An interactive camp designed to contribute to the nurturing of young minds on a unique mix of innovation, leadership, multi-disciplinary, and cross-cultural attributes. Bright and talented undergraduate students from top universities are encouraged to attend the AIT-Tiger Leong International Innovation and Leadership Camp II. The camp will be held at the Asian Institute of Technology…
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A few months ago, I went to for my (supposedly) annual medical checkup, which I had managed to skip a year earlier, and just to be on the safer side this year, opted for all the tests on list. While going through the test routine, I noticed, that no matter what the doctors were intending…
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25 April 2017, Pakistan Urbanization is one of the major global challenges of this era. In Pakistan, it is confronted over the years with rapid growth of urbanization at an annual rate of three percent – the fastest pace in South Asia. The United Nations Population Division estimates that, by 2025, nearly half the country’s…
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01 April 2017, Nepal The Government of Nepal recently published the Design Catalogue for Reconstruction of Earthquake Resistant Houses Volume II developed by the Department of Urban Development and Building Construction, Ministry of Urban Development. This publication is one of the Knowledge Products following the Post Disaster Needs Assessment (PDNA) conducted in Nepal after the…
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01 April 2017, Nepal The catastrophic Nepal earthquake in 2015 damaged hundreds of houses and left many underprivileged people with no place to stay. Immediately after the 7.8 magnitude quake, the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) and Mekong Organization of Mankind (MOM) launched a public fundraising campaign to build community houses for the affected rural…
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06 April 2017, Singapore Urban density and housing affordability are two issues for city planners to anticipate and resolve, as cities have become priority destinations for people looking for job and business opportunities. In the 8th Annual Affordable Housing Projects event held on 3-6 April 2017 at the Suntec Singapore Convention and Exhibition Centre, experts…
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