By: Dennes Bergado Jr. The AIT School of Management is honored to reconnect with distinguished alumna Ms. Nusara Pongpitak (MBA Class of 2004), General Manager – Finance & Operations at Shiseido (Thailand) Co., Ltd. We sincerely appreciate her taking the time to share her career journey, leadership insights, and reflections on how AIT SOM helped shape her professional path. We hope her story inspires our students, alumni, and future leaders alike. Ms. Nusara Pongpitak, Genera

By: Dr. Tobias Endress On 25 June 2026, Startup Grind Bangkok hosted VCs & Founders: Reverse Pitch at The Urban Office in Phra Khanong, bringing together founders, aspiring entrepreneurs, students, and members of Bangkok’s startup community for an evening of candid discussion and networking. The event reversed the usual fundraising dynamic. Instead of founders pitching to investors, investors took the stage to explain their investment focus, the kinds of ventures they loo

By: Uday Jyoti Das, Aditya Bhuyan The SOM Student Ambassador (SSA) Sports Team successfully organized an exciting Badminton Championship on the 22nd and 24th of June 2026 at the AIT Main Campus, bringing together students from across the institute for two days of thrilling competition and community building. The tournament featured 16 participants representing different departments and countries, showcasing the diversity that makes AIT such a vibrant and inclusive community.

By: Dr. Tobias Endress The third session of the Building Back Better speaker series brought an energetic and highly interactive conversation to AIT Downtown Campus on 24 June 2026. Hosted by Dr. Tobias Endress, the session welcomed Stacie Phyo, EdTech founder and entrepreneur, for an open discussion on resilience, purpose-driven entrepreneurship, and building opportunities across Southeast Asia. Stacie shared the story behind her first venture, Pace Forward, an online languag

By: Phyo Thiri Lwin On 18 June 2026, MBA students from the School of Management (SOM), Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), attended the Charter Celebration of the Rotaract Club of Bangkok Global Connect, marking the club's official inauguration and its commitment to leadership, community service, and international collaboration. The club's journey began during the Unite for Action: Social Impact Hackathon 2025, hosted by the School of Management, where students, Rotary membe

Enterprise and technology risks have become boardroom priorities. AIT School of Management, in collaboration with Deloitte, invites Board Directors, C-suite executives, Business Unit Heads, and Risk & Operations Leaders to an exclusive executive seminar: Boardroom Ready Toolkit: Enterprise & Technology Risk Governance "What Boards Must Decide, Direct, and Defend" Click Here to Register Gain practical insights from industry experts and walk away with actionable tools, includin

By: Sitahng Puttha The AIT School of Management (AIT-SOM) successfully conducted two batches of the Business Competency Development Program for Executive Leaders for banking professionals from Nepal during 4–7 May 2026 and 18–21 May 2026. The programs were delivered by AIT-SOM's distinguished faculty team led by Dr. Sundar Venkatesh, together with Dr. Tobias Endress, Dr. Muhammad Junaid, and Dr. Manachaya Uruyos. Designed specifically for banking and financial sector leaders,

By Mr. Marco Kirschbaum How can non-profit organisations and social enterprises in Thailand and Nepal strengthen their social impact in a changing and increasingly demanding environment? A recently concluded analysis of their capacity-strengthening needs, conducted by one of AIT’s graduate student Mr. Kyaw Min Thant (MSc. BADT Class of 2026) with support from AIT and NGO Management Association (NMA), Geneva, highlights several practical priorities. Building on these findings,

By: Dr. Nabeel Bokhari The School of Management (SOM) at the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) was honored to host a distinguished group of participants from the 2025-2026 United Board Fellows Program for a special leadership and professional development program focused on the future of higher education in Asia. The event brought together emerging academic leaders and university administrators from across Asia, reflecting the United Board’s mission of developing transformat

By: Dr. Tobias Endress The AIT School of Management welcomed Dr. Naing Win Htet, President of the Rotary Club of Mandalay, healthcare entrepreneur, and community leader, for a guest speaker session titled “Building Back Better in Mandalay: Resilience, Recovery, and Community Leadership After the Earthquake.” The session took place on 19 May 2026 at the AIT Downtown Campus in Bangkok and was facilitated by Dr. Tobias Endress. The talk was part of SOM’s “Building Back Better” s

