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: APCTT's social media campaign spotlighting AI-driven innovations advancing climate action and resilience across the A...
22/05/2026

: APCTT's social media campaign spotlighting AI-driven innovations advancing climate action and resilience across the Asia-Pacific, showcased during the Technology and Innovation Conclave 2.0.

This week's featured innovation: AI-Driven Engineering for Climate Resilient Infrastructure by Dr. Mohit Verma, CSIR-Structural Engineering Research Centre (CSIR-SERC), India.

CSIR-SERC’s technologies demonstrate how AI-driven engineering can make climate-resilient infrastructure safer, smarter, and more reliable. From offshore renewable energy systems to AI-enabled testing, wind-load estimation, and structural health monitoring, these innovations support faster analysis, better design decisions, and more effective responses to climate-related hazards.

Innovations like these showcase the transformative potential of Artificial Intelligence in advancing climate resilience, renewable energy systems, and disaster-resistant infrastructure.

Fore more information, please contact Dr. Mohit Verma.

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📢 New Issue Alert 📢 🟢 From blockchain and artificial intelligence to virtual reality and beyond, young innovators across...
18/05/2026

📢 New Issue Alert 📢

🟢 From blockchain and artificial intelligence to virtual reality and beyond, young innovators across Asia and the Pacific are harnessing emerging technologies to advance the Sustainable Development Goals ( ). 🌏🚀

🌏 The latest edition of the Asia-Pacific Tech Monitor explores how youth-driven innovations are shaping a more sustainable and inclusive future, while highlighting the transformative role of technology in addressing regional development challenges.

🚀 This issue also introduces a new digital format for the Tech Monitor, designed to offer a more engaging, accessible, and interactive reading experience for our audiences.

📌 Read the latest issue here on our website here: https://apctt.org/techmonitor/youth-driven-innovations-sustainable-development

: APCTT's social media campaign spotlighting AI-driven innovations advancing climate action and resilience across the A...
15/05/2026

: APCTT's social media campaign spotlighting AI-driven innovations advancing climate action and resilience across the Asia-Pacific, showcased during the Technology and Innovation Conclave 2.0.

This week's featured innovation: AI for civil and structural engineering by Dr. N. Anandavalli, Director, CSIR-Structural Engineering Research Centre (CSIR-SERC), India.

AI is increasingly being applied in structural engineering to improve efficiency, safety, and performance. AI technologies help in the estimation of the effects of natural hazards, enabling better assessment and preparedness for structural risks. They are also used for monitoring structures and extending their service life through advanced analysis and predictive capabilities. AI also supports design optimisation by improving structural planning and decision-making processes. Image processing techniques powered by AI further assist in the generation of numerical models, enhancing the accuracy and effectiveness of structural engineering applications.

Dr. N. Anandavalli also demonstrated AI-backed applications in civil engineering like AI for design of unit supporting structure for minimisation of weight of the unit structure, corrosion monitoring diagnostic system for detecting the initiation of corrosion damage and Digital Twin of a long-span bridge for continuous interaction and updating the physical and simulated structure. Sharing ahead on digital twins, she said highlighted how they provide decision support and alerts to users, predict changes in physical system over time and discover new application opportunities for critical infrastructure.

Innovations like these showcase the transformative potential of Artificial Intelligence in advancing safer, smarter, and more resilient infrastructure systems.

For more information, please contact Dr. N. Anandavalli.

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🚀 Just 2 days left to apply and join our team at APCTT 🚀The Asian and Pacific Centre for Transfer of Technology (APCTT),...
12/05/2026

🚀 Just 2 days left to apply and join our team at APCTT 🚀

The Asian and Pacific Centre for Transfer of Technology (APCTT), a regional institution of ESCAP, is looking for a Senior Programme Assistant (G7) to support programme management, partnerships, capacity-building initiatives, and communication activities across the Asia-Pacific region.

If you have experience in programme administration, project coordination, sustainable development, technology and innovation policy, or international development projects, this could be a great opportunity to contribute to impactful regional work.

