Jajah Koswara
Jajah Koswara | |
|---|---|
| Director of Research and Community Service Development | |
| In office 14 March 1989 – 2002 | |
| Preceded by | Oetit Koswara |
| Succeeded by | Dodi Nandika |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 9, 1941 Sumedang, West Java, Dutch East Indies |
| Died | March 17, 2011 (aged 69) Bogor, West Java, Indonesia |
| Spouse |
Oetit Koswara (m. 1964) |
| Education | IPB University (Ir., Prof.) University of Wisconsin–Madison (M.Sc., Ph.D) |
| Academic background | |
| Thesis | The Effect of Nitrogen and Plant Population on Corn Production: And a Study of Grain Maturation Period of Five Corn Varieties in Indonesia (1975) |
| Doctoral advisor | John W. Pendleton |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Agricultural science |
| Sub-discipline | Agronomy |
| Notable works | IPB-4 hybrid corn variety Sweet corn variety Spring corn |
Jajah Koswara (sometimes written as Yayah Koswara, 9 December 1941 – 17 March 2011) was an Indonesian academic and education administrator who was known for developing hybrid corn in Indonesia. She served as the Director of Research and Community Service Development at the Directorate General of Higher Education from 1989 until 2002, during which she developed the competitive grant scheme and the voucher system.