Associate Professor Dr. Thongchai Fongsamootr, Dean of the CMU Faculty of Engineering, witnessed the signing of the MoU titled, ‘Building a Society of Energy and Environment Conservation Learning,’ between EGAT and CMU, signed by CMU President, Professor Dr. Pongruk Sribanditmongkol, and executives from Chulalongkorn University and King Mongkut's University of Technology North Bangkok (KMUTNB). The event was held on September 16, 2022 at EGAT Head Office in Nonthaburi.
EGAT has partnered with CMU in this collaboration with the Department of Computer Engineering being the core agent in building a society of energy and environment innovation learning. The purposes are to create a network of energy and environment conservation and to increase the chance of pursuing a university degree for students in the Green Classroom Project. The MoU is valid for five years upon signing. EGAT will provide equipment and other relevant support, as well as the costs for patent registration, while CMU will offer academic support to participating lecturers and experts, and develop the strategies and the partnership guideline. From 2023, at least three students from the Green Classroom Project will be selected to enroll in the Faculty of Engineering through the measure deemed appropriate by the university. Also signed at the same event was an MoU on the Hotel No 5 project between EGAT and the Green Leaf Foundation.