Selo Sumardjan receives Hemengku Buwono IX award

Selo Sumardjan receives Hemengku Buwono IX award

The Jakarta Post
Jakarta

Gadjah Mada University in Yogyakarta awarded Selo Sumardjan, a
professor of sociology at the University of Indonesia in Jakarta,
for his notable integrity within the discipline and his strong
commitment to social and cultural matters nationwide.

The award presentation, also witnessed by Ichlasul Amal,
rector of Gadjah Mada University and Yogykarta Governor Hamengku
Buwono X, was conducted in connection with the university's 52nd
anniversary celebrations.

Besides Selo, R.J. Katamsi, an artist, was also awarded for
winning a contest for the design of the university's logo.

Ichlasul said Selo deserved the award because of his strong
commitment to the discipline of sociology and to social and
cultural problems in the country.

"Selo's integrity and expertise led the university's senate to
confer the award on him," Antara quoted him as saying at the
presentation ceremony at the university's campus on Saturday.

Ichlasul also said that the university was developing autonomy
to promote democracy in the campus and to make it self-sufficient
in its financial matters.

"Under the autonomy program, the university will implement
more professional management and make itself accountable to the
public," he said.

The university has established a representative assembly whose
members are recruited from both academics and students, who
determine its policy in implementing the autonomy program,
including electing its rector.

Under the autonomy program, the university will be required to
improve its performance, especially within the academic field, he
said.

"We will take necessary measures to improve academic quality
in matters of student entry, curriculum development, school and
research activities and applied science," he said.