{"id":9188,"date":"2013-10-26T00:00:22","date_gmt":"2013-10-26T00:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/?page_id=9188"},"modified":"2015-05-21T22:16:56","modified_gmt":"2015-05-21T22:16:56","slug":"hon-phd-to-universitas-padjajaran-rector-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/archive\/year-2013\/october-2013\/hon-phd-to-universitas-padjajaran-rector-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Hon PhD To Universitas Padjajaran Rector"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main \"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">0<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ukm.my%2Fnews%2Farchive%2Fyear-2013%2Foctober-2013%2Fhon-phd-to-universitas-padjajaran-rector-2%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span 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2013 17:45<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"newsitem_text\">\n<div class=\"news_item_article\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"border\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/images\/stories\/Campus2013\/GanjarKurnia1.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>By Saiful Bahri Kamaruddin<br \/>\nPix Centre For Corporate Communications<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">BANGI, 26 Oct 2013 \u2013 The Rector of Universitas Padjajaran (UNPAD) of Bandung Indonesia, Prof Dr Ir Ganjar Kurnia\u00a0has been conferred\u00a0an\u00a0honorary\u00a0PhD\u00a0(Education\u00a0Administration) at The\u00a0National University of Malaysia (UKM) 41<sup>st<\/sup> Convocation\u00a0 here\u00a0today.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Prof\u00a0Ganjar who has been UNPAD\u2019s Rector since 2007 was instrumental in bringing about\u00a0close cooperation\u00a0between the two universities in various fields.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Among them are the implementation of\u00a0the Indonesia-Malaysia\u00a0Cultural\u00a0Symposium\u00a0(SKIM)\u00a0which\u00a0has continued to be held rotating between them for almost\u00a030 years.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Prof\u00a0Ganjar\u00a0has strongly\u00a0supported collaborative\u00a0partnerships in higher education,\u00a0in particular conferences, research, exchange of expertise,\u00a0benchmarking\u00a0studies,\u00a0exchange\u00a0of students and\u00a0academic\u00a0programme\u00a0implementation even before becoming\u00a0Rector\u00a0.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Responding to the award, the UNPAD Rector thanked UKM and pledged to further enhance UKM-UNPAD joint cooperation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Director of the Centre\u00a0for Academic Development, Prof Dr Ir Riza\u00a0Atiq\u00a0Abdullah\u00a0OK Rahmat in his citation before the conferment described\u00a0Prof\u00a0In Ganjar as\u00a0an academic who believes in cross-border\u00a0university\u00a0education for\u00a0the good of the community\u00a0and the strengthening\u00a0regional\u00a0ties.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Prof\u00a0Riza said the UNPAD rector has done\u00a0much\u00a0to strengthen\u00a0solidarity\u00a0between UKM and the Indonesian university to develop\u00a0academic cooperation and\u00a0forge\u00a0close ties between Malaysia\u00a0and\u00a0Indonesia.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Prof Ganjar was\u00a0born in\u00a0Bandung in 1956.\u00a0He\u00a0is\u00a0an academic\u00a0and\u00a0cultural scholar of\u00a0Bandung,\u00a0West\u00a0Java and has served as professor of\u00a0agricultural sociology\u00a0at\u00a0UNPAD.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He graduated\u00a0from\u00a0the Faculty\u00a0of Social\u00a0Agricultural\u00a0Economics, UNPAD\u00a0in 1979 later obtaining his\u00a0Masters\u00a0in 1983\u00a0and PhD in 1987 from the University of\u00a0Paris.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Before returning to\u00a0serve\u00a0in education,\u00a0he was a cultural ambassador for\u00a0Indonesia\u00a0at\u00a0the Indonesia Embassy in France.\u00a0While in\u00a0France he contributed to the promotion of the\u00a0Sundanese\u00a0culture.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/images\/stories\/Icon\/ukmnewsportal.png\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"border\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/images\/stories\/Campus2013\/GanjarKurnia2.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SATURDAY, 26 OCTOBER 2013 17:45 By Saiful Bahri Kamaruddin Pix Centre For Corporate Communications BANGI, 26 Oct 2013 \u2013 The<a class=\"tukm-readmore\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/archive\/year-2013\/october-2013\/hon-phd-to-universitas-padjajaran-rector-2\/\">Read 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