Chadamas Thuvasethakul
Deputy Director, National Electronics and Computer Technology Center, Thailand
Dr. Chadamas Thuvasethakul is currently the Deputy Executive Director of Thailand National Electronics and Computer Technology Center (NECTEC), Ministry of Science and Technology. She received her Ph.D. in Health Policy and Administration from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, U.S.A.. She looks after the Strategy Research and Industry Indicator unit of NECTEC and the Secretariat Office of the Electronic Transaction Commission. Both units are responsible for conducting policy and strategy research in the area of ICT and e-business development and promotion strategy to support Thailand’s development goals to become a knowledge-based society and to achieve economic competitiveness. Examples of research programs under her responsibility are: ICT indicators, economic and social benefits of ICTs, digital divide: industry benchmarking and measurement, R&D strategy, and ICT legal research. She also serves as an assistant secretary to the Electronic Transaction Commission of Thailand. Besides, she is the secretary to Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn's IT Project, which emphasizes the application of IT to enhance the quality of life of the underprivileged, for example, rural school children, disabled persons and prison inmates.