The
consistency of Sukanto Tanoto in helping Indonesian government to achieve
better educational system surely cannot be underestimated. Through his
foundation, various innovative projects, academic programs, technology and
business-based research as well as social charities are often held. Not only
that, cooperation with international academic institutions is following the
founder’s dream to make better education in Indonesia.
Understanding
the importance of education in shaping a civilized and sophisticated society,
Tanoto Foundation gives support to students with excellent ability with limited
financial means to attend higher education and follow their dream. It is clear
that the joint program with international institutions through internship and
partnership can surely elevate the motivation of students to work even harder.
Partnership with the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
As
an alumnus of the Wharton School, Mr. Tanoto has cooperation with the
institution. Recently, you can see Aderson Tanoto, a son of Sukanto Tanoto,
recently welcomed dozens of MBA candidate students of the Wharton School of the
University of Pennsylvania in Kerinci Central Nursery. The visit was aimed to
introduce that the RGE Company of Mr. Tanoto sustains the growth and
maintenance of environment, using environmentally sound methods to perform
operation.
During
the visit, the students were also presented with innovative methods in seedling
and cutting the leaves, as well as a tour to the plantation. The company is
surely applying a safe method in day-to-day operation, benefit the forest and
include policies that protect the environment. The student members also learned
from the local people about the Foundation’s role in helping local community to
grow, providing infrastructure and giving knowledge, as well as giving
opportunity to learn about sustainability and empowerment efforts.
Tanoto Foundation Donates to SingHealth Duke-NUS
With
respect to the development in health science, recently, Tanoto Foundation gave
generous $3-million donation to the SingHealth Dune-NUS. Mr. Tanoto understands
that heart disease is one of major death causes in Asia, and he wants to provide
an advanced technique in preventing and curing the disease through various
researches.
The
donation also marks the start of partnership in cardio disease medication with
the foundation and Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School Singapore (Duke-NUS) and
the SingHealth Group. The main project that highlights the professorship in
cardio medicine is to develop innovative research for genetics stem cell. The donation
is expected to help the researchers in developing most advanced technology to
detect and prevent cardio diseases earlier and better. With this new
partnership, we can expect a lot of more better things come out from Sukanto
Tanoto himself and the Tanoto Foundation.
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