Indonesian Higher Education, Science, and Technology Minister Brian Yuliarto mentioned in Jakarta on Tuesday that via NEDO, the Japanese authorities is providing a number of research cooperation schemes that concentrate on research meant for industrial purposes.
This industry-oriented research may also contain Danantara Indonesia sovereign wealth fund because the stakeholder for Indonesia’s state-owned enterprises (SOEs), alongside varied Japanese {industry} gamers.
According to Minister Yuliarto, a number of research priorities have been set, together with the event of foundational industries reminiscent of semiconductors, silicon, photo voltaic cells, and mineral downstreaming.
“We will be offering these to higher education institutions and professors. Japan will also contribute its experts, and we will involve its industrial sectors as well,” he mentioned.
He asserted that the objective is for the upcoming research to give attention to constructing superior industries in Indonesia, transferring past fundamental research.
The minister expressed hope that inside the subsequent one to 2 years, such industries will emerge from this system.
Executive Director of NEDO Kikuo Kishimoto said that his company not solely supplies assist in science, but additionally in driving industrial growth, like in Indonesia.
He added that for industries to actually thrive, folks should clear up broader social challenges, together with vitality, the atmosphere, and social well-being.
In this regard, he expressed hope that the cooperation with Indonesia will transcend research and growth to assist notice a greater future for the world.
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Translator: Sean Filo, Raka Adji
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