--15 Sep--Asian Institute of Technology
Students of the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) won the "Highest Award" and the "Excellent Group Award" at HydroAsia 2015 held from 10-15 August 2015 in Dae-jeon, South Korea. Ms. Thedini Asali Peiris was the winner of the "Highest Award" granted by the Ministry of Education, South Korea, while the team comprising of Mr. Anil Aryal and Mr. Aye Chan Myint won the "Excellent Group Award" for their group work on modelling the Geum River Basin, South Korea.
Four AIT students of Water Engineering and Management (WEM), Ms. Thedini Asali Peiris from Sri Lanka, Mr. Anil Aryal from Nepal, Ms Aye Chan Myint from Myanmar, and Mr. Asim Shoaib from Pakistan, were among the 76 students who participated in the five-day event.
According to Prof. Mukand Singh Babel of WEM, HydroAsia began in the year 2007 with AIT being one of the institutes that had initiated the event . This was the ninth consecutive year when it was held.
Organized by K-Water, the event seeks to promote key concepts, methodologies, tools and good practices which are essential for a sustainable water management. Other universities and institutes associated with HydroAsia include Tropical Marine Science Institute, National University of Singapore (Singapore), International Center for Urban Water Hydroinformatics Research & Innovation (South Korea), University of Incheon (South Korea), Danang University of Technology (Vietnam), Chuo University (Japan),Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University (Japan),Beijing University of Technology (China),Tianjin University (China), and Qingdao Technical University (China).
More details are available at this link: http://www.hydroasia.org/
Photo caption: From left are Mr. Asim Shoaib, Ms. Thedini Asali Peiris, Ms Aye Chan Myint, and Mr. Anil Aryal.