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Professor Dr Ida Bagus
Oka, Indonesian
8 February 1987 - 7 February 1988
Appointment by 21st SEAMEC (IC) Conference, Brunei Darussalam, 1986. (Did not
complete term because of his appointment as Governor of Bali). |
Professor Dr Ida Bagus Oka: An experienced
administrator, academician
An Indonesian experienced administrator of higher educational institutions, assembly man,
academician and writer, in the person of Professor Dr Ida Bagus Oka, on 8
November 1986, assumed the post of Director-Designate of the SEAMEO Secretariat.
Professor Dr Oka, who is a doctor of medicine and pharmacist, was appointed by SEAMEC to
the SEAMEO Secretariat's top post at its 21st SEAMEC Conference held in Bandar Seri
Begawan, Brunei Darussalam from 23 to 25 January 1986.
The Director-Designate of SEAMEO Secretariat took over the directorship of the Southeast
Asian Ministers of Education Secretariat on 8 February 1987, after the incumbent Director,
Professor Dr Adul Wichiencharoen, retires on 7 February 1987.
As an academician, Professor Dr Oka has a long and distinguished career. Starting as
an Assistant Lecturer at Indonesia's University of Udayana in Denpasar, Bali, in 1962, he
rose to the post of Rector in 15-year time. He held this post until 1986.
In 1982, while still holding the rectorship of the university, he was appointed by his
Government to supervise the operations of 34 higher educational institutions. For
this he was designated Coordinator of Higher Educational Institutions Region VIII, which
consists of four states: Bali, West Nusa Tenggara, East Nusa Tenggara and East Timor.
The year 1982 was a significant one for Professor Dr Oka, as it was also the year that he
was hand-picked as a candidate in Indonesia's general Elections for a seat in the People's
Consultative Assembly: he was elected for a five-year term s Bali's representative.
As one of Indonesia's top academicians, Professor Dr Oka represented his country in
numerous meetings and conferences on higher education held within and outside Indonesia,
such as the WHO Conference. On Medical Training, convened in New Delhi, India, in
1976, during which he was elected as Conference Chairman; the International Development
Program (IDP) Meeting on Comparative Study in Management of Higher Education, Australia,
1983; Meeting of Directorate General of Higher Education, Australia, 1984; and Comparative
Study in Management of Higher Education, U S A, in 1984.
Professor Dr Oka, has written and published several books on higher education in Bahasa
Indonesia and English, such as: Participation of Society
in Institutions of Higher Education; Efek Depresan dari Diazepam dan Efek Kombinasinya
dengan Depresan yang Lain Pada Mencit; and Hasil Pembahasan atas
Makalah Tinjauan Suatu Rencana Induk Pengembangan Perguruan Tinggi di Kodya Palembang
Kopiertis Wilayah II.
For his services to his Government, Professor Dr Oka was awarded several decorations:
President of the Republic of Indonesia Medal for High Dedication to the Government;
the Ministry of Home Affairs Medal for High Participation, in the Implementation of the
General elections in 1982; Komando Daerah Militer XVI Udayana Medal for all assistance and Full Participation in the Activity of Karya Bakti in Bali; and for various activities in the field of higher education.
Professor Dr Oka was born in Denpasar on 16 April 1936. After completing senior high
school in 1955, he enrolled at the University of Air-langga and received his bachelor's
degree in 1958; his doctor of medicine degree in 1962; and his degree as pharmacologist in
1965. He is married and has seven children.
(Ref.: SEAMEO Quarterly Vol. 9, No. 4, October - December 1986, Page 15) |
| The following photos show the sequence of courtesy calls
and activities made by Professor Dr Oka. |
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24 February 1987: Professor Dr
Ida Bagus Oka paid a courtesy call on H E Mr Bakri Aiyub Ghazali, Malaysian Ambassador to
Thiland. |
| 26 February 1987: H E Dato
Paduka Hamid bin Jaafar, Ambassador of Brunei Darussalam to Thailand, in conversation with
the SEAMEO Secretariat Director. |
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5 March 1987: Professor Dr
Oka with H E Mr A P van Walsum, the Royal Netherlands Ambassador to Thailand. |
| H E Dr Helmut Ruckriegel (right),
Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to Thailand, presenting the scholarship
awards cheque to Professor Dr Ida Bagus Oka, Director of the SEAMEO Secretariat. |
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Mr Banjong Choosakulchart (middle),
Permanent Secretary for Education, Thailand, while delivering his speech. He is
flanked by Professor Dr Ida Bagus Oka (foreground), SEAMEO Secretariat Director, and Mr Er
Kwong Wah, Second Permanent Secretary (Education), Singapore, Chairman ad interim at the
opening ceremony of the 10th High Official Meeting in the morning of 25 November
1987, on behalf of H E Mr Marut Bunnag, Minister of Education, Thailand. |
| Dr Moegiadi, head of the Indonesian
delegation, who was elected Chairman of the 10th High Officials Meeting 1987, delivering
his speech. He is flanked by Professor Dr Oka (left), and Mr Wee Choon Siang,
Assistant Director (Programme), the Meeting's Rapporteur |
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H E Mr Peter Ray (right), Minister of
Education of Tasmania, on 24 May 1988 paid a courtesy call on Professor Dr Ida Bagus Oka,
Director of SEAMEO Secretariat. The two discussed possible ways of linkages and
cooperation between Tasmania and SEAMEO. |
| H E Mr Harle Freeman Greene, the New
Zealand Ambassador to Thailand, on 19 July 1988 presented his country's contribution for
FY 1988/1989 to SEAMEO, as an Associate Member Country of the Organization, Photo shows H
E Mr Greene (right) as he handed the cheque to Professor Dr Ida Bagus Oka, the then SEAMEO
Secretariat Director. |
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