Meaning Of The IPB Symbol: Growing Knowledge

IPB (Source: Wikimedia Commons)

JAKARTA - The symbol of the Bogor Agricultural University (IPB) is identical to a tree. However, if you pay attention, on this tree there are five leaves which have their own meanings. However, is there only a tree in the institute's emblem?

A brief history of IPB. The forerunner of IPB began about 80 years ago, namely since the first agricultural higher education was established in Indonesia in 1940. The establishment of IPB began with the existence of the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences from the University of Indonesia (UI) in Bogor. The establishment of this faculty is the forerunner of IPB as well as marking a new chapter of agricultural higher education in Indonesia.

Bogor has been a representative place for the development of science about flora and fauna since the Dutch colonial period. The colonial government at that time established several research institutes related to this in Bogor.

Then, UI in Bogor separated and became IPB. IPB was finally formed officially since September 1, 1963, based on the Decree of the Minister of Higher Education and Science Number 91 of 1963. IPB was also ratified by the Presidential Decree of the Republic of Indonesia Number 279 of 1965.

The symbol owned by IPB is believed to reflect the growth of the IPB Institute as an educational institution for sources of science and technology. In addition, the IPB symbol also shows that the institute will always advance and grow, in line with the Tridarma of Higher Education which is based on Pancasila.

IPB emblem (Source: Wikimedia Commons)

The symbol of IPB consists of the inscription "BOGOR AGRICULTURE INSTITUTE", with a tree with five leaves and an open book under it. All