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Dwikorita aims to make UGM a 'social entrepreneur university'
Newly appointed University of Gadjah Mada (UGM) rector Dwikorita Karnawati says she will focus her work on making UGM not only a campus that can create products to solve the nationâs problems but also a socially entrepreneurial university
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ewly appointed University of Gadjah Mada (UGM) rector Dwikorita Karnawati says she will focus her work on making UGM not only a campus that can create products to solve the nation's problems but also a socially entrepreneurial university.
The new rector said many university research reports were published in scientific journals but did not bring benefits for problems the country was facing.
'This happens because most of the research is made to serve the interests of the researchers only. Now, such a paradigm must be changed: Research must respond to the needs of the government, industrial sectors and the people,' she said.
Dwikorita, who was formerly the university's deputy rector for partnerships and alumni, was officially inaugurated on Monday as UGM rector, replacing her predecessor, Pratikno, who was appointed as state secretary of the Joko 'Jokowi' Widodo and Jusuf Kalla administration.
Dwikorita said as an initial step toward becoming a socially entrepreneurial university, she had mapped out several areas, namely energy, food, health, information technology, culture and social manufacturing, that the university needed to respond to through its research activities.
'It takes time because we first need to change our paradigm. We need to downstream our campus products ' how research results can be accepted by industrial sectors so they can directly bring benefits to the nation's life. This is our initial priority,' said Dwikorita.
She said the downstreaming of campus products was part of her efforts to follow up on prioritized policies that Pratikno had carried out during his two-and-a-half year term of office as UGM rector.
Dwikorita further said that implementing the Tri Dharma Perguruan Tinggi (three missions of universities), in which a university should serve as a world of education, research and public services, would not be enough.
'Continuing Prof. Pratikno's programs, the campus should also be able to become a pillar for the development of people's economy and culture,' said Dwikorita.
Chairman of UGM's Majelis Wali Amanah (board of trustees), Sofian Effendi, said the new UGM rector must lead the university to become a research campus in the future.
'The 21st century is the Asian century and Indonesia is one of the seven engines of the Asian century. This requires a lot more quality human resources and UGM must give real contributions,' he said. (ebf)(++++)
