The objective of the Academy Professorship Indonesia is to strengthen the position of sciences and arts in Indonesia, to support the fostering of scientific curiosity and an academic culture, and to ensure societal awareness of the importance of science to the Indonesian community. First Academy Professor Indonesia: M.A. Yunita Triwardani Winarto CV of M.A. Yunita Triwardani Winarto (pdf) Proposal summary (pdf) In 2004, the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) and the Indonesian Academy of Sciences (AIPI) agreed to explore the possibility of installing academy funded rotating professorships at Indonesian universities, to be held by eminent Indonesian scientists. This initiative, subsequently designated the Academy Professorship Indonesia (API), was first proposed by the Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies (KITLV) in Jakarta and embraced by both academies under the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed in 2004 by KNAW, AIPI, the Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI) and the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO).
	API Selection Committee Prof. Cees Fasseur (professor emeritus Leiden University, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences - KNAW) Prof. Peter van der Veer (Utrecht University, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences - KNAW) Prof. Taufik Abdullah (Indonesian Academy of Sciences - AIPI) Prof. Edi Sediawati (Indonesian Academy of Sciences - AIPI) Dr. Irwan Abdullah (Gadjah Mada University) Prof. Retno Sunarminingsih Sudibyo c.q. Prof. Sudjarwadi (Gadjah Mada University) Prof. Henk Schulte Nordholt (Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies) Dr. Dewi Fortuna Anwar, APU (Indonesian Institute of Sciences - LIPI) Prof. Merle Ricklefs (National University of Singapore) Prof. Sahari Besari (Directorate Higher Education, Indonesian Ministry of National Education - DIKNAS)