{"id":5355,"date":"2020-08-01T19:34:22","date_gmt":"2020-08-01T12:34:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nxpo.or.th\/th\/?p=5355"},"modified":"2020-08-01T19:34:25","modified_gmt":"2020-08-01T12:34:25","slug":"entrepreneurship-and-innovation-promotion-in-universities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nxpo.or.th\/th\/en\/5355\/","title":{"rendered":"Entrepreneurship and innovation promotion in universities"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>NXPO Recovery Forum recently took place on 23 July 2020, with guest speaker&nbsp;Assoc.&nbsp;Prof. Dr. Natcha Thawesaengskulthai, Vice President for Strategic Planning, Innovation and Global Engagement, Chulalongkorn University. Her talk was titled&nbsp;\u201cLeading&nbsp;Futures: Chulalongkorn University Innovation for Society\u201d. She shared with the audience&nbsp;the&nbsp;current strategy of Chulalongkorn&nbsp;in order&nbsp;to&nbsp;be&nbsp;ranked&nbsp;among the world\u2019s top universities,&nbsp;to&nbsp;contribute to the nation\u2019s sustainable development goals, and&nbsp;to&nbsp;produce adaptable graduates.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nxpo.or.th\/th\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_1574-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5361\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nxpo.or.th\/th\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_1574-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.nxpo.or.th\/th\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_1574-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.nxpo.or.th\/th\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_1574-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.nxpo.or.th\/th\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_1574-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.nxpo.or.th\/th\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_1574-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"649\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nxpo.or.th\/th\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/image-3.jpeg\" alt=\"A flat screen tv sitting on top of a computer\n\nDescription automatically generated\" class=\"wp-image-5356\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nxpo.or.th\/th\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/image-3.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.nxpo.or.th\/th\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/image-3-300x190.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.nxpo.or.th\/th\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/image-3-768x487.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>In term of encouraging innovation,&nbsp;Chulalongkorn established&nbsp;CU Innovation Hub&nbsp;aiming to promote innovation creation. The program provides training on an innovation process to students and any interested individual and offers innovative solutions to the new normal. Chula Marketplace&nbsp;was set up to support startups.&nbsp;CU Enterprise (CUE) is a holding company that invests in enterprises that commercialize innovations originated from various departments in the university. CUE has proven to be instrumental during the COVID-19 crisis in bringing together innovators and investors to accelerate the advancement of research to market.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As for the future generations of university graduates, Dr.&nbsp;Natcha&nbsp;pointed out that they must possess morality, knowledge and skills. They should strive to continually develop knowledge and skills. Current useful skill set consists of&nbsp;Creativity and Innovation,&nbsp;Critical Thinking and Problem Solving,&nbsp;Communication&nbsp;and&nbsp;Collaboration, or 4C.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NXPO President Dr.&nbsp;Kitipong&nbsp;Promwong&nbsp;praised Chulalongkorn University for having a clear model to promote innovation. One of the policies of Ministry of Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovation is to reinvent universities to draw out the potential of universities and their people to help drive the nation\u2019s economy and provide solutions to social problems. The strategy includes manpower development, knowledge development, and system reform. NXPO has been implementing a number of projects in collaboration with several universities to promote the development of technology and innovation, including&nbsp;Entrepreneurial University &amp; Enterprise, Excellence in R&amp;I, Lifelong Learning &amp; Future Workforce&nbsp;and&nbsp;Brain Circulation &amp; Mobility.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"456\" height=\"304\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nxpo.or.th\/th\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/image-4.jpeg\" alt=\"A person sitting at a table\n\nDescription automatically generated\" class=\"wp-image-5358\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nxpo.or.th\/th\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/image-4.jpeg 456w, https:\/\/www.nxpo.or.th\/th\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/image-4-300x200.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 456px) 100vw, 456px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"453\" height=\"302\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nxpo.or.th\/th\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/image-5.jpeg\" alt=\"A group of people in a room\n\nDescription automatically generated\" class=\"wp-image-5359\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nxpo.or.th\/th\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/image-5.jpeg 453w, https:\/\/www.nxpo.or.th\/th\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/image-5-300x200.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 453px) 100vw, 453px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"462\" height=\"298\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nxpo.or.th\/th\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/image-6.jpeg\" alt=\"A person sitting in front of a computer\n\nDescription automatically generated\" class=\"wp-image-5360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nxpo.or.th\/th\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/image-6.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.nxpo.or.th\/th\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/image-6-300x194.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NXPO Recovery Forum recently took place on 23 July 2020 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5361,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5355","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-en"],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/www.nxpo.or.th\/th\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_1574-scaled.jpg","author_info":{"display_name":"admin","author_link":"https:\/\/www.nxpo.or.th\/th\/author\/adminsti\/"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.nxpo.or.th\/th\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_1574-scaled.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nxpo.or.th\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5355","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nxpo.or.th\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nxpo.or.th\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nxpo.or.th\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nxpo.or.th\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5355"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.nxpo.or.th\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5355\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5362,"href":"https:\/\/www.nxpo.or.th\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5355\/revisions\/5362"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nxpo.or.th\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5361"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nxpo.or.th\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5355"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nxpo.or.th\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5355"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nxpo.or.th\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}