Tanoto Foundation has a lot of concerns about
education and academic matters in Indonesia. One of the biggest concerns Sukanto Tanoto have related to his CSR
program and Tanoto Foundation activities is the lack of dynamic research and
development climate. This is such a shame considering that Indonesia is
actually very potential for research area, including international research. As
one of Asian countries with rich natural resources, demography, culture and
potential, Indonesia should have more energized research culture.
Reasons Indonesia is Good for Research Culture
Indonesia has great potential to support
research culture in various fields, from technology to social and scientific
fields. Indonesia is now considered as one of rising Asian countries, and
currently also has favorable investment climate. Since the country has a lot of
natural resources, it becomes great field of research about science and energy.
The rising numbers of Indonesia’s population with great diversity also induces
great research plans in sociology, anthropology, economy, education and many
more.
Indonesia is also a great country to invest
on energy, communication and consumer goods business, which means more opportunities
for research in marketing, business, technology and information. Unfortunately,
Indonesian researches often must struggle with bureaucracy and funding matters
to complete a potential research, leading to lower amounts of research and
paper writing from professional academics. According to Sukanto Tanoto,
unsupported academic sector is one way to make a country’s economy goes poorer. This is why that the palm oil magnate chooses
to support education and academic aspect through his programs at Tanoto
Foundation.
Sukanto Tanoto Efforts in Supporting Research Culture
There are several efforts conducted by Tanoto
Foundation to support academic research culture. Besides providing grant and
funding for professors and researchers from partner universities, Sukanto
Tanoto also has partnership program with one of his alumni, Wharton School.
Through Tanoto Initiative at Wharton School, the self made Indonesian
billionaire attempts to create ideal research climate in Indonesia, especially
in international level.
This program initiates cooperation between
Wharton School and several well known universities in Indonesia, especially
those who become partners of Tanoto Foundation, to work together in the field
of academic research. Since Indonesia has a lot of potentials for developing
academic climate, Tanoto Initiative encourages other countries and private
businesses to pay more attention to this matter. Indonesian researchers will
also have more opportunities to conduct researches, studies and paper writing with
more support and better opportunities in various professional fields.
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