
Khunying Sumonta Promboon
President & Associate Professor
Chitralada Technology College
President & Associate Professor
Chitralada Technology College
Birth Date and Place : March 27, 1946 , Ratchaburi, Thailand
Education : B.A. (Zoology), University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
M.S. (Genetics), University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
Ph.D. (Genetics), University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI
Present Positions:
• President of Chitralada Technology College
• Member of the National Legislative Assembly
• Member of the Board of Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Foundation
• Member of the Council s of King Mongkut University of Technology Thonburi , Rajamangala University of Technology Thanyaburi and Chitralada Technology College
• Member of the Board of the Institute for the Promotion of Teaching Science and Technology
Experiences :
• President of Srinakharinwirot University (1997 – 2003)
• Chair of the Council of University Presidents of Thailand (1999 – 2001)
• Vice President for Academic Affairs, Srinakharinwirot University(1993 – 1999)
• Dean of the Faculty of Science, Srinakharinwirot Universi ty (1983 – 1987)
• Asian Development Bank education specialist in Lao PDR (1992 – 1993).
• President of the Science Society of Thailand (2004 – 2007)
• Member of the Board of the National Science Museum (2005 – 2007)
• President of the Education Society of Thailand (2002 – 2006)
• Chair of the Board of Mahidol Wittayanusorn Science School (2013 – 2016) .
• Chair of the Higher Education Commission, Ministry of Education (2013 – 2017)
Awards and Honors:
• Honorary Doctoral Degrees in Educational Administration (Srinakhari nwirot U, 2010), Biotechnology (King Mongkut Institute of Technology Ladkrabang, 2009) , Science (Rajamangala University of Technology Suvarnabhumi, 2013) , and Leadership in Education and Human Resource Development (Rajabaht Chiangmai University, 2015)
• Outstandin g Science Teacher Award of the Science Society of Thailand (1996)
• Outstanding Civil Service Administrator of the Civil Service Association of Thailand (1999)
• Outstanding Government Scholarship Grantee Award of the Association of the Government Scholarship Grantees of Thailand (2007).
• Outstanding Thai Woman of the National Women Council of Thailand (2013)
Specialization:
• Biology, Biotechnology
• Science and technology education
• Education, Gifted education
- Thailand