Prof. Vincent Chang is Vice-Chancellor and President of Brac University in Bangladesh. Previously he was founding an American style university in Oman. He was also the executive dean of Peking University’s HSBC Business School in China, a new full-English international business school; he was instrumental in building the school from scratch. His industry experiences span over engineering, energy, investment, marketing, and management consulting, with both top-Fortune multinational firms and startups in the US. Those institutions include Siemens, JP Morgan, McKinsey, ExxonMobil and the Federal Reserve. Prof. Chang holds advanced degrees from MIT (PhD Economics), Harvard (Government), Yale (Management), and Berkeley (PhD EECS). He received his bachelor degree from National Taiwan University.
Category: 2019 Delegate
Miss Sumittra Vichaikammart
Sumittra Vichaikammart obtained a Bachelor of Arts in Ecotourism and Hospitality Management in 2006 from the International College for Sustainability Studies, Srinakharinwirot University, and a Master of Arts in Industrial and Organisational Psychology in 2011 from Chulalongkorn University, Thailand. Her Master Degree research was titled “Successfully research, independent study, Relationships among the five-factor personality, family-work conflict and service orientation”. In 2006, she began her career in hospitality business in Mandarin Oriental Bangkok Hotel. While she studied Master Degree, she worked at BMW (Thailand) Co., Ltd., between 2008 and 2011, as a receptionist, which is subordinate of Human Resources. That’s make her have an experiences in some tasks in Human Resources field. Then in 2011, after completed her Master Degree, she started working in Human Resources field as a Human Resources Coordinator at Sofitel Bangkok Sukhumvit Hotel. Currently, she is a general administrative officer of the Center for International Affairs. Also she is a doctoral candidate in Cooperative Education Management.
Dr. Mullika Sungsanit
Dr. Mullika Sungsanit is the Head of the Center of Excellence for Entrepreneurship. With extensive experience in entrepreneurship development and innovation management, Dr. Mullika has led key initiatives to support students and researchers. She founded the Student Entrepreneurship Development Academy (SEDA) to instill an entrepreneurial mindset through practical training and mentorship. Her work is dedicated to connecting academic research with community needs, fostering sustainable business models, and promoting economic growth with a positive social and environmental impact.
Holding a Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota, Dr. Mullika’s expertise is recognized internationally through her roles as the National Coordinator for ASEA-UNINET in Thailand and past operational chair for the World Technology Universities Network (WTUN). She has also served as a consultant for World Bank programs, focusing on capacity-building for women entrepreneurs. Dr. Mullika is a committed advocate for cross-regional collaboration and sustainable development, actively building partnerships with European institutions to advance shared goals in areas like the blue economy.
Assistant Professor Adisak Suvittawat
Adisak is working at School of Management Technology, Suranaree University of Technology.
Associate Professor Dr. Sirapat Boonkrong
Sirapat Boonkrong obtained a Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer Science in 2002 and a Doctor of Philosophy in Computer Science in 2006 from the Univesity of Bath, UK. His Ph.D. thesis was titled “Authenticaion, Pre-Handoff and Handoff in Pure MANET”, for which he received the Dissertation Award from the National Research Council of Thailand (NRCT). He began his career by being a researcher at the National Electronics and Computer Technology Centre, Thailand. Between August 2009 and August 2017, he was a full-time lecturer at the Faculty of Information Technology, King Mongkuts University of Technology North Bangkok (KMUTNB) mainly teaching in the field of information and computer network security to both Master and Ph.D. students. His final management position at KMUTNB was an Assistant to the President for Research Affairs and Information Technology. Currently, he is a full-time lecturer at the School of Information Technology at Suranaree University of Technology (SUT) and is still teaching and researching in the area of information security. Also he is holding a position of Deputy Director of the Centre for International Affairs.
Dr. Panarat Rattanaphanee
Assistant Professor Dr. Panarat Rattanaphanee is currently Assistant to the Rector for Teaching and Learning Development and Internationalisation of Suranaree University of Technology (SUT). She took this position in Octorber 2017. Her main responsibility lies in strategic planning and supporting SUT’s academic institutes and centers in transforming teaching and learning strategies toward 21st Century education and the university’s ultimate goals of academic excellence. By background, Panarat is chemical engineer. She is an Assistant Professor in the School of Chemical Engineering, Institute of Engineering at SUT. Her research interests center around reaction kinetics and reactor design as well as chemical and biotechnological process intensification.
