Noranit Setabutr

As rector of Thammasat University from 1991 to 1998 and as president of the Council of University Presidents of Thailand, Professor Noranit Setabutr, Secretary General of KPI and a member of the Thai Council of State, has devoted much of his career to improving the standards of education in Thailand. During a distinguished career at Thammasat University – where he was vice-chairman of the Political Science Foundation and advisor in research and consultancy – and as a member of the Parliamentary Friendship Committee and the Education Promotion Foundation at Thammasat, he has championed learning and made special efforts to help students achieve all they could. Setabutr has also played a key role in fostering links between Canada and Thailand, particularly in educating Thai public servants in managing conflict through programs delivered through Royal Roads University.