On July 27, 2023, Professor Tippawan Losuwannarat, the President of the National Institute of Development Administration and Associate Professor Patthareeya Lakpetch, the Director of Research Center, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the National Institute of Development Administration and Yunus Center, Dhaka, Bangladesh, which was co-signed by Nobel Peace Prize laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus as the Chairperson of the Yunus Center in Social Business Day, 2023 at Langgawi, Malaysia.
This cooperation led to the establishment of the NIDA Yunus Center, which aims to support social business, social Innovation, social business, social capital and collaboration with all sectors toward sustainable development. NIDA Yunus Center will help promoting research, education, and academic services through cooperation with the other 136 acadamia networks of Yunus Center, Dhaka globally.