Mr Veung Naron has joined CDRI as a PhD scholarship awardee under the r4d programme’s project “Skills for Industry”, focusing on the garment, food processing and electrical and electronic sector since mid-2018. He has been involved in various firm-level surveys and qualitative interviews. He has also gained more than 10 years of extensive experience working in Cambodia’s TVET sector. He is currently doing his PhD degree at Paññāsāstra University of Cambodia. In 2015, he obtained his master's degree in International Development from GSID of Nagoya University.