SITHSAKORN ( MARC ) JANTRAKUL
Ruamrudee International School
March 2020 - Present
Future of Good Life Project
Founder, Inventor
The Future of Good Life Project started because I wanted to help farmers in Thailand, and especially to popularize the concept of low-carbon rice farming. When we first started out, around fifty farmers would come. Today, the project has attracted more than 150 farmers and the total area under rice cultivation is now 800 acres. With these methods, it is possible to cut carbon emissions from growing rice by about 40%. I got co-sponsored exhibitions for over 250 farmers with SCG, Siam Kubota and Government groups. At schools and farmworkshops throughout Bangkok and Suphanburi, I have also led both students and farmers on how to grow rice that is low in carbon. Our rice was more than proud to be taken to the Thailand Rice Fest 2024 and Thaifex (Anuga Asia 2025).
I worked with farm auditors to create new ways of rapidly checking and verifying low-carbon rice cultivation. This will enable more farmers to join us. And that is just the beginning. Therefore as results, my project has bee honored by the Minister's Award (2025),a recognition at the Gulfood Innovation Award in Dubai, and a nomination to represent Thailand at the World Food Forum in Rome.
A low-cost device that help farmers measure water levels in rice fields in real time. Now it is easier for farmers to certify their rice as low-carbon.
The device's design allows family patriarchs who have never used a smart phone or might labor through using this kind of technical terminal into comfortably using it. Easy and affordable, more people can take part in this program and gain benefit from it.
RiceSense has been widely recognized in Thailand and Internationally. It won the Prime Minister's Digital Award (Merit, 2024/25), a Gold Medal at iCAN 2025 in Canada, and a 2025 Thailand New Generation Innovators Award from the Ministry of Agriculture & Cooperatives.
To better help disabled students travel safely, I invented Safetrak, a smart wheelchair seat system with safety sensors built in.
For the regular wheelchair I developed a gear set that lets you push more easily. Among other things, it reduces effort by about 40%. This gives users more independence and comfort in daily life.
My inventions have earned recognition in various international competitions. For example, they won Gold Medal at iCAN 2025 (Canada), Silver Medal at WICO 2025 (South Korea) and Bronze Medal at IEI 2025 (China). I also received the Honor Inventor Award (2025) from the Ministry of Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovation in Thailand.
Safetrak (Founder, Innovator)
Created educational STEM toy kits for elementary students to encourage hands-on learning and reduce screen time during school breaks. Applied physics knowledge such as force, motion, and energy to design simple experiments for the kits. Raised funds through sales to expand the project and donated STEM kits to underprivileged schools so more children could benefit from learning science in a fun way.
Formed a team to participate in the International Robotics Competition in February 2025. My teammates come from different schools such as Bangkok Pattana School, ICS, Shrewsbury International School, and RIS. We are designing a robot that can do goal shooting and displays rapid relyas of actions.
Excellence Award Thailand National Championship 2025
Innovate Award Thailand Cup
2nd place Tournament 2024
Future of Good Life Book (Author)
Authored a book documenting the journey of the Future of Good Life project to inspire youth in sustainable farming and innovation. Presented the book at the Bangkok International Book Fair 2025. Distributed copies to more than 10 schools across Thailand, including Pathumthani, Pattaya, Ubon Ratchathani, Sisaket, and Surin. Created a braille version for visually impaired students and donated 500 copies to schools for the blind.
Volunteering work 2022
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Educatory Club (Grade10): I taught English to children in rural schools in Chiang Rai for three hours a day for two days. Together with other team members, planned and developed a curriculum to teach the topic (directions) to 20 students. Raised funds 5,000 thb by selling desserts like bingsu at school to support the educational needs of 5 students from the group.
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Chinese Cultural Traditional Club: Prepared for the Chinese New Year's festival at school. Learned in details about the Chinese culture and traditions, and created awareness / interest of others in the culture as well. Sold Chinese foods to support club expenses and helped in making the sustainable decorations for the Chinese New Year celebration.
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Assisted in planting trees in a mangrove forest (six trees). It came from a school service activity where we raised money (7000 thb) by selling Thai food / crafts. Some of this money was used for old age home charity and used some of it for the reforestation activity to plant trees.
JV badminton 2024-25
University of California Berkeley, USA. Pre-College Computer Science Summer Program
Global Citizen Initiative Fellowship
Selected as one of 36 students worldwide for a yearlong leadership fellowship focused on global citizenship, ethical leadership, and intercultural collaboration. Participated in mentorship, problem-solving projects, and dialogue at the GCI Summit in St. Andrews, Scotland.
I created an admin program for the Father Ray Foundation. This app helps the teacher to put the grades in easily for students. Before that, they used Microsoft software to manage grades for each student. To fix this problem I use java to create a website where student can see their grade.
StemMark (Founder)
Created educational STEM toy kits for elementary students to reduce screen time during school breaks.
Raised funds through sales to expand the initiative and donate STEM kits to underprivileged schools.
Griffith Scholarship (RIS, 2025–26)
Merit-based scholarship for academic excellence
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AP Scholar with Distinction (2025)
College Board, USA
Gold Medal (x2), International Invention Innovation Competition in Canada (iCAN 2025) – Canada
Silver Medal, World Invention Creativity Olympic (WICO 2025) – Seoul, South Korea
SBronze Medal, International Exhibition of Inventions (IEI 2025) – Guangzhou, China
Honor Inventor Award (2025) -Presented by the Minister of Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovation, Thailand
Minister’s Award – Outstanding Thai National Youth in Innovation (2025)-
Ministry of Agriculture & Cooperatives
Nominated Delegate – World Food Forum 2025 (Rome, Italy) – Selected by the Ministry of Agriculture & Cooperatives as one of 7 youth representatives for the FAO Global Youth Forum
Thailand New Generation
Innovators Award (2025) – Ministry of Agriculture & Cooperatives (RiceSense Device)
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Prime Minister’s Digital Award Merit (2024) – RiceSense
Excellence Award & Innovate Award, VEX V5 Thailand (2025) – National Champion
Qualified for VEX Robotics World Championship (Dallas, 2025) –
Thailand’s National
CIS Hackathon Top 36 Finalist (2025) – Financial Innovation Track, Chulalongkorn University
