AITAA-USA Zoom Meeting Minutes

[AIT Alumni Association USA Chapter]

Dear All,

It was Wednesday, July 8, a wonderful evening. One former Respected AIT faculty, twenty-three US alumni (an alumna from Canada) and three AIT staffs from Bangkok were captured in one frame during a bi-weekly meeting.

Meeting Participants:

Ganesh Bora, Sharif Uddin, Purna Rao, Kumar Mallikarjunan, Vijendra Boken, Sirikate Owasit (AIT), V.M. Balasubramaniam, Mazhar Islam, Jay Wu, Francis Ahad, Rafiul Ahad, Sanjeev Sayasinges (AIT), Subhan Choudhury, Vijay Rajput, Ram Ramalingam, Monjur Hossain, Abdul Hai, Omar Haider, Dhana Pawar, Prof. Gajendra Singh, Kyawt Yin Min (AITAA), Imdadul Islam, Sushil Acharya, Avijit Kalita, Nasima Akther, Samdina Rasha, Chanda Giri and Tejaswi Giri.

The meeting lasted a little over an hour. Participants paid tribute to Prof. Alastair M. North who recently passed away in Thailand. Prof. Singh recalled his memories and described him as a good leader for AIT. Prof. North was tough but at the same time he was very successful in working together with a cross functional team. Dr. Jay, Dr. Sushil and Sanjeev shared their experiences interacting with Prof. North. It is obvious that he would live in our hearts for a long time. May God rest him in peace.

It was early morning (7 am) in Bangkok but we were happy to see our friends from AIT, Kyawt, Sirikate and Sanjeev. At my request, Sanjeev provided an overview of AIT’s fundraising campaign for $3 million US dollars in scholarship, smart classrooms, laboratory upgrade, students dorms, library and other areas. Attached is the copy of the presentation. Donation to AIT is tax deductible as AIT is partnered with a 501 c(3) organization to collect fund. The donation page: https://give2asia.secure.force.com/pmtx/dn8n__SiteDonation?id=a1L16000004gbb2

We will meet next week to discuss AIT's fundraising campaign in detail and identify the areas for the US Chapter to be engaged effectively in raising funds. As we all are working home safely, please consider donating to AIT.

Next meeting is on Thursday, July 16 at 8 pm New York Time (7 pm Chicago). Hope to see you everyone. 

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Thank you.

Sharif Uddin, Ph.D (AFE'99)

President, AITAA-USA

[AIT Alumni Association USA Chapter]

Dear All,

Next meeting is on Thursday, July 16 at 8 pm New York Time (7 pm Chicago). Hope to see you everyone. Please contact your AIT friends to join the meeting.  

Meeting Agenda: 

8 - 8:15 pm EST Introduction 

8:15 - 8:45 pm Discussions on Fundraising

8:45 - 9:00 pm Next steps on Fundraising

9:00 pm Adjourn the meeting 

 

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Thank you. 

Sharif 

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FYI. More information for our discussions tonight. 

Thank you. 

Sharif 

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From: Sirikate Owasit <siri...@ait.asia>
Date: Thu, Jul 16, 2020 at 3:09 AM
Subject: Re: AITAA-USA Zoom Meeting Minutes
To: AIT Alumni Association USA Chapter <aita...@gmail.com>, Md Sharif Uddin <tosh...@yahoo.com>
Cc: Mr. Sanjeev Jayasinghes <sanje...@gmail.com>

Dear Mr. Sharif,

May I provide you more details on 5  Appeals for support from AITAA USA Chapter to consider in one of the following categories below:

A) A Named Masters Scholarship

Criteria: The selection of student nationality and program/ school will be at AITAA USA Chapter choices.

- Full Master Scholarship (Covering tuition and registration fees including living and accommodation allowances) -THB 1.2 million (USD 37,845)

- Named 24 Credits Master Tuition Scholarship & Four Semesters Registration Fee – THB 464,000 (USD 14,633) (full tuition & full registration)

-Named 24 Credits Master Tuition Scholarship & Two Semesters Registration Fee – THB 424,000 (USD 13,368)

-Named 12 Credits Master Tuition Scholarship & One Semester Registration Fee – THB 212,000 (USD 6,689)

-Named 12 Credits Master Tuition Scholarship– THB 192,000 (USD 6,058)

 

Also, please find attached three schools program brochures for your information.

SET website: https://set.ait.ac.th/

SERD website: https://serd.ait.ac.th/

SOM website: http://som.ait.ac.th/

 

B) Named Student Exchange Scholarship Program-THB 1 million (USD 31,555)

-The scholarship will support maximum 2 Master students per year in 5 years period.

-The student will go for one-semester academic exchanges (approx. 4 months) with prestigious universities where AIT has agreements with.

-The student can be of any nationality of your choice.

-The scholarship will cover half of the student's airfare and board and lodging.

 

C) Named Student Village- THB 500,000 (USD 15,780)

-Single Donor Naming per Building for the life span of building (Pictures are included in the AIT Fundraising campaign slides which Mr. Sanjeev has presented.)

