Knowing PIM President

Associate Professor Dr.Sompop Manarungsan

Present Positions

  • President, Panyapiwat Institute of Management (PIM)
  • Advisor to the Thai Chamber of Commerce, The Industial Federation of Thailand,
    The Department of Trade Negotiations, etc.

Education

  • Ph.D. in Development Economics, Groningen University,
    The Netherlands, 1989
  • M.A. in Agricultural and Rural Development, Institute of Social Studies,
    The Hague, The Netherlands, 1982
  • M.A. in Economics, (English Language Program), Thammasat University, 1978
  • B.A. in Economics, Thammasat University, 1975

Work Experience

Affiliations:

  • 2013-Present                  Executive Member of National Research Council of Thailand
    (Economics and Business Administration).
  • 2007-2008                      Member of Executive Board of Directors, Board of Investment (BOI),
    Ministry of Industry.
  • 1998-2002                        Member of Committee for the Discloser of Public Information on Economic and Finance,
    (Appointed by the Prime Minister under the Cabinet Approval).
  • 1995-2008                       Executive Member of the Board of the Institute of Asian Studies,
    Chulalongkorn University.
  • 1993-1995                      Member of Committee for Alleviation of farmer’ Debt Problems
    Chaired by the Minister of Finance (Appointed by the Prime minister).
  • 1992-1996                      Member of Committee for Evaluation of the Farmer Assistant Project,
    National Budget Bureau.
  • 1985                                Member of Committee for Preparing the AgriculturalLand Reform Plan (1987-1991),
    Agricultural Land Reform Office, Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives.
  • 1980-2000                      Member of the Editorial Board Journal of Political Economy,
    Chulalongkorn University.
  • 1980                                Chairman of lecturer Council, Faculty of Economics,
    Chulalongkorn University
  • 1979-1996                       Member of Social Science Association of Thailand.
  • 1979-1981                       Secretary of The Nation’s panel of Economists,
    The National Review Daily Newspaper.
  • 1979-1980                        Editor of Economic Review Journal, Faculty of Economics, Chulalongkorn University
  • 1974                                Member of Thammasat Economic Association
  • 1973 (and 2013-14)         Member of Executive Thammasat Economics Association.

Visiting Lecturer:

  • 2013                                Advisor and Commentator of Report Writing The Training course
    organized for the High Ranking officials, Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
  • 2002-Present                  Lecturer to the Training Courses of “The Institute of Juridical Affairs”.
  • 2002-Present                  The National Defense College
  • 2002-Present                  Lecturer to the Training Courses Organized for the Thai Food Processors by the Food Institute.
  • 1997-Present                  King Prachatipok Institute
  • 1993-Present                  The Thai Police College
  • 1992-Present                  The Thai Army College, The Thai Army.
  • 1992-Present                  Training Courses Organized for the High Ranking Officials,
    Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, Ministry of Industry, Ministry of Public health, Ministry of Interiors, Ministry of Finance,
    Ministry of Commerce, Ministry of Communications, Ministry of Defense, Ministry of Education,
    Ministry of Tourism and Sports, Ministry of Cultural Affairs, Ministry of Science and Technology,
    Ministry of Energy, etc.
  • 1990-Present                  The Institute of Banking and Financing, The Thai Commercial Bank Association.
  • 1988                                The Royal Tropical institute, Amsterdam.
  • 1982                                Samaki Samako, London, U.K.
  • 1981-Present                  Granduate Schools, Thammasat University, Mahidol University,
    Khonkaen University, Ramkhamhaeng University, Chulalongkorn University, etc.

Past Positions:

  • Associate Professor, Faculty of Economics and Graduate School, Chulalongkorn University (1978-2010)
  • Director, Chinese Studies Center, Institute of Asian Studies, Chulalongkorn University (1997-2008)

Research Associate and Visiting Lecturer in Foreign Countries

  • 2008                                Institute of Social Science, University of Tokyo
  • 2001                                The Center for southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
  • 1994-1996                       Faculty of Economics, Saitama University, Japan, Kyoto, Japan
  • 1992                                The Hitachi Scholarship Foundation, Tokyo, Japan
  • 1990                                The Japan Society for the Promotion of science (JSPS), Tokyo, Japan
  • 1986-1987                      The International Center, Hosei university, Japan

Academic Reward:

  • Senior Research Scholar, Thailand Research Fund

Contributions to the Public Affairs:

Frequent Interviewee to the Domestic and International medias, i.e.;

  • Thailand :                       The Bangkok Post, The Nation, etc.
  • UK :                                BBC, The Financial Times, The Economist Intelligence Unit, Reauters, A.P.
  • USA :                              Voice of America, The Washington Post, Dow jones, The Wall Street Journal,
    Times Magazine, CNN, Bloomberg, etc.
  • Germany :                      Deutsche Presses Agentur
  • France :                          AFP
  • Japan :                           The Yomiuri Shimbun, Asahi Shimbun, Munichi, NHK TVm TBS TV, Kyodo News, The Nikkei, etc.
  • China :                           The People Daily, Guangming Daily, China Radio International, Peking Radio, Xinhua News, etc.
  • Singapore :                    The Strait Times, Channel News Asia, Singapore International Radio.
  • Hong Kong :                   Far Eastern Economic Review, South China Morning Post, Asian Wall Street Journal, etc.
  • Malaysia :                       The New Strait Times
  • Australia :                       Australian International Radio, ABC TV, etc.