{{Short description|Indonesian professor and academic}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Wikan Sakarinto | death_date = | office = Director General of Vocational Education | term_start = 8 May 2020 | term_end = 1 June 2022 | predecessor = Patdono Suwignjo (acting) | successor = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1975|3|17}} | birth_place = Jogjakarta, Indonesia | image = Wikan Sakarinto PhD.jpg | death_place = | party = | alma_mater = Gadjah Mada University<br>Twente University<br>Technical University of Dortmund<br>Kobe University | occupation = | profession = | president = Joko Widodo | minister = Nadiem Makarim | spouse = Inggar Septhia Irawati | children = 2 }} '''Wikan Sakarinto''' (born 17 March 1975) is an Indonesian professor and academic. He is the Director General of Vocational Education in the Indonesian Ministry of Education and Culture since 8 May 2020. He was previously the dean of the Vocational School of the Gadjah Mada University from 2016 until 2020.
== Early life and education == Wikan Sakarinto was born on 17 March 1975<ref>{{Cite news|last=Sur|first=|date=8 January 2021|title=Gebrakan Wikan Sakarinto Bangun Citra Baru Pendidikan Vokasi|work=Sinar Harapan|url=https://sinarharapan.net/2021/01/gebrakan-wikan-sakarinto-bangun-citra-baru-pendidikan-vokasi/|access-date=22 January 2021}}</ref> in Jogjakarta, Indonesia.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|last=Athallah|first=Ilham Dary|date=June 2017|title=Belajar dari Vokasi UGM: Dibangun dengan Rasa Cinta Almamater|page=25|work=Pewara Dinamika UNY|url=https://issuu.com/ilhamdatha/docs/draf_pewara_baru_juni_2017__file_ke|access-date=22 January 2021}}</ref> After graduating from high school, Wikana took the State University Admission Examination to enter the Gadjah Mada University, but he did not pass the test. Wikan attended the university's vocational school instead, and graduated from the vocational school in 1997 after three years of study.<ref>{{Cite web|last=agung|date=2017-06-13|title=Wikan Sakarinto: Tak Mau Vokasi UGM Karam|url=https://www.krjogja.com/kisah-inspiratif/sosok-dan-pemikirannya/wikan-sakarinto-tak-mau-vokasi-ugm-karam/|access-date=2021-01-22|website=KRJogja|language=id-ID}}</ref> Wikan then continued his study at the mechanical engineering program in the Gadjah Mada University and graduated from the university with a Bachelor of Engineering in 2001. Wikan obtained master's degree after finishing mechanical engineering program in the University of Twente in 2003 and the Technical University of Dortmund in 2005. He later attended the Mechanical Engineering PhD program in the Kobe University until 2009.<ref name=":0" />
== Director General of Vocational Education == Wikan was inaugurated as the Director General of Vocational Education on 8 May 2020. The inauguration was held online by Nadiem Makarim, the Minister of Education.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Prodjo|first=Wahyu Adityo|date=8 May 2020|title=Mantan Dekan UGM Wikan Sakarinto Dilantik jadi Dirjen Pendidikan Vokasi Kemendikbud Halaman all|url=https://www.kompas.com/edu/read/2020/05/08/194323871/mantan-dekan-ugm-wikan-sakarinto-dilantik-jadi-dirjen-pendidikan-vokasi|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2021-02-08|website=KOMPAS.com|language=id}}</ref>
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