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.

On 22 January 2023, 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 5th GPSC 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, i.e., 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.

The main goal of GPSC YSI program is to develop new generation that can deal with the changing directions of technology and the global trends of economy, society, and environment, which are believed to become the Low Carbon Society. Moreover, GPSC YSI is an important part of the corporate policy designated to operate the business based on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR).

Referring to the success of GPSC YSI program over the past four years, there have been a number of youths presenting their innovations to compete with others in the events and many of them have always been bringing reputation for Thailand, which is guaranteed by as many as 22 rewards from the international arenas. One of the successful examples of GPSC YSI projects is the bamboo mushroom serum (NUALLAOR) developed by the winning team from the 4th GPSC YSI 2021. Thereby, the said product has been commercially developed and distributed with an aim to become a business model for social enterprise.

Not only that, there are a lot of projects from this program that have won the awards from different international arenas, e.g., Seoul International Invention Fair in Korea; International British Innovation, Invention, Technology Exhibition or IBIX in London, United Kingdom; The International Invention, Innovation and Technology Exhibition or ITEX in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, etc. This obviously represents the excellent competency, the competitiveness in innovation and technology development, and the environmental consciousness of Thai youth who are well prepared to become a significant force for sustainable development of economy, society, and environment of the country.

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