Gasinee Witoonchart

Gasinee Witoonchart
เกศินี วิฑูรชาติ
Rector of Thammasat University
In office
30 October 2017 – 23 September 2024
Preceded bySomkit Lertpaithoon
Succeeded bySupasawad Chardchawarn
Personal details
EducationThammasat University (BBA)
University of Texas at Austin (MBA)

Gasinee Witoonchart (Thai: เกศินี วิฑูรชาติ) is a Thai academic administrator who served as rector of Thammasat University from 2017 to 2024.[1][2]

Career

Gasinee 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

  1. ^ "Thammasat picks new rector". Bangkok Post. Retrieved 2024-10-05.
  2. ^ a b "Thammasat rector gives vision for future". Bangkok Post. Retrieved 2024-10-05.
  3. ^ "How Asia's 5,000-year-old rice terraces are inspiring modern flood control". www.bbc.com. Retrieved 2024-10-05.
  4. ^ "Meet Thailand's secret weapon in climate change battle - Environment". The Jakarta Post. Retrieved 2024-10-05.


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