Significance of R&D

Significance of R&D

From Media Indonesia

No country can survive without advanced research and development (R&D) institutions. Prof. Samaun Samadikun from the Bandung Institute of Technology, a former chairman with the National Institute of Sciences, emphasized this in a discussion with the National Development Planning Board recently.

The statement is well-founded because as an agency playing a role in knowledge and technology production, R&D is relied upon to bring about acceleration of development efforts.

As a center of excellence, R&D departments are expected to contribute maximally to the scientific settlement of national issues like ethnic conflicts, refugee problems, epidemics, fuel scarcity and natural disasters in order to promote national competitiveness.

HADIAT Bogor, West Java