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SU EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES

A I T S T U D E N T U N I O N N E W S L E T T E R – F E B R U A R Y / M A R C H 2 0 1 6

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MESSAGE FROM THE SU VICE PRESIDENT

First of all, I would like to sincerely thank the

students of AIT for elecng me as your Vice Presi-

dent. I am humbled that you would place your faithand trust in me for this. This is a responsibility that I

do not take lightly, and I will endeavor to represent

you with the utmost transparency and boldness.

I would similarly like to thanks my competor and a

very good friend Sobia, who was so friendly and

easy during the elecon. There was never that feel-

ing of disregard between us or our campaigning

teams. For this, I would also like to thank the Elec-

on Commission which helped to create such afriendly environment during the enre elecon. I

would like to assure you that as you vice president,

with the SU Team, our rst and foremost aim

would be to be the bridge between your problems

and their soluons.

We would also aim at making your me at AIT

more pleasant and unforgeable through various

acvies that will bring the diverse students of AIT

together and contribute to fun-learning through

experience.

Looking forward for a great me with you guys.

RAUNAK THAPA SU Vice President

INSIDE >>>

Valentine’s Masquerade

Colours of Life

Scavenger Hunt


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STUDENT RELATIONS COMMITTEE MEETING

Student Relaons Commiee (SRC) meeng for the January 2016

semester was held in Administraon building on 9th

February

2016 under the patronage of Ambassador of Pakistan H.E. Dr.

Sohail Khan. Represenng students of the campus, student union

team was present at this meeng. Several academic and non

academic issues and possible soluons for these issues were

discussed in this meeng.

STUDENT UNION EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE ELECTIONS

Connuing the democrac process at AIT, the Student Union elecon for the execuve commiee of August

2016 was held on 25th

February 2016 at Korea House. Two candidates, Mr. Raunak Thapa from Nepal and Miss

Sobia Asghar from Pakistan competed for the posion of vice president in the elecon. A huge voter turnout

was observed on the elecon day and a and a total of 854 votes were casted. Mr. Raunak Thapa won the

elecons with 505 votes. Miss Sobia Asghar received 337 votes. The Chief Elecon Commissioner and all the

volunteers worked hard and ensured that the elecon ran freely, fairly and without any problems. Mr. Raunak

Thapa will be serving as the Vice President of the Student Union this semester and as the President of the

Student Union during the August 2016 semester.


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VALENTINES MASQUERADE

Valennes Masquerade organized by SU Film

and Entertainment Commiee was held on

13th February, 2016 from 8:00 PM onwards in

SU cafe. More than 300 AITians came to

experience the Masquerade party. The event

party started 8:45 PM DJ playing the songs

which were dedicated by the guest to their

loved one.

Aer the song dedicaons the program

formally started with the most awaited

compeon of the day “The Most Romanc

Couple 2016” with the parcipaon of 15

couples.


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EMERGENCY RESPONSE TRAINING

SU campus and Environment organized the “The Emergency

Response Training” on 13th

February 2016. The Purpose of the

event was to train the dorm representave for emergency re-

sponses such as Fireghng and also make the students aware ofthe hazard risks and how to overcome these risks. The rst ses-

sion was commenced by lecture on “Hazard Risks” by Dr.Indrajit

Pal (Assistant Professor, Disaster Preparedness, Migaon and

Management (DPMM) and in the second session, hands on training

experience on re exnguishers was carried out. This program was

useful to everyone and they were able to gain knowledge about

how to prepare themselves in case of emergency.

FIRST AID TRAINING

SU campus and Environment organized the “The Emergency

Medical Response Training” on 20th

February 2016. The purpose

of the training was to train the students with the basic rst aid in

case of emergency such leg injury, insect bites, snake bites, heart

aacks etc. The demonstraon of Cardiopulmonary resuscitaon

(CPR) was the highlight of this session. It is a lifesaving technique

useful in many emergencies, including heart aack or near

drowning, in which someone's breathing or heartbeat hasstopped was clearly demonstrated and volunteers took part

acvely and it was of great benet.


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MATLAB WORKSHOP

SU Academics organized a workshop on MATLAB

(Matrix Laboratory) on 4th

and 5th

of March at Milton

Bender Auditorium. The objecve of this workshop was

to give students an exposure about MATLAB

programming and introducon of commands from

various toolboxes. Over 60 students took part in the

workshop in both days. Hopefully the parcipants will

be able to start with the project and can grow further.

SPSS WORKSHOP

SU Academic Aairs organized a workshop on Stascal

Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) on 8th

and 9th

of March at

Milton Bender Auditorium. Objecve of this workshop was to

help students to learn how to apply stascal tools in

research. This Workshop was designed for beginner level

parcipants to provide them an opportunity to learn SPSS.

However, seeing the acve parcipants and based on feed

back, we are planning to arrange advance level trainingsession for this package.


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COLOURS OF LIFE | CULTURAL SHOW

The evening of 20th

February, 2016 saw the AIT

community immerse in the Colours of Life - The

Cultural Show. The event put up by the 40 dedicated

members of team Culture and Gender, was

inaugurated by Chief Guest Professor Dr. Sivanappan

Kumar and judged by 5 disnguished members of AIT

Administraon and Faculty. This me, there were

around 11 countries parcipang in 8 dierent

categories. In total, there were 42 events with around

200 parcipants from dierent countries, showcasing

variety of cultural talents found on campus. Myanmar

emerged as the overall Champion with the highest

points.


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STUDENT UNION TV

Student Union Media commiee launched

YouTube live stream branded “Student Union

TV” with the live telecast of the Cultural Show.

Currently Final and Semi nal matches of Mini

Olympics are telecasted live through the SU TV.