 

 D) Named Student Single Dormitory- THB 200,000 (USD 6,312)

-Single Donor Naming per Room for the life span of room (Pictures are included in the AIT Fundraising campaign slides which Mr. Sanjeev has presented.)

 

E) Named Laboratory Equipment- THB 500,000 (USD 15,780)

-Updating lab equipment in one of any laboratories

-Your chapter name will be engraved on the particular equipment for the life span of the equipment

 

Thank you & Best regards,

Mink

On Thu, 16 Jul 2020 at 10:41, Mr. Sanjeev Jayasinghes <sanje...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi sharif 

mink can join the zoom if you need. 

Since you want to talk with me before your zoom I will give you my mobile and perhaps you can call me around 10 pm your time tonight. 

+66818904062

Rgds 

Sanjeev 

Sent from my iPhone

On 15 Jul 2020, at 21:10, AIT Alumni Association USA Chapter <aita...@gmail.com> wrote:



Dear Sanjeev,

Thank you so much for taking time and attending our meeting with your colleague, Sirikate. It was great to see you after a few months. As a follow up to our conversations last week, would it be possible to have a short phone call before our AITAA-USA fundraising meeting tomorrow at 7 pm CST? My cell is 785-341-6016. 

Sharif 

On Thu, Jul 9, 2020 at 6:58 PM Mr. Sanjeev Jayasinghes <sanje...@gmail.com> wrote:

DearDr  Sharif 

It was a pleasure to join the zoom meeting on 9 July morning Bangkok time and to have the wonderful opportunity of interacting with all you. It is so nice to see and witness the AIT alum family in action and the fond memories and life long friends we have made thanks to our stint at AIT!!

I am very glad to note that you plan to have another zoom meeting next week amongst US alum to discuss how you all can as a group or individually support AIT as the institute transform itself to be relevant for the next 60 years!!

Look forward to receiving news of your deliberations and should anyone of you have any questions regarding the fundraising or any other issues do please let me know. 

With kind thanks 

Sanjeev Jayasinghe  (SOM’93)

Director 

Office of Advancement and Alumni Affairs 

AIT

Sent from my iPhone

On 10 Jul 2020, at 06:41, AIT Alumni Association USA Chapter <aita...@gmail.com> wrote:



Dear All,

It was Wednesday, July 8, a wonderful evening. One former Respected AIT faculty, twenty-three US alumni (an alumna from Canada) and three AIT staffs from Bangkok were captured in one frame during a bi-weekly meeting.

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Meeting Participants:

Ganesh Bora, Sharif Uddin, Purna Rao, Kumar Mallikarjunan, Vijendra Boken, Sirikate Owasit (AIT), V.M. Balasubramaniam, Mazhar Islam, Jay Wu, Francis Ahad, Rafiul Ahad, Sanjeev Sayasinges (AIT), Subhan Choudhury, Vijay Rajput, Ram Ramalingam, Monjur Hossain, Abdul Hai, Omar Haider, Dhana Pawar, Prof. Gajendra Singh, Kyawt Yin Min (AITAA), Imdadul Islam, Sushil Acharya, Avijit Kalita, Nasima Akther, Samdina Rasha, Chanda Giri and Tejaswi Giri.

The meeting lasted a little over an hour. Participants paid tribute to Prof. Alastair M. North who recently passed away in Thailand. Prof. Singh recalled his memories and described him as a good leader for AIT. Prof. North was tough but at the same time he was very successful in working together with a cross functional team. Dr. Jay, Dr. Sushil and Sanjeev shared their experiences interacting with Prof. North. It is obvious that he would live in our hearts for a long time. May God rest him in peace.

It was early morning (7 am) in Bangkok but we were happy to see our friends from AIT, Kyawt, Sirikate and Sanjeev. At my request, Sanjeev provided an overview of AIT’s fundraising campaign for $3 million US dollars in scholarship, smart classrooms, laboratory upgrade, students dorms, library and other areas. Attached is the copy of the presentation. Donation to AIT is tax deductible as AIT is partnered with a 501 c(3) organization to collect fund. The donation page: https://give2asia.secure.force.com/pmtx/dn8n__SiteDonation?id=a1L16000004gbb2

We will meet next week to discuss AIT's fundraising campaign in detail and identify the areas for the US Chapter to be engaged effectively in raising funds. As we all are working home safely, please consider donating to AIT.

Next meeting is on Thursday, July 16 at 8 pm New York Time (7 pm Chicago). Hope to see you everyone. 

Join Zoom Meeting
https://us04web.zoom.us/j/8057789343?pwd=QVY4SEE3ZkpUSW1yQkg1Wk1pdzNFdz09

Meeting ID: 805 778 9343
Password: aitaausa

Thank you.

Sharif Uddin, Ph.D (AFE'99)

President, AITAA-USA

<AIT Fundraising Campaign - AITAA USA Chapter.pdf>

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