CENTRE FOR INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

ANNA UNIVERSITY, CHENNAI – 600 025, INDIA

Phone : +91-44-2235 8676 (D)

: +91-44-2235 8561 (O)
Prof. N. RAJENDRAN Fax : +91-44-2220 1169
DIRECTOR E-Mail :dircia@annauniv.edu
URL : http://www.annauniv.edu/cia

Circular123/CIA/2019 Date : 13.03.2019

CIRCULAR
The Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Bangkok is an autonomous international
post graduate institute providing advanced education in engineering science and allied
fields. The AIT’s academic year has two terms which begin in August and January. The
Government of India provides support to the AIT by way of faculty secondment for a period
of upto 16 weeks in selected areas of specialization for two terms. The areas under
consideration for faculty secondment for August, 2019 and January, 2020 and application
format are enclosed.
The entire cost of secondment of Indian faculty to AIT, Bangkok including cost
of air passages both ways and maintenance etc. is borne by the Government of India. The
period of secondment is upto 16 weeks each to coincide with an academic term of AIT,
Bangkok. The seconded faculty are entitled to draw the pay plus special pay, if any, and
allowances as admissible to them in India during their deputation period. The pay and
allowances etc. are drawn and disbursed in India in Indian Currency. The seconded faculty
are entitled to daily allowance in Bangkok as admissible vide Ministry of External Affairs
orders in regard issued from time to time. The exact amount of daily allowance in Bangkok
depends on the rate determined by the Ministry of External Affairs for the particular period.
Besides, AIT also provides accommodation in the campus at subsidized rates subject to
availability. The seconded faculty is entitled to travel by air by economy class in shortest
route from the nearest port of embarkation in India to Bangkok.
The applicant should have a doctorate degree in the relevant area,
postgraduate teaching experience relevant to the course description indicated against the
area and substantial research publications in the area to his credit. The areas under
consideration for faculty secondment for August, 2019 and January 2020 are attached.
The details pertaining to the short term faculty secondment to AIT, Bangkok
can be viewed at the following web link :
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1lo7gy3aziaLIDifoW-WjcQzDhRvdZRXL/view.
The interested candidates can send their five copies of Biodata in the attached
format as per Annexure – 1 to The Director, Centre for International Relations on or before
21st March 2019.

DIRECTOR

To
All Deans of campuses
All Directors and HODs (With a request to display in notice board)
PA to Registrar
 ANNEXURE-1

BIO-DATA
(To be submitted in 5 copies)

AREA OF ASSIGNMENT FOR WHICH NOMINATION SENT

COURSE CODE

COURSE TITLE
APPLIED FOR SEMESTER
1. Name (Expanded initials)
2. Date and Place of Birth
3. Nationality
4. Present Post held with complete
address of the Institute.
5. Present Postal Address
Tel. No. /Fax No./E-Mail/Mobile No.
6. Educational Qualifications (starts from atest)
Degree/ Division/ Year Subjects Name of University/
Diploma Grade Taken institute

7. Professional Experience (start from latest)

Address of the Office/ Post held Duration Specific experience: P.G.

Organization/ Institution From To Teaching/Research Industrial
(date) (date)

8. Details of Published work: Books, Articles, Monographs, Papers etc. (If the Space below
is insufficient please give full particulars on a separate sheet of paper)
No. of No. of No. o f Ph.D No. of No. o f B ooks No. of D e ta ils of O ther
P atents A w a rd s / g u id e d p u b lic a tio n s (p u b lis h e d & P ro je cts M e m b e rs h ip d e ta ils
R e co g n itio n s (c o m p le te d (N a tio n a l & under (c o m p le te d in S o cie tie s
and in In te rn a tio n a l) p u b lic a tio n ) & In
p ro g re ss) p ro g re ss

Cont...

