Gasinee Witoonchart (Thai: เกศินี วิฑูรชาติ) is a Thai academic administrator who served as rector of Thammasat University from 2017 to 2024.[1][2]
Gasinee Witoonchart | |
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เกศินี วิฑูรชาติ | |
Rector of Thammasat University | |
In office 30 October 2017 – 23 September 2024 | |
Preceded by | Somkit Lertpaithoon |
Succeeded by | Supasawad Chardchawarn |
Personal details | |
Education | Thammasat University (BBA) University of Texas at Austin (MBA) |
Career
editGasinee led the university's response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Thailand, establishing a 300-bed field hospital at its Rangsit campus in Pathum Thani.[2] She oversaw the Rangsit campus' effort to generate energy from solar panels, and building the largest rooftop farm in Asia, the Thammasat Urban Farming Green Roof.[3][4]
References
edit- ^ "Thammasat picks new rector". Bangkok Post. Retrieved 2024-10-05.
- ^ a b "Thammasat rector gives vision for future". Bangkok Post. Retrieved 2024-10-05.
- ^ "How Asia's 5,000-year-old rice terraces are inspiring modern flood control". www.bbc.com. Retrieved 2024-10-05.
- ^ "Meet Thailand's secret weapon in climate change battle - Environment". The Jakarta Post. Retrieved 2024-10-05.