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GPSC’s role to promote environment and technology

GPSC showcases three creative innovations from the 5th season of GPSC YSI, reinforcing the youth’s competence in responding to the future trend of the environment and technology

GPSC showcases the three highly creative innovations from the 5th season of GPSC Young Social Innovator 2022, in which the winners have received a royal trophy from Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn as well as the scholarship worth of over one million baht.

The ultimate goal of this competition, apart from the 22 awards that we have won in the past four seasons, is to find out promising young innovators with the ideas of sustainable energy, natural resources, and environment, and develop them into social business so that the Thai youth will have an opportunity to enhance their competency.

Mr. Sirimet Leepagorn, chief operating officer of Global Power Synergy Public Company Limited or GPSC, the innovative power flagship of PTT Group, revealed that the company hosted the 5thGPSC Young Social Innovator 2022 (GPSC YSI) with an intention to provide opportunities for young people to show their skillful talents.

GPSC YSI is a program that emphasizes the enhancement of education in Thailand. This arena is opened for the youth to present their creativity and apply their knowledge derived from the class to produce innovations under the theme “Sustainable Energy, Natural resource and Environment”, which can be employed to develop and improve the quality of life in the community and society.

The program got a lot of attention from the youth nationwide, with more than 450 submitted entries in this season. The competition is divided into three categories, including product, invention, and process & service.

“This year, GPSC YSI 2022 has received the highest number of entries since its first season. This clearly reflects the academic awareness of the youth and educational institutions to develop and enhance the potential of young people by applying their knowledge in various fields, such as that related to the maximum use of resources, in the development of quality and useful projects, which can be used as prototype innovations for social development, both locally and nationally. The company is always ready to promote potential innovative inventions into social business,” said Mr. Sirimet.

In GPSC YSI competition, the committees had picked out the final 30 teams who then participated in an incubation camp to learn and receive precious knowledge along with helpful advice from the experts. Each team had developed their innovations that could be used as prototype projects, and consequently, they were qualified to enter the final round in this camp. The winning teams in each category of the competition are as follows:

1)The first winner in the category of Product team: YSI07P : Suea Sum Khayum Langkha
Name of innovation: Innovative Polymer Microcapsule Encapsulated Magnetite Nanoparticles for Reusable Lipase in Biodiesel Production Process.

2. The first winner in the category of Invention
Team: YSI18I : Friends Unite
Name of innovation: Carry on mini suction for Bedridden Patients.

3. The first winner in the category of Process & Service
Team: YSI22S : Triple Seeds
Name of innovation: Carbon credit investment platform and pathway to carbon neutrality for the production of smoked rubber sheet in Thailand.
Each of the winning teams of all three categories has received a trophy from Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn with the prize money of 50,000 baht.

Among the other 21 teams, 7 teams have received gold medals, 6 teams have received silver medals, and 8 teams have received bronze medals, in addition to the prize money of 10,000 baht for each team as a reward and encouragement.