Pichet Durongkaveroj
Pichet Durongkaveroj () is a former Thai politician. He was the Minister of Science and Technology and Minister of Digital Economy and Society in the first cabinet of Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha. Education. Pichet graduated from high school from Assumption College. He has a B.E. in electrical engineering from the University of New South Wales in Australia and a M.Eng.Sc. in applied solar energy from Trinity University, United States. He received his Ph.D. in public policy and management from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, United States. Careers. Pichet was a lecturer at King  Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi and previously held the position of director of the Secretariat Office of National Information Technology Committee from 1993 to 1997. He was the director of the Electronic Commerce Development Center from 1999 to 2001 and chaired the ASEAN Working Group on Information and Communication Technology from 2001 to 2003. In 2003, he was appointed director of the Knowledge Network Institute of Thailand and, in 2009, he was appointed secretary-general of the National Science Technology and Innovation Policy Office, Ministry of Science and Technology. In 2014, he was appointed Minister of Science and Technology  in the government of Prayut Chan-o-cha. In 2016, he was appointed Minister of Digital Economy and Society. Since July 2020, he has benn an independent director of the board of directors of Bangkok Bank. Royal decorations. Pichet has received the following royal decorations in the honours system of Thailand: