About the Regional Hub
SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST ASIA
The Regional Hub South and Southeast Asia is one of the five hubs of the Global Sanitation Graduate School. It is hosted by the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) in Bangkok, Thailand, and led by the Regional Director Prof. Tanvir Ahmed. The hub is managed by the AIT team together with a core team consisting of representatives of key partners from the region. Furthermore, the regional hub embraces academic institutions and supporting partners from practice in Thailand, Bangladesh, Nepal, Indonesia, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
REGIONAL MANAGEMENT TEAM
Prof. Tanvir Ahmed Ph.D
Suraj Pradhan
Our mission
The Regional Hub South and Southeast Asia envisions a region in which academic and capacity-building institutes collaborate with multi-country practices to co-create water and sanitation resources, mainstream interdisciplinarity and dynamism in the curriculum, and empower professionals working in the domain. The Hub aims to embrace diversity, equity, safety and inclusion in acknowledgement of the complexity of water, sanitation, and hygiene challenges in the region and lead to climate-responsive livable habitats.
our VIsion
We apply a collaborative approach to developing and disseminating geo-political context-specific knowledge on water, sanitation, and hygiene through graduate and post-graduate education, tailored professional training applying pedagogic innovations and fostering applied, interdisciplinary, innovative cutting-edge locally relevant research.
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