Basuki Priyanto
Wireless Innovator

Basuki Priyanto, 39, spent the past two months in his home country, Indonesia, to celebrate the month of Ramadan and Idul Fitri with his extended family. He tried his best to use his 34 days of annual leave from his job as an engineer in Sweden, in addition to 240 days of paternity leave he is allowed to use for the birth of his second child.

"My parents no longer complain I work overseas, because I can spend more time coming back to Indonesia compared to my siblings who are working in another town," he told Tempo in South Jakarta last week. But long holidays were not his reason for moving to Lund in Sweden, seven years ago. It was the opportunity to excel as an engineer in the field of wireless communication. To date, Basuki holds 23 patents under his name in 4G and 5G technology.

August 11, 2015