Dr Ramya Mathanagopal
Dr. M. M. Ramya is currently a Professor in Centre for Automation and Robotics (ANRO) at the Hindustan Institute of Technology & Science. She has over 20 years of teaching experience. Her research activities focus on artificial intelligence and soft computing techniques, with particular emphasis on artificial intelligence and image processing applications. She has over 35 publications in academic journals and conference proceedings. She has received funds worth Rs. 150 lakhs for her research projects from different agencies like DRDO, UGC etc. She is frequently invited as a resource person to deliver lectures, to conduct training workshops, and chair track sessions at conferences. She regularly reviews manuscripts submitted to peer review journals and conferences. She is also an associate editor of an international journal “Image Analysis & Stereology”.
Dr Anand Jacob Verghese
Dr. Anand Jacob Verghese is actively involved in the overall administration and development activities of the Hindustan Group of Institutions. It was during his management that the Hindustan Institute of Technology & Science (previously known as Hindustan College of Engineering) was granted University status by the Government of India in the year 2008. He has since steered the Hindustan Group and has expanded the educational Institutions to provide technical training & education not only to aspiring graduates in higher education but also by providing primary education by establishing three international schools in Chennai.
His main aim has been towards developing significant international alliances for academic and technical collaboration for the benefit of students. With specific thrust towards enabling research and innovation he has been instrumental in forging several significant collaboration agreements with reputed research led educational institutions all over the world to provide global exposure and learning opportunities to students. With the motto of ‘Transforming pedagogies and technology’, his views reflect the need for every student to be updated with world trends as a window to success.
He has memberships and affiliations with reputed professional organizations and has been a recipient of numerous Honours and Awards from leading organizations. He has also travelled extensively to USA/Europe/UK/Asia/Gulf/Russia to promote educational partnerships.
Mr Michael Yap
Michael Yap is the Regional Managing Director for Coventry University Singapore Hub and is the most senior university representative based in the Asian region. He was invited to join the University in April 2017 to set up their first overseas hub. Prior to this, Michael was the Executive Vice Dean in a Sino-Singapore Joint Venture college in Shanghai, China.
In Coventry University Singapore Hub, Michael has successfully developed many new partnerships with higher education institutes, research centres, and commercial companies in the region. He raised the branding awareness of the University. He built closer relationships with senior government stakeholders from the UK and local governments. Through his efforts, Coventry University is highly regarded for its entrepreneurial and forward-thinking initiatives.
Apart from his position, he is also the inaugural Chair of the newly established UK-Singapore Universities Alliance of Entrepreneurship and Innovation (UKSAEI), an alliance of 17 universities (5 from Singapore and 12 from the UK ) to facilitate engagement and collaboration between the UK and Singapore universities on entrepreneurship and innovation.
In addition, he is a member of the British Chamber of Commerce Singapore Leadership, Talent, Professional Development Committee. He actively shares his leadership knowledge with the British Community in Singapore and organises events for members. He recently held a podcast on Global Intercultural Leadership entitled One size does not fit all.
He also sits on the Advisory Board for Coventry University Research Center for Global Learning: Education and Attainment.
He is completing his doctorate as a Doctoral Researcher in Business Administration at Coventry University.
Professor Michael Fitzpatrick
Professor Michael Fitzpatrick is Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Engineering, Environment and Computing) for the Coventry University Group, where he oversees the provision at the main Faculty campus in Coventry; the CU Group sites in Coventry, Scarborough, and East London, and the London Campus; and the trans-national education provision with our global partners. He is the lead for the establishment of collaborative links and joint activities with Universities in North America. He also holds the Lloyd’s Register Foundation Chair of Structural Integrity and Systems Performance. He is a Chartered Engineer, a Chartered Scientist, and a Fellow of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining.
His research centres around the application of advanced experimental methods to materials engineering applications, particularly in the nuclear power and aerospace industries. He has been a user of the international neutron and synchrotron X-ray facilities for over 20 years. He has published over 250 research papers. He was the recipient of the Lidstone Medal of The Welding Institute in 2009; and the Tom Bell Surface Engineering Medal of the Institute of Materials, Minerals, and Mining in 2020.
Michael is a Non-Executive Director of Diamond Light Source Ltd, the UK’s synchrotron X-ray facility; and a Non-Executive Director of Feraru Dynamics Ltd, a University spin-out company developing wearable technologies for preventative safety in the manufacturing and construction industries.