Dr. Lakhana Didyasarin
Founder and Director of The American School of Bangkok
- B.S. Education, Oklahoma State University, USA
- M.A. Education, Nebraska University, USA
| 1983 | Founded and established Didyasarin International Kindergarten, the first international kindergarten in Thailand. |
| 1994 | Expanded the international kindergarten to include elementary and high school teaching levels, changing the name to “The American School of Bangkok”. School received a ‘White School’ award from the Ministry of Education for being drugs-free. |
| 2000 | Received accreditation from Western Association of Schools and Colleges, of the United States. |
| 1982 | Received the ‘Companion (Fourth Class) of the Most Noble Order of the Crown of Thailand’ Award |
| 1985 | Received the ‘Companion (Fourth Class) of the Most Exalted Order of the White Elephant’ Award |
| 1998 | Woman of the Year Award, in the field of Educational Administration |
| 2001 | Woman of the Year Award, in the field of Educational Administration |
| 2003 | Distinguished member of Who’s Who Historical Society; an international organization that promotes cultural cohesiveness and networking facilities throughout the world. |
| 2015 | Asia Pacific Woman Golf Entrepreneur of the Year Award, 2015 Asia Pacific Golf Summit, Singapore |
| 2015 | Quality Persons of the Year 2015 Award, Foundation of Science and Technology Council of Thailand (FSTT) |
| 2016 | Received the International Schools Internal Quality Assurance (IQA) Award from the Office of the Private Education Commission (OPEC) for schools that have met the highest quality assurance standards ensuring students the finest possible education |
| 2019 | Top 50 Organizations in Education Award from the Global Forum for Education and Learning (GFEL) |
| 1994 | Organized a forest-planting project to advocate environmental awareness among youths. |
| 1997 | Organized a ‘School Lunch Project’ for children in rural areas. |
| 1993 - 1994 | Vice Chairman in a Red Cross charity event at Suan Amporn, Bangkok |
| 1994 - Present | Organized events and fund-raising activities to help different charities throughout Thailand in the last 15 years. The American School of Bangkok organizes a yearly event - known as the Sukhumvit Fair and Bangna Fair to celebrate cultural diversity and understanding in the community and provide our students with the opportunity to exercise their skills and qualities as world class citizens, by raising funds for Thai or international charities in a fun and exciting way. The net proceeds generated from prior Sukhumvit Fairs were used to support different causes such as UNICEF; tsunami relief foundations; foundation under the patronage of His Majesty the King of Thailand; the Foundation of Thai Elephant Conservation administered by the National Elephant Institute under the Patronage of Her Royal Highness Princess Galyani; the Home for the Blind with Multiple Disabilities at Ram-intra, an institution administered by the Christian Foundation for the Blind in Thailand, under the Royal Patronage of His Majesty the King of Thailand; provincial schools under AMCHAM ‘Adopt-a-School’ programs and most of all, during His Majesty the King of Thailand’s 60th Anniversary of Ascension to the Throne of Thailand, forwarded 17,000,000 Baht to Chai Pattana Foundation under the Royal Patronage of His Majesty the King of Thailand. |