6 P \i&
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9. Brief of subjects taught

10. Summary of recent/ current projects

undertaken
11. Current Interests and Assignments

12. (a) Visits abroad:

Coun try Visited Duration of Visit Purpose of visit

From (date) To(date)

(b) Previous assignment with AIT, if any:

Term Course taught Seconded by Government of India or
directly hired by AIT

12. Any other relevant information:

Signature of Applicant.
13. Remarks of Head of the Institution:

Signature of the Head of the Institution

with Office seal.
 AIT SCHOOL REQUESTS FOR INDIAN FACULTY SHORT-TERM SECONDMENTS
___________________ For August 2019 and January 2020 semesters___________________
FOR AUGUST 2019 SEMESTER
I. School of Engineering and Technology (August 2019 Semester)
Course Code, Title, Credits
AT72.01 D e te rm in istic
O p tim iz atio n M o d e l, 3 (3 -0 )
A T72.04 E n g in e e rin g
E conom y, 3 (3 -0 )
A T81.05 A n a lo g In te g ra te d
C ircu it D esign, 3 (2 -3 )
A T 77.16
D igital S ignal P ro c e s sin g ,
3 (2-3)
AT77.15 S atellite
C o m m u n ica tio n s, 3 (3 -0 )
A T76.14 D igital
P h o to g ram m etry , 2 (1 -3 )
II. School of Environment, Resources and Development (August 2019 Semester)
Course Code, Title, Credits
E D 70.16
C ontrolled E n v iro n m e n t
A griculture, 3 (3 -0 )
ED70.11
F arm M a n a g e m e n t E c o n o m ic s,
3 (2-3)
Course Description
D e te rm in istic o p tim iz a tio n m o d e lin g , so ftw a re p a c k a g e s, lin ear
p ro g ram m in g , in te g e r p ro g ra m m in g a n d c o m b in ato rial
o p tim iza tio n , d y n a m ic p ro g ra m m in g , n e tw o rk flow , n o n lin ear
p ro g ram m in g .
B asic co n cep ts in e n g in e e rin g ec o n o m y , e c o n o m ic ev alu a tio n
o f altern ativ es, re p la c e m e n t a n a ly sis, a c c o u n tin g co n cep ts,
d e p reciatio n and ta x a tio n , p ro d u c t c o stin g a n d c o s t estim atio n ,
risk an d u n certain ty , d e te rm in istic cap ital b u d g e tin g m odels.
IC tech n o lo g y , d e v ic e m o d e lin g a n d lay o u t, B a sic an a lo g sub
c ircu its. N o ise a n a ly sis an d m o d e lin g , B asic o p e ra tio n a l
a m p lifier d esig n . A d v a n ced o p e ra tio n a l am p lifie rs,
C o m p arato rs, In te g ra te d filters, D a ta co n v e rters.
T h e o b jectiv e o f th is c o u rse is to p ro v id e th e stu d en ts w ith
k n o w led g e o f b o th th e th e o ry an d p ra c tic a l a p p lic a tio n s o f
d igital sig n al p ro c e ssin g in c o m m u n ic a tio n s sy stem s, an d to
co m p lem en t the th e o ry w ith e x te n siv e la b o ra to ry w o rk .
T h e o b jectiv e o f th is co u rse is to p ro v id e a c o m p re h en siv e
u n d ersta n d in g o f sa te llite c o m m u n ic a tio n s p rin c ip le s and
related tech n o lo g ies in v o lv ed . S ta rtin g fro m o rb ital m ech a n ics
related to sp ac ecraft d e p lo y m e n t, th e c o u rse ev o lv es th ro u g h
satellite lin k d esig n , sig n al p ro c e ssin g an d a c c e ss tech n iq u e s,
ty p e o f n etw o rk s an d fin ally d ra w in g c o n c lu sio n w ith
p e rfo rm an c e an d re lia b ility o f th e sy stem .
