Vice-Rector for Scientific Affairs of the Institute of Engineering-Technical and Transport Communications of Turkmenistan
After graduating from the Turkmen State Institute of Economics and Management in 1989, he began work as a Chief Accountant of the Science Cooperative of the Turkmen State Institute of Economics and Management. He has served as Dean of the Faculty of Professional Development, Acting Dean of the Faculty of Marketing of the Turkmen State Institute of Economics and Management from July 2011 to February 2015. His main research interests are in economic growth and development, and international economics, and in 2011 he received his master of economy degree from State Institute of Economics and Management in 2011. Throughout his professional career he held faculty positions at Turkmen State Institute of Economics and Management, Institute of Public Utilities of Turkmenistan, and Institute of Engineering and Transport Communications of Turkmenistan. Since 2019 Penayev Gulmat Muhammedovich is a Vice-Rector for Scientific Affairs of the Institute of Engineering and Transport Communications of Turkmenistan, and Member of the Democratic Party of Turkmenistan. In recognition of his accomplishments he was presented the President's Medal "For love of the Fatherland" in 2009, the Jubilee Medal "20 Years of Independence of Turkmenistan" in 2011, and the President's Medal "For great love of the Fatherland" in 2015, and the Jubilee Medal "20 Years of Independence of Turkmenistan" in 2016.