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