A few quick details:

📍 New Delhi
🌏 Work with a UN regional institution under ESCAP
📚 8-10 years of experience in programme/project administration or related areas
🗓️ Apply by 14 May 2026
📌 Applicants must be authorized to work in India regardless of where they live at the time of applying

Read the full job description and apply via UN Careers here: https://inspira.un.org/psc/UNCAREERS/EMPLOYEE/HRMS/c/UN_CUSTOMIZATIONS.UN_JOB_DETAIL.GBL?Page=UN_JOB_DETAIL&Action=A&JobOpeningId=276448

Please share with anyone in your network who may be interested in working at the intersection of technology, innovation, and sustainable development in Asia-Pacific. 🙌



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🚀 We're hiring at APCTT 🚀 The Asian and Pacific Centre for Transfer of Technology (APCTT) is looking for an Internationa...
11/05/2026

🚀 We're hiring at APCTT 🚀

The Asian and Pacific Centre for Transfer of Technology (APCTT) is looking for an International Consultant on Technology Transfer Operations to design and develop a practice-oriented e-learning module for Technology Transfer Offices (TTOs) across Asia-Pacific.

If you've spent your career helping universities, research institutes, or innovation agencies turn ideas into impact - through IP, licensing, or commercialization - this could be a great fit.

A few quick details:

🌏 Remote, 6 months

🎓 Master's + 7 years in tech transfer, IP, or innovation policy

📅 Apply by 24 May 2026

Read the full ToR and apply via UN Inspira: https://inspira.un.org/psc/UNCAREERS/EMPLOYEE/HRMS/c/UN_CUSTOMIZATIONS.UN_JOB_DETAIL.GBL?Page=UN_JOB_DETAIL&Action=A&JobOpeningId=277234

Please share with anyone in your network who might be interested — we're looking forward to working with someone who can help build the next generation of TTO capacity in our region. 🙌



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: APCTT's social media campaign spotlighting AI-driven innovations advancing climate action and resilience across the A...
08/05/2026

: APCTT's social media campaign spotlighting AI-driven innovations advancing climate action and resilience across the Asia-Pacific, showcased during the Technology and Innovation Conclave 2.0.

This week's featured innovation: AI for Climate-Resilient Grids in the Global South by Mr. Saurabh Kapil, winner under the SDG 7 category of the Hackathon on AI for Climate Action and Resilience.

Designed for tropical and high-variability regions, BioSky supports utilities, grid operators, and policymakers with predictive insights essential for energy security and SDG-aligned infrastructure.

BioSky aims to address one of the most pressing challenges of the clean energy transition: the variability and uncertainty associated with the large-scale integration of solar and wind power into the national power grids. While, the capacity addition of renewables has grown rapidly, with India adding tens of gigawatts of non-fossil fuels every year, the complexity of the grid management has increased significantly due to the variability associated with weather patterns.

The key innovation at BioSky focuses on physics-based and AI-driven forecasting models that utilize satellite imagery, spatial and temporal downscaling, and hyperlocal weather intelligence to forecast solar and wind power generation at very high resolutions (as fine as 1×1 km or 2×2 km). Unlike traditional European or mid-latitude climate models, which are known to perform poorly in tropical regions, the in-house models developed at BioSky are tailored to simulate the tropical atmosphere and are therefore highly relevant to the Asia-Pacific region.

Innovations like this prove how AI and space technology have the potential to improve the energy resilience in rapidly transitioning power grids in India and in the Asia-Pacific region.

For more information, please contact Mr. Saurabh Kapil.



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📌 Applications closed on 11.05.2026.📢 Call for Contributions | Asia-Pacific Tech Monitor 📢 We are inviting article contr...
05/05/2026

📌 Applications closed on 11.05.2026.

📢 Call for Contributions | Asia-Pacific Tech Monitor 📢

We are inviting article contributions for the Q2 Issue of Asia-Pacific Tech Monitor (April–June 2026) on the theme: “Innovative Financing Models for Emerging Technologies”

Bridging the financing gap remains critical to accelerating the adoption and scale-up of emerging technologies across the Asia-Pacific region, particularly for SMEs, start-ups, women-led enterprises and grassroots innovators.

This issue will explore financing instruments, models and mechanisms that can mobilize public and private capital for emerging technologies, including green and sustainability-linked bonds, blended finance, public-private partnerships, climate and innovation funds, venture capital, results-based financing and carbon market instruments.

We also welcome contributions on de-risking mechanisms, SME-focused financing models, the role of multilateral development banks, sovereign funds and impact investors, enabling policy and regulatory frameworks, cross-border financing mechanisms and relevant case studies from the Asia-Pacific region.

Guidelines:

🟢 The length of the article may be around 3,000–5,000 words, preferably supported by one or two case studies.

🟢 Interested authors may send their confirmation of interest along with an intended abstract of about 120–150 words to [email protected].

Access previous issues and sample articles here: https://www.apctt.org/techmonitor



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: APCTT's social media campaign spotlighting AI-driven innovations advancing climate action and resilience across the A...
01/05/2026

: APCTT's social media campaign spotlighting AI-driven innovations advancing climate action and resilience across the Asia-Pacific, showcased during the Technology and Innovation Conclave 2.0.

