Oetit Koswara

Oetit Koswara
Director of Research and Community Service Development
In office
1987  14 March 1989
Preceded byYuhara Sukra
Succeeded byJajah Koswara
Personal details
Born1929
Died19 February 2014 (2014-02-20) (aged 84)
Bogor, West Java, Indonesia
Spouse
Jajah Koswara
(m. 1964)
EducationUniversity of Indonesia (Ir.)
University of Kentucky (M.Sc.)
Iowa State University (Ph.D)
Bogor Institute of Agriculture (Prof.)
Academic background
ThesisAvailability of added P in different Iowa soils (1966)
Doctoral advisorJohn J. Hanway
Academic work
DisciplineAgricultural science
Sub-disciplineSoil science
Notable studentsLutfi Ibrahim Nasoetion

Oetit Koswara (1929  19 February 2014) was an Indonesian soil scientist who was a full professor of soil sciences at the Bogor Institute of Agriculture (IPB). He held a number of offices in IPB and the Indonesian government, such as the dean of IPB's Faculty of Agriculture from 1970-1971, 1972-1973, and 1983-1986, the from 1970 until 1978, Head of Land and Crop Research and Development Agency in the Department of Agriculture from 1975 until 1977, and Director of Research and Community Service Development from 1987 until 1989.