Dr. Paritud Bhandhubanyong spent a long period of his career as a researcher, instructor, and consultant before taking up responsibility as a middle and top management of an R&D organization. He received D.Eng. in Metallurgy from the University of Tokyo in 1983 after obtaining B.Eng. (1975) M.Eng. (1979) in Industrial from Chulalongkorn University and MBA.(1979) from Thammasart University. He was an instructor in the Department of Industrial Engineering, Head of Department of Metallurgical Engineering, and Associate Dean for Planning at Chulalongkorn University. Then he was selected to Director post at the National Metal and Materials Technology Center since 1999.