Kukuh S. Achmad, Head of the National Standardization Agency (BSN) was born in Purbalingga, Central Java in 1965. The winner of the Bachelor's degree in S-1 at the Faculty of Pharmacy, Gadjah Mada University in 1988 and the Pharmacist Profession at the same college in 1989, he also completed his S-2 education at the University of Humberside, Grimsby, England Majoring in Food Technology in 1994.