By: Neha Sarraf I took a break from the familiar flow of data and went to a wonderful presentation at AIT on Thursday afternoon. Three Bangkok-based organizations: Rotaract Club, Mirror Foundation, and Second Chance Bangkok came to AIT to show graduate students that business analytics skills have a life far beyond spreadsheets. It was an enlightening and inspiring experience with some dynamic presentations and even livelier questions; there was informal coffee networking with

By: Amanda Townshend The AIT School of Management is pleased to welcome two distinguished scholars, Dr. Navid Aghakhani and Dr. Milad Armani Dehghani, to our faculty starting May 1st 2026. Bringing with them a wealth of international academic and research experience, both faculty members are set to enrich the School’s dynamic learning environment and contribute to its growing reputation in business and management education. Their expertise will further strengthen AIT School o

By: Neha Sarraf I recently visited tesa’s new Bangkok Customer Solution Center, and it was one of the most insightful industry experiences I have had in a long time. I believed it to be a standard supplier tour turned into a genuine eye-opener about why high-performance adhesives are quietly powering the smartphone revolution, the electric vehicle surge, and Southeast Asia’s manufacturing rise. tesa, a German company over 125 years of history, €1.7 billion in annual sales, an

By: Dr. Gerard Tocquer and Ms. Sitahng Puttha Services Marketing: Competing through Customer Experience in a Hybrid World As part of the MBA course Services Marketing: Competing through Customer Experience in a Hybrid World, led by Dr. Gerard Tocquer, students from the School of Management, Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), participated in two field visits designed to bring customer experience (CX) strategy to life. These visits, enriched by insights from guest speakers, p

By: Dr. Tobias Endress On the 17th April 2026, AIT School of Management had the distinct honor of hosting Mr. Viktor Semenov, Chargé d’Affaires and Acting Head of the Embassy of Ukraine in Thailand, for a profound discussion on the current landscape of his nation and the strategic opportunities for future recovery. The session, titled “Resilience and Recovery: Lessons and Opportunities from Ukraine,” went beyond the headlines to explore the human, economic, and technological

By: Sitahng Puttha AIT School of Management recently welcomed senior professionals from banking industry in Nepal for an intensive training program on Digital Banking Transformation & Leadership, held from 25th–28th March 2026. Led by Dr. Sundar Venkatesh with Dr. Tobias Endress as part of the expert faculty, the program equipped participants with cutting-edge insights into AI-driven banking, fintech innovation, open banking, and digital financial infrastructure. Through inte

By: Dennes Bergado Jr. For our next Alumnus highlight, allow us to introduce Mr. Martin Gents, an IEMBA graduate in Innovation and Techno Entrepreneurship from AIT School of Management in 2009. He is currently the Founder of UseKase, an AI transformation company, Vice-President of the Danish Business Association of Singapore (DABS), and Owner/Managing Director of Mavile PTE. LTD. Intrigued by his accomplishments, we asked Mr. Gents a few questions during his recent visit to o

By: Dr. Kamonkanok Kiatisakchai Dr. Kamonkanok Kiatisakchai (Kamille), Deputy Dean and MBA Program Director at the School of Management (SOM), Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), has been selected as one of 88 distinguished participants for the Leadership for Trade and Development Strategy Program (LTD#2), organized by the Institute of Trade Development (ITD) under the Ministry of Commerce, Thailand from 8th January to 3rd April 2026. The LTD#2 program is a high-level nation

By: Neha Sarraf From checkout-free stores to save-first startups, fintech expert Dr. Milad Armani Dehghani’s recent AIT School of Management (SOM) workshop on the 14th March 2026 offered a clear-eyed look at the technologies quietly reshaping how we spend, save, and think about money. What if your next grocery run ended the moment you walked out the door — no line, no card taps, no receipt? That question anchored a recent guest lecture at SOM, where Dr. Dehghani, a fintech re

By: Dr. Syed Muntasir Husain Bokhari AIT School of Management (SOM) recently conducted a specialized capacity-building training program on Fiscal Sustainability, Economic Policy Strategy, Budget and Expenditure Analysis for officials from the Ministry of Finance, Royal Government of Bhutan, from 9 to 13 March 2026 in Thailand. The five-day program brought together five government professionals working in key policy and budget management roles, including social policy speciali