B asic p h o to g ra m m e try c o n c ep t, p ro c e d u re s an d p ro c e ssin g
task. E lem en ts o f A n a ly tica l P h o to g ram m etry . B asic co n cep ts
o f terrestrial and ae ria l la se r sc a n n in g .
Course Description
In ten siv e a g ric u ltu ral p ro d u c tio n in c o n tro lle d e n v iro n m e n t is
b e c o m in g p o p u la r to o v e rc o m e lim ita tio n s o f ag ric u ltu ral land
a n d v ag a ries o f n a tu re , e sp e c ia lly fo r th e p ro d u c tio n o f high
v alu e crops. T h e o b jecti v e o f th e co u rse is to p ro v id e
u n d ersta n d in g o f th e fa cto rs in v o lv e d in g re e n h o u se and
n u rse ry p ro d u c tio n o f h ig h v a lu e c ro p s an d p lan ts.
To p ro v id e a fra m e w o rk for b e tte r u n d e rsta n d in g th e op eratio n
an d m an ag e m en t o f fa rm in g sy ste m by th e su b siste n c e and
se m i-su b sisten ce farm h o u se h o ld in th e A sian re g io n b y (i)
in c o rp o ratio n o f th e u se o f to o ls o f fa rm m a n a g e m e n t an aly sis
in so lv in g local p ro b le m s, (ii) d e m o n s tra tio n o f th e re la tio n sh ip
o f farm m a n ag e m en t re se a rc h to p o licy fo rm u la tio n an d its
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E D 80.07
M a rk etin g M a n a g e m e n t and
T ra d e P o lic ie s in A g rib u s in e s s .
3 (3-0)
FOR JANUARY 2020 SEMESTER
III. School of Engineering and Technology (January 2020 Semester)
Course Title
A T 72.09 In v e n to ry an d L o g istic s
M a n a g em en t, 3 (3 -0 )
A T 77.9009
D iscrete-T im e S ta tis tic a l S ig n al
P ro ce ssin g 3 (3 -0 )
A T 77.09
E rro r C o n tro l C o d in g 3 (3 -0 )
IV. School of Environment, Resources and Development (January' 2020 Semester)
Course Code, Title, Credits
E D 7 1 .0 9 C o a sta l & In la n d
F ish e ries M a n a g e m e n t, 2 (2 -0 )
E D 7 1 .5 0
H e alth M a n a g e m e n t in
A q u a cu ltu re, 2 (1 -3 )
v-
im p a c t on fa rm e rs’ in co m e; an d , (iii) d e v e lo p m e n t o f the
stu d e n ts' aw a re n e ss o f fa rm p ro b le m s in d iffe re n t co u n tries.
T h is c o u rse p ro v id e s stu d e n ts w ith m a rk e tin g m a n ag e m en t
sk ills an d e x p o se s th em to issu es o f tra d e p o lic ie s in
a g rib u sin ess. It also e x a m in e s h o w th e issu e s o f trad e po licies
a n d m ark e tin g can b e m an a g e d effec tiv ely .
Course Description
R e v ie w o f in v en to ry sy ste m , tra d itio n a l in v e n to ry m o d els for
in d ep en d e n t d em an d , d e p e n d e n t d e m a n d s y ste m - m aterial
re q u ire m e n ts p la n n in g (M R P ), a d v a n c e d p ro d u c tio n /
in v en to r)7 m o d els, in tro d u c tio n to lo g istic s an d su p p ly chain
m a n a g e m e n t, lo g istic s a n d s u p p ly c h a in p ro c esses.
T h e o b jectiv e o f th is course is to p ro v id e th e stu d en ts w ith a
c o m p re h en siv e u n d e rsta n d in g o f d isc re te tim e statistical
signal p ro c e ssin g te c h n iq u e s w ith e m p h a s is o n ap p lica tio n s
in W ire less C o m m u n ic a tio n s.
T h e o b jectiv e o f th is course is to p ro v id e th e stu d e n ts w ith a
c o m p re h en siv e u n d e rsta n d in g o f e rro r c o n tro l c o d in g
