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About
- Sylff Program
  
  Cultivating leaders of tomorrow in countries worldwide
  
  Mission & Philosophy
  
  The goals of the Sylff Program and the leadership qualities it seeks to nurture
- Message from the Chairman
  
  Promoting peaceful and socially inclusive development
  
  Sylff Association
  
  Platform to bring all Sylff stakeholders closer together
- History
  
  Major milestones since the program's inception in 1987
  
  Contact
  
  Ask questions, offer comments, or come visit us in Tokyo
Institutions
Fellows
Support Programs
- Overview
- Research
  
  Research Grant (SRG)
  
  Up to US$5,000 to support doctoral and post-doc fellows’ academic research activities in their field of expertise.
  
  Research Abroad
  (SRA)
  
  Up to US$5,000 to support research in a foreign country for a doctoral dissertation.
- Social Action
  
  Leadership
  Initiatives (SLI)
  
  Up to US$10,000 for social action projects and conferences/workshops initiated by fellows.
  
  Project Grant (SPG)
  
  Large-scale grants for projects with potential for substantial social impact.
- Networking
  
  Leaders Workshop
  
  Opportunities for intercultural group learning and leadership enhancement.
News & Voices
Administrators
Operation Manual
- Overview
- Conventional Scheme
  
  Guidelines on program and endowment management
- New Scheme
  
  For institutions wishing to focus on program operations
- Administrators Meetings
  
  Learn best practices and meet other Sylff administrators

Fellows Profile

Obby Taufik Hidayat*

Universiti Malaya

SRG

Education

Received Sylff fellowship in 2023
Academic supervisor: Prof. Dr. Vishalache Balakrishnan
Current affiliation: Universitas Muhammadiyah Surakarta

Obby received a Bachelor's degree in Civic Education from the Faculty of Social Science
Education, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia (Bandung, Indonesia). Then, he completed his Master of Education degree in Civic Education at Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia in 2017.Subsequently, he received his Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree from the Educationa lFoundation and Humanities Department, Faculty of Education, University of Malaya in 2025. Currently, he is a lecturer and researcher at Universitas Muhammadiyah Surakarta. His expertise is in service learning, civic education, moral education, character education, and global citizenship.

Academic Achievements, Social Engagement Initiatives
He has been selected to attend some international relation projects and conferences with scholarship in Harvard University (Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States), University College London, (London, United Kingdom), Joetsu University of Education (Niigata, Japan), University of Vienna (Vienna, Austria), National Institute of Education (Singapore) and Hongkong PolytechnicUniversity. He has collaborated with colleagues from various universities, both nationally and internationally, to publish papers in several National and International journals indexed by Sinta or Scopus, as well as two books. In addition, he has been selected as a recipient of the Sylff Research Grant (SRG) 2024 and the Sylff Leadership Initiatives (SLI) 2025. Additionally, he has been recognized as a recipient of the Civic Education Alumni Association's award for the most active education speaker (2023-2024). Furthermore, in 2025, he received an award from his institution as a researcher with the best international partnership (2024-2025).
Currently, he has published four articles in some indexed Scopus journals & some articles in international and national journals, and two books with ISBNs.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/obby-taufik-hidayat-b23309175/

To contact this fellow, email the Sylff Association at sylff[a]tkfd.or.jp (replace [a] with @).

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