Prof. Dr. Ambiyar, M.Pd. was born in Padang Panjang on February 13, 1955. He took his undergraduate education (S1) at IKIP Padang, majoring in Mechanical Engineering (1979). In his undergraduate education (S2) he completed it at IKIP Padang (1981) and continued on to his third degree (S3) at the Jakarta State University (2005). He currently serves as a lecturer at Padang State University in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and as the Head of the Vocational Technology Education Study Program, Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Negeri Padang as well as the chief executive of ICTVET 2022.