CAREER TALKS

Maintaining good relaonship with companies is

essenal for placement. Career center in

collaboraon with SU External aairs organizes

career talk throughout the semester for the

students. Up to March 25th

, 2016, career center

organized four career talks with the parcipaon of

PPT Group, Schneider Electric. Thailand, Thai

Reinsurance PLC and Black & Veatch Thailand Co.

Ltd. In each career talk session companies

announced available opportunies for graduang

students as well as provided guideline on career

build up.


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SU CAFÉ PARTY

SU Assets and Recreaon organized a Friday night

party on 8

th

March at SU Café. This party wasorganized just aer the exams were concluded to

help the AITians release the exam stress. The party

started around 8.00 AM and connued past 12.00

AM.

2ND

GENERAL ASSEMBLY FOR JANUARY 2016 SEMESTER

The 2nd

General Assembly (GA) Meeng for the

January 2016 semester was held on 13th

March

2016 at Korea House from 6:30 PM to 10:00 PM. As

the rst item of the day, Elecon commissioner of

January 2016 semester presented the report on

Student Union Execuve council elecons. Aer

that members of Student Union Execuve Council

for August 2016 semester took their oaths in front

of the GA members.

As the next item of the agenda, food commiee

report was presented by the food commiee

chairperson. In the second half of the meeng, the

representave students raised their issues and dis-

cussed with SU President. The meeng was then

adjourned with a group photo of all SU team

members along with the GA members.


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SCAVENGER HUNT

Scavenger Hunt organized by Film and Entertainment Com-

miee, took place on the 13th

of March 1.30 pm onwards. 19

teams, each comprising of 4 members took part in the event.

This semesters scavenger hunt consisted of seven tasks which

tested the creavity, team work, physical capacity and general

knowledge of the parcipants. Out of the tasks adventure,

treasure hunt and sele challenge were considered as the most

challenging tasks. During this scavenger hunt, parcipants had

unique opportunity of playing golf to complete a task. The prize

distribuon ceremony was held at the SU Café. Winning teams

were awarded with cash prizes while consolaon prizes were

given to all the teams parcipated.


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CAMPUS CLEANING WALK

SU Campus and Environment of January 2016 semester organized a

“Campus Cleaning Walk” on 19th

March 2016. The main move of the

program was to raise awareness about the cleanliness around the

place where everyone reside and also promote a beer environment,

beer tomorrow. The team mainly focused on the removal of plascs,

polythene, metal cans and any other types of objects that is

considered harmful to the environment. The walk was commenced

from Lawson 108, which was rst led by tree plantaon. Twenty trees

were planted in the campus and then the cleaning walk was started, it

included all the dorms areas such as standard dorms, category 3, 4, 5,

student villages 1, 2 and 3, Sta housings, cafeteria area and then the

walk ended in Lawson. The walk was for about two and half hours, and

ended up with a group photo. More than 80 parcipants took part

acvely in this event.


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MEETING WITH NIDA

It is that semester where we get to represent AIT with

our very old good friends at NIDA on AIT-NIDA sports

day. NIDA will be hosng AIT on the 20th of August for

this 1 day event. Last year, AIT hosted NIDA and wasable to win the overall compeon and retained the

running trophy. The event will comprise of 7 sports

events: Badminton (Singles & Doubles), Table Tennis

(Singles & Doubles), Football (8 a side), Volleyball (Male

& Female), Men’s Basketball, Chairball and Tug of War.

Aer the sports events, performances from AIT & NIDA

students will take place, followed by dinner hosted by

NIDA Student’s Union.

ACOUSTIC NIGHT

SU Assets and Recreaon commiee organized

"ACOUSTIC NIGHT" musical evening on 26th

March 2016

at SU Café . The main purpose of the event was to

create a friendly plaorm among the musicians in AIT

and to allow them to showcase there talent in a party

atmosphere. The event commenced around 8.30 PM

and ve bands performed songs in dierent genre inthis event. Over 200 AITians came to witness the

musical talent in AIT and enjoy the acousc melodies.

The band performances were followed by the DJ night.


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CAREER FAIR

Career Fair organized by Career Center in collaboraon

with the SU External Aairs commiee was held on 30th

March 2016 at AIT Conference Center. This semester’s

career fair saw parcipaon from over 30 dierent

companies oering internships and jobs for students

and new graduates. The fair was aended by a

considerable number of AIT students who had a chance

to speak to the companies in person and submit their

resumes to them directly. A series of career talks were

also organized in parallel to the career fair.

RESEACH EXHIBITION

SU Academic Aairs commiee organized a research

exhibion on 30th

March 2016 at AIT Conference Center.

This was held in parallel to the career fair. Several

students from SET, SERD and SOM presented their

research and projects at this exhibion. Out of the

research work presented, best research in each

category and the overall winner was selected by a panel

of judges.


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MINI OLYMPICS

Mini Olympics of January 2016 semester organized and facilitated by

SU Sports Commiee was held from 10th

March to 1st

April 2016. A

total of 21 sporng events in dierent categories for both men and

women were held during this me. This me Dodgeball and Cane ball

were introduced to the Mini Olympics for the rst me. For the rst

me in Mini Olympics history, SU Media Commiee together with SU

Sports commiee live streamed nals and semi nals of several sports

on Student Union TV.

Sri Lanka emerged as the overall winners of Mini Olympics bagging the

most gold medals at this semester’s Mini Olympics. The winners are

due to receive their medals and trophies on 7th

April 2016 during the

Awards Night. A total of 21 coordinators and around 100 volunteers

helped relentlessly to make Mini Olympics for January 2016 semesteran overall success.


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