This week's featured innovation: AI-enabled, decentralised bioeconomies to reduce crop residue burning and build climate resilience by Mr. Sagar Garg, Himalayan Sustainable Energy Solutions Private Limited (Takachar) - Winner under the SDG 11 category of the Hackathon on AI for Climate Action and Resilience.

At the core of this innovation is a decentralized, portable pyrolysis reactor (“Takavator”), mounted on tractor trailers and operable by farmers without technical expertise. These reactors convert agricultural and forestry waste into biochar - an organic soil enhancer that sequesters carbon for hundreds of years, reduces water and chemical input requirements, and improves crop yields. Beyond biochar, the system can also produce biofuels, activated carbon, and specialty chemicals, enabling a flexible rural bioeconomy model.

AI plays a critical enabling role across this distributed infrastructure. Real-time telemetry from reactors covering temperature, inputs, outputs, and operating conditions-is transmitted every few seconds and analyzed centrally.

AI-driven analytics provide individualized guidance to farmers, optimize reactor performance, reduce errors, and validate data for carbon credit registries. Advanced models, including physics-informed neural networks and human-in-the-loop validation, ensure both technical accuracy and practical reliability.

Innovation like this, reimagines climate action at the grassroots by combining decentralized pyrolysis technology with AI-driven intelligence, generating new income streams and building a scalable, data-driven rural bioeconomy.

For more information, please contact, Mr. Sagar Garg



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🌟 Fruitful Meeting lays the path for APCTT-NEST Collaboration! 🌟Yesterday, Dr. Preeti Soni, Head of APCTT (UNESCAP's Asi...
30/04/2026

🌟 Fruitful Meeting lays the path for APCTT-NEST Collaboration! 🌟

Yesterday, Dr. Preeti Soni, Head of APCTT (UNESCAP's Asian and Pacific Centre for Transfer of Technology), hosted Dr. Sadre Alam, Joint Secretary (NEST), Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India at APCTT office for a dynamic discussion on deepening synergies.

Both leaders emphasized the urgent need for mutual collaboration to amplify technology transfer, innovation, and capacity-building across Asia-Pacific.

NEST's pivotal role in India's tech ecosystem perfectly complements APCTT's regional mandate. Together, we're poised to drive transformative impact! 🚀



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: APCTT's social media campaign spotlighting AI-driven innovations advancing climate action and resilience across the A...
24/04/2026

: APCTT's social media campaign spotlighting AI-driven innovations advancing climate action and resilience across the Asia-Pacific, showcased during the Technology and Innovation Conclave 2.0.

This week's featured innovation: Securing AI-Driven Early Warning Systems for Climate Hazards by Mr. P.A.D.S. Nilmantha Wijesekara, Sri Lanka.

As AI-powered early warning systems increasingly rely on vast IoT sensor networks to predict floods, storms, and tidal waves, ensuring the integrity of incoming data has become critical. However, these systems remain highly vulnerable to data manipulation, disruptions, and cyberattacks, that can compromise model accuracy, resulting in misleading predictions or missed warnings during critical climate events.

To address this, the proposed security-focused architecture integrates offers a secure middle ground between sensors and AI models, which is based on three main components. These are: a zero-trust framework that evaluates the trustworthiness of devices in real-time, an AI-powered device fingerprinting platform that uses large language models to validate new and unknown devices, and an attack pattern detection system for sensor networks.

By strengthening trust and reliability in early warning systems, this framework supports climate resilience (SDG 13), protects communities from disasters (SDG 11), and enhances innovation in resilient infrastructure (SDG 9).

Innovations like this highlights how AI can not only predict risks, but also protect the systems we rely on to respond to them.
For more information, please contact, Mr. P.A.D.S. Nilmantha Wijesekara.



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: In the panel discussion on Advancing Inclusive Technologies for a Society for All Ages: On-device AI, Robotics, Livin...
23/04/2026

: In the panel discussion on Advancing Inclusive Technologies for a Society for All Ages: On-device AI, Robotics, Living Labs, and Health Care, Dr. Preeti Soni emphasized the importance of collaborative tech ecosystems to advance human-centred AI.

🔹 Platforms like APCTT’s Tech Conclave, Community of Practice on Climate Tech and Asia Pacific Tech Transfer Platform enable co-creation, knowledge-sharing, and cross-border partnerships on technologies.

🔹 APCTT brings together diverse AI-driven solutions and stakeholders in a unified ecosystem for sustainable and inclusive development across the region. 🌏



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