THE Bakrie School of Management, which has now become Bakrie University, is managed by the Bakrie Education Foundation. Set up by the Bakrie family, it is managed by the wife of entrepreneur Aburizal Bakrie’s younger brother, Ike Nirwan Bakrie.

To get a better idea of this university’s objective, Tempo interviewed one of its founders, now serving as Deputy Chairman of the Bakrie Education Foundation, Krisnaraga Syarfuan. Krisna was once hea