Purbaya Meets LPDP Alumni, Proud They Have Returned to Indonesia and Are Starting Businesses

Jakarta – Finance Minister Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa met with three LPDP scholarship alumni last Friday (27 March 2026). The alumni were Farand, an LPDP alumnus who graduated from Harvard Business School in 2024; Suci Utami Nurwidia, LPDP alumna who graduated from Cranfield University in the United Kingdom in 2023; and Tunjung Larasati, LPDP alumna who completed an MBA at ITB in 2015. ‘After completing studies abroad, they returned to the homeland and started businesses in their respective fields,’ Purbaya wrote on his official Instagram @menkeuri, quoted Thursday (5 March 2026). From a video of their meeting, Farand is one of the founders of Segari.id, a platform that functions as an e-commerce marketplace for vegetables; Suci runs a skincare business under the Alture brand. The skincare uses natural ingredients. Finally, the brand Niion is run by Tunjung, which makes bags. ‘They are three people among thousands of LPDP alumni who have returned home to Indonesia and are creating job opportunities for people in the country,’ he said. He said he is proud that many LPDP alumni contribute and support the country in their respective fields. ‘LPDP is open to anyone who wants to study domestically or abroad,’ he added. Purbaya held dialogues with the three. He asked them their views on LPDP. One recipient, Suci, admitted that the fully funded scholarship had impressed many people she met. After all, not many countries offer full scholarships. ‘Indonesia is extremely great to have such a sovereign fund and can send many students to study. Even compared to UK studentships, during my time there, the facilities and so on were far behind,’ she said.