Retiree, The World Bank and ex-FAO/United Nations Representative
San Francisco Bay Area
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- Retiree, The World Bank, and Part-time Managing Director & Advisor at R-Adhikarya International
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- Representative/Chief of Mission at FAO of the United Nations
- Manager/Founder, KULT Program at The World Bank, Wash. DC
- Senior Specialist at United Nations/Food and Agriculture Organization, Rome, Italy
- Fellow & Research Staff at The East-West Center, Hawaii, USA
- Education
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- Stanford University
- Cornell University
- State University of New York at Stony Brook
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Ronny Adhikarya’s Summary
Dr. Ronny Adhikarya has had a long, distinguished professional career in international development assistance, serving for 35 years at the World Bank, United Nations & other international organizations. He retired from the World Bank in 2003 as Manager/Founder of its Knowledge Utilization through Learning Technologies (KULT) Program in Washington DC, USA. He was then appointed as the Food & Agriculture Organization (FAO)/United Nations Representative & Country Director for Pakistan where he served until 2005. He now lives in the “Silicon Valley” of Northern California and Honolulu, Hawaii, and provides consultancy & advisory services, on a part-time basis, as a Managing Director of R-Adhikarya International.
Dr Adhikarya served for 15 years at the FAO/United Nations in Rome, Italy, as a senior specialist for extension, educ. & training. He worked with a wide network of training/educational institutions and development specialists in many countries on programs related to sustainable agri. development, environment, population, health and AIDS prevention, etc. He pioneered electronic publishing activities and advocated the applications of micro-computer technologies in agri. extension/training.
At the World Bank, he directed the KULT Program including franchising & marketing of demand-driven educational/training services to ensure financial heath/sustainability as part of institutional/staff capacity development in many countries.
Dr. Adhikarya was an award winning journalist in his native Indonesia before starting a career in international dev. assistance in 1972. He has undertaken professional assignments & official missions in 46 countries and travelled to 87 countries.
He has written 8 books (two are also in electronic/CD-ROM version) on communication, extension, training and education published in Germany, Italy, England, USA, Singapore and Malaysia as well as numerous book-chapters, journal articles and consulting reports.
Ronny Adhikarya’s Specialties:
Educated at Stanford Univ. (Ph.D.) and Cornell Univ.(M.P.S), he also worked at East-West Comm. Inst./The East-West Center, Hawaii; Univ. Science Malaysia; Inst. for Communication Research, Stanford Univ., as consultant to many United Nations and int'l. agencies, incl. UNESCO, UNFPA, Ford Foundation, USAID.
He has served international advisory committees/boards of several leading dev. organizations and educ./training institutions in Singapore, Thailand, England, Switzerland.
Ronny Adhikarya’s Experience
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Retiree, The World Bank, and Part-time Managing Director & Advisor
R-Adhikarya International
(International Trade and Development industry)
July 2005 — Present (4 years 5 months)
Provides part-time, short-term consulting and advisory services to international and multi-lateral development agencies, learning organizations and educational institutions on strategic business planning & management, competitive enterprise development, innovative marketing, client services, knowledge management and human resource development & training..
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Representative/Chief of Mission
FAO of the United Nations
(International Trade and Development industry)
2003 — 2005 (2 years )
* Represented the FAO/United Nations to provide Gov. of Pakistan with policy advice & strategy options, as well as demand-driven tech. assistance and needs-based projects to improve food security, agric., livestock, fisheries, forestry and nutritional prog.
* Advocated & incorporated critical contemporary issues into the high-priority agricultural development policy agenda in Pakistan, e.g., WTO/trade policies, value-added/value creation agro-processing, public & private sector partnerships in agri-business, avian/bird flu prevention & monitoring, etc.
* Served as a member of the United Nations Country Team for Pakistan providing coordination for all policy & tech. assistance from UN agencies on agric., livestock, fisheries, forestry, nutritional matters.
