Benefits Tanoto Foundation Gives to Scholarship Recipients

There are many scholarship awards from various private foundations, but foundation owned by self made palm oil billionaire Sukanto Tanoto provides scholarships with better upsides for the scholarship recipients. Through his foundation, Sukanto not only gives scholarships to hundreds of students every year, but he also provides upsides and benefits for these students. This is also a part of his efforts to create better human resources and potentials, especially those who want to work at his facilities and companies.

Better Soft Skill Enrichment for Scholarship Recipients

Most companies and foundations only give the money or school tuition payment, but scholarship program from Tanoto Foundation gives even more. Besides receiving full scholarships, students also get soft skill and motivational enrichment in special programs to get ready for the new study era. These programs usually last for 3-4 days, and they can help students gaining all the positive qualities they need to be successful at campus and in the future career or job.

The program is also aimed giving inspirational motivation for the students, especially since Sukanto Tanoto has long history of creating, running and expanding various businesses; from his family’s small business that he must overtake when he was 17, to multinational groups with diverse fields. Without formal education and very thin level of experiences, he finally succeeded to start more and more companies, even acquiring several facilities and companies in other countries beside Indonesia, like China, Singapore, Canada, and Brazil. His story is always a good inspiration for all entrepreneurs wannabe, and his experiences definitely must be example for what success is all about.

Job Opportunities and Internship

Scholarships from Tanoto Foundation also mean better opportunities for the students to enter professional world after their studies are over. RGE Group, Asian Agri and other companies owned by Sukanto  Tanoto has several benefits for students that continue their studies with the foundation’s scholarship. For example, students who receive scholarships are more possible to get internship opportunities right after the study. They can also get priorities when his companies open job vacancies for many facilities and areas, including in his massive palm oil company Asian Agri.

Meanwhile, depending on the location and program, Tanoto Scholarship recipients can also get more opportunities in conducting community giving back activities, such as activities in Riau province that involved scholarship recipients at National University of Singapore. In such activities, students learn how to contribute with community members and try their knowledge and skills in actual field.