Dr. Kusmayanto Kadiman is the Indonesian Minister of Research and Technology of the Indonesia Bersatu Cabinet in the years 2004-2009. Before appointed as minister, he was entrusted to be ITB’s Rector within the 2001-2004 period. He was awarded his bachelor’s degree in 1977 from ITB Engineering Physics and his PhD in Systems Engineering from the Australian National University (ANU) in 1988.
Dr. Kadiman is also an active lecturer at the Engineering Physics program before he went on to be Rector of ITB. He is known as an egalitarian figure and is very close with students. As minister, he emphasized the concept of ABG triple helix (academia, business, and government) as a framework to combat poverty in society. This formulation ensures the synergy of the three aspects of society to support the commercialization of science and technology. His full profile can be seen in
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