Australian fellowships named

Australian fellowships named

JAKARTA (JP): A telecommunications expert and a biologist are
the Indonesian winners of this year's Australia-Indonesia Merdeka
Fellowships.

Australian Ambassador John McCarthy announced the winners of
the awards, set up as Australia's gift to celebrate Indonesia's
50th anniversary of independence, on Friday night.

They are Risa Bhinekawati, executive director of the
Indonesian Telecommunications Society and Jon Harison Gazali, R&D
manager of PT Dipasena Citra Darmaja, the world's largest prawn
farm located in Lampung.

The fellowships are prestigious, mid-career awards that allow
the Indonesian recipients to visit Australia study and conduct
research in various fields such as the arts, law, sciences and
business.

Four fellowships are awarded each year, two to Indonesians and
two to Australians. They will commence on March 1.

McCarthy also announced the University of Melbourne
Scholarship was being awarded to Evi A. Ismail, a Bank Universal
employee.