* Forged working partnerships among gov., NGOs and multi/bi-lateral international dev.agencies in Pakistan in assessing the needs for, planning, funding & implementing sustainable agric. dev. projects. -
Manager/Founder, KULT Program
The World Bank, Wash. DC
(Partnership; 5001-10,000 employees; Education Management industry)
1996 — 2003 (7 years )
Appointed as Senior Training Officer of the World Bank, and served as Manager & Founder of the Knowledge Utilization through Learning Technologies (KULT) Program at the World Bank Institute.
* Directed the KULT Program which included franchising & marketing demand-driven educational/training services to ensure financial heath/sustainability as part of institutional/staff capacity development programs in many countries.
* Promoted the improvement of training quality and effectiveness through excellence in customer service and appropriate uses of interactive & distance or mobile learning technologies, cyber-marketing, quality assurance, peer-based & participatory knowledge management, sharing and utilization. -
Senior Specialist
United Nations/Food and Agriculture Organization, Rome, Italy
(Partnership; 1001-5000 employees; International Affairs industry)
1981 — 1996 (15 years )
Appointed as a senior specialist in charge of extension, education & training:
* Provided policy advice, technical assistance and training support to FAO member countries and field projects to strengthen their agri. info., educ. & extension programs, incl. use of strategic planning & management approaches and micro-computer applications.
* Worked with a wide network of training & educ. institutions and dev. specialists in many countries on programs related to sustainable agri. dev., environment, population, health & AIDS prevention, etc.
* Led FAO’s curriculum dev. & strategic extension campaign (SEC) activities, and pioneered electronic publishing activities and advocated the applications of micro-computer tech. in agri. extension & training.
* Developed, adapted & tested innovative cost-effective comm./educ. methodologies and technologies for appropriate applications in FAO projects to support agri. & rural dev., incl. population & environment educ., SEC, etc. -
Fellow & Research Staff
The East-West Center, Hawaii, USA
(Educational Institution; 501-1000 employees; Education Management industry)
1972 — 1981 (9 years )
Served at the East-West Communication Institute of the The East West Center as Fellow, Reseach Staff and Professional Associate during 1972-74, 1976-77, and 1979-81
Ronny Adhikarya’s Education
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Stanford University
Ph.D. , Communication; Knowledge Transfer & Utilization , 1977 — 1981
Recepient of:
Stanford University’s Full Fellowship for a Doctoral degree program
UNESCO, Paris & East-West Center, Honolulu’s Joint Doctoral
Fellowship for Ph.D. Dissertation Research in five ASEAN countries -
Cornell University
M.P.S. (Professional Studies) , Development Communication , 1971 — 1972
Recepient of:
Cornell University’s Full Fellowship for a Master’s degree program
Cornell University’s International Studies Scholarship for Thesis Research -
State University of New York at Stony Brook
B.A. (cum laude) , Social Sciences , 1970 — 1971
Recepient of:
State Univ of New York Scholarship for a Bachelors’ degree program
Additional Information
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Ronny Adhikarya’s Interests:
Hawaiian music (traditional/classic), hula dances, and culture. Culinary delights: food critique, restaurant reviews, innovative/creative food preparation & presentation, receipes & menus.
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East-West Center Alumni and Community -
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations current and former employees
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Selected BOOKS authored by Ronny Adhikarya:
See complete list: www.getcited.org/mbrz/10044389
Participatory Environment Educ. & Training for Sustainable Agric:
Best Practices in Inst. Partnership, Peer Learning & Networking
with T. Wentling & C.H. Teoh
Rome: FAO/United Nations, 2001 Available in CD-ROM
Strategic Extension Campaign: A participatory-oriented method of agric. extension
Rome: FAO/United Nations, 1994.
Available in French, Spanish & CD-ROM
www.fao.org/docrep/u8955e/u8955e00.htm
Motivating Farmers for Action: How Strategic Multi-Media Can Help
with H. Posamentier. Eschborn: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ),1987
Knowledge Transfer & Usage in Comm. Studies: U.S-ASEAN Case
Singapore: AMIC, 1983
Communication Planning at the Inst. Level
with John Middleton et. al.
Honolulu: East-West Comm. Inst 1979
Broadcasting in Peninsular Malaysia
with A.I. Woon, H.S. Wong, and Y.L. Khor
London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1977
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