te c h n iq u e s used in d ig ita l a n d w ire le ss co m m u n ic a tio n s.
Course Description
T h e o b je c tiv e o f th is c o u rse is to d e lin e a te the b asic stock
a s s e ssm e n t p ro c ed u re s, p o p u la tio n d y n a m ic s, fish ery
m o d els, and to d isc u ss w a y s to d e v e lo p in te g ra te d
a p p ro a c h e s for fish e rie s m a n a g e m e n t. T h e c o u rse
s p e c ific a lly fo c u ses o n E c o sy ste m A p p ro a c h to F ish e ries
M a n a g em en t (E A F M ) and C o m m u n ity B a se d F ish ery
M a n a g em en t (C B F M ) and h o w th e se m a n a g e m e n t regim es
c a n e n su re su stain ab le m a n a g e m e n t o f in lan d an d coastal
fish erie s o f A sia.
In c rea sin g in ten sity an d o u tp u t fro m a q u a c u ltu re in response
to the g ro w in g d e m a n d for fish as fo o d a lso b rin g s in a
n u m b e r o f c h a lle n g es, p a rtic u la rly c o n c e rn e d w ith diseases.
P ro p e r u n d e rsta n d in g o f the p a th o g e n ic o rg a n ism s and their
e ffec tiv e co n tro l m easu res is e sse n tia l to o v e rc o m e the
a d v erse im p act o f a q u a tic a n im a l d ise a se s o n aq u a cu ltu re
p ro d u c tio n . T h is c o u rse is in te n d e d fo r s tu d e n ts to
u n d ersta n d the b asic p rin c ip le s o f a q u a tic h e a lth
m a n ag em en t, an d to im p a rt k n o w le d g e o n p re v e n tiv e and
re m ed ial m easu res fo r m a in ta in in g h e a lth y aq u a c u ltu re
sto ck s. T h e co u rse w ill also in tro d u c e th e c o n c e p ts o f
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E D 7 9 .1 4
G o v e rn a n c e an d U rb a n
M a n a g e m e n t, 3 (3 -0 )
E D 80.05
A g ri-F o o d S u p p ly C h a in
M an a g e m e n t, 3 (3 -0 )
E D 80.09
A g ro -In d u stria l D e v e lo p m e n t*
rev ised fro m E D 8 0 .0 2 : A g ro -
In d u strial S y ste m D e v e lo p m e n t, 3
(3-0)
b io s e c u rity in fa rm m a n a g e m e n t an d th e sig n ific a n c e o f
q u a ra n tin e m e a su re s th a t g o v e r n th e tra n s b o u n d a ry
m o v e m e n t o f a q u a tic a n im als.
U rb a n p o litic s, p u b lic m a n a g e m e n t, p o lic y , a n d u rb a n
g o v e rn a n c e m o d e ls.
T h is c o u rse p ro v id e s b ro a d k n o w le d g e o f v a rio u s
m a n a g e m e n t is s u e s re la te d to fo o d s u p p ly c h a in s, in c lu d in g
farm lev el p ro d u c tio n to p o s t-h a rv e s t m a n a g e m e n t. T h e
c o u rse d isc u sse s fu n c tio n in g o f e a c h s e c to r o f fo o d su p p ly
c h a in s an d h o w th e s e s e c to rs c a n b e c o o rd in a te d an d
in te g ra te d to e n s u re a v a ila b ility o f s a fe fo o d .
T h e o b je c tiv e o f th is c o u rse is to p ro v id e th e fra m e w o rk and
s tra te g ie s o f e sta b lis h in g a n d o p e ra tin g e n te rp rise s in th e
a g ro -in d u stry fo r d e v e lo p m e n t. T h e in te ra c tio n s a m o n g raw
m a te ria l supply, p ro c e ssin g , fa c to rs a ffe c tin g site selec tio n
and la y o u t fo r re ta il, w h o le s a le and p ro c e s s in g e n te rp rise s
w ill b e im p o rta n t a sp e c ts o f th is co u rse.
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