1. AITAA-Thailand’s
Contributions to AIT
in the Past Few Years up to December 2011
Including Contributions by
Individual Thai Alumni
2. 1) December 2011;
Campus Salvaging after
the Huge Flood
Thailand’s large
construction companies join
hands in AIT campus
cleaning operations by
contributing equipment and
manpower for many days.
Ch. Karnchang, Italian-Thai
Development (ITD), and
Ritta companies work
together and separately.
These were under
coordination by Thai Alumni.
Note that the President of
AITAA-Thailand is a VP of
ITD.
(The upper picture shows ITD’s truck
with Ch. Karnchang’s worker, a very
rare case of rivals joining hands.)
3. December 2011; Campus Salvaging after
the Huge Flood
• Before that, Ch. Karnchang was the major player in
pumping activities to drain water out of the campus.
• ITD and Ritta helped in waterways clearing.
• ITD provided many trucks and workers for debris disposal
for weeks.
• ITD contributed electrical and mechanical engineers to
inspect power supply and airconditioning equipment and
recommend rehabilitation measures resulting in big
savings to AIT.
• All of these were under cooperation by AIT’s salvaging
team, AITAA, AITAA-Thailand, and Thai Alumni.
4. 2) Establishment of
Friends of AIT Foundation
On kindness HRH Princess Maha Chakri
Sirindhorn who made the first Seed
Donation of 1 million Baht, many
alumni, former faculty members, and
friends of AIT made or pledged big Seed
Donations during the AIT Day
Celebration in September 2010 as per
the list on the next page.
Registration process for the Friends of
AIT Foundation started then, under
cooperation between representatives of
AIT Admin, AITAA, AITAA-Thailand, and
senior Thai Alumni.
The legal registration process
was completed on
13th December 2011.
This Foundation will be a venue for all of
you to donate for AIT’s good future, to
be managed jointly between AIT Alumni,
former faculty members, and AIT Admin.
5. List of Additional Seed Fund Donors for Friends of AIT Foundation (FoAIT)
After the 1 m Baht Seed Donation of HRH Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn
• Dr Subin Pinkayan (2 m Baht), AIT Alumni 1961 and Chairman of the SEATEC Group of Companies
• Mr. Ashraf Habibullah (50,000 USD or ~1.5 m Baht), Friend of AIT and President of Computers and Structures Inc. in
USA, he will be represented by Dr Anwar Naveed.
• Mr. Kee Book Hee (1.344 m Baht), AIT Alumni 1982 and Managing Director, Frontier Bond Company, Malaysia.
• Dr. Prasert Pataramai (1 m Baht), AIT Alumni 1971 and 1973 for his masters and doctoral degrees and Chairman of TEAM
Group of Companies.
• Mr. Peerawat Premchuen (1 m Baht), AIT Alumni 1972, Director of TEAM Group of Companies.
• Team Group of Companies (1 m Baht), represented by its Executive Director and AIT alumni 1981, Mr. Chawalit Chantararat.
• 60 AIT Alumni Staff of Team Group of Companies (1 m Baht), represented by AIT Alumni 1998, Dr.Surasak Taweesilp
• Mr. Shih-Yi George Chen (1 m Baht), AIT Alumni 1972 and Former Minister of Transportation and Communications, Chinese
Taipei.
• Mr. Yen Yi Tseng (1 m Baht), AIT Alumni 1973 and former President of the Retired Servicemen Engineering Agency (RSEA')
of Chinese Taipei.
• Dr Chainarong Na Lampoon (1 m Baht), AIT Alumni 1980 and President, Index International Group Co.Ltd.
• Mr. Charoen Jaturasil (1 m Baht), AIT Alumni 1986 and President of Posten Engineering Co., Ltd.
• Prof. Dr. Srisakdi Charmonman Foundation (1 m Baht), Prof. Srisakdi was AIT Alumni 1961 and Chairman of the Foundation.
• The Family of Arthur and Katherine Chiu (1 m Baht), the late Arthur Chiu was former seconded AIT faculty member from
US during 1966-1968; the medal of recognition will be received by their son, Dr Greg Chiu.
• The Family of Dr. Za-Chieh Moh in memory of Mrs. Diana Moh (1 m Baht), Dr. Za-Chieh Moh was former AIT seconded
faculty and Provost from the US from 1967 to 1976; the medal of recognition will be received by their son, Dr Richard Moh.
6. Founding Board of Directors of
Friends of AIT Foundation
1. Dr.Subin Pinkayan Chairman of the Foundation
2. Prof. Worsak Kanok-Nukulchai Secretary-General
3. Mr.Chaovalit Ekabut Member of the Board
4. Mr.Thanin Bumrungsap Member of the Board
5. Dr.Chainarong Na Lamphun Treasurer
Bye-Laws Article 9: In the initial stage, the founding board of the
Foundation shall appoint the first Board of Directors of the Foundation.
7. Bye-Laws Article 8: Composition of the Board of
Friends of AIT Foundation
The Board shall consist of no less than 5 Members and no more than 25 Members
8.1) Ex Officio Members
8.1.1) Board Chairman and President of AIT
8.1.2) President of AITAA or representative and President of AITAA-Thailand or
representative
8.2) Other Members
8.2.1) AIT Admin, Faculty, Staff
8.2.2) Ex-President of National Chapters of AIT Alumni Association and AIT
Alumni
8.2.3) Ex-Faculty Members of AIT
8.2.4) Other distinguished friends of AIT
Number of those under 8.1.1 and 8.2.1 together shall not be
more than those under 8.1.2 and 8.2.2 together.
8. 3) Temporary Admin
Office of AIT and
Consulatation Meeting
After the AIT Campus was
inundated on 21 October
2011, AIT admin called
President of AITAA-
Thailand regarding need
for temporary admin
office. Suggestion was
given and President of
AITAA helped coordinate
with Mr Somprasong
Boonyachai, ex AITAA
President, who generously
offered office space at the
INTOUCH Tower in the
heart of Bangkok at no
charge from 25 October.
9. Consultation Meeting at
Temporary Office in Bangkok
on 27th October 2011
Upper picture:
Prof Said Irandoust,
Mr Somprasong
Boonyachai,
Mr Chaovalit Ekabut,
Mr Thanin Bumrungsap
Lower Picture:
Prof Worsak Kanok-
nukulchai,
Mr Chawalit
Chantararat,
Mr Chaovalit Ekabut
10. 4) October 2011; Provision of Urgent Need for
Accommodation for Foreign Students
• Upon the AIT campus being inundated on 21st October, the
Thai AIT alumni at King Mongkut University of Technology
Thonburi – KMUTT (one of which being the Chairwoman of
Dormitory Committee) provided temporary dormitory
accommodation for more than 120 AIT students on short
notice.
• Moreover, the Thai AIT alumni at King Mongkut Institute of
Technology Ladkrabang (KMITL) offered free use of ample
teaching spaces and facilities (fully furnished and fully
equipped) but the offer was turn down by AIT admin for the
remote universities campuses at Hua Hin and Petchaburi.
13. 7) Sponsoring Special
Publication on AIT Day
2010 (7th September 2010)
AITAA-Thailand helped AIT in
making the special publication.
Normally the host like AIT would
let the newspaper manage
solicitation of sponsors upon the
lists of business counterparts
given. In that respect, the
advertisement would occupy half
of the total space. But AITAA-
Thailand took over the sponsoring
campaign by taking sponsorship
from business firms managed by
Thai Alumni only. By this way the
advertisement occupied only 1/8
of the space and it was a good PR
for AIT having alumni in big
business enterprises.
15. Other contributions in cash
• There are donations made by individual
alumni in person and in group directly to AIT,
the details of which can be seen in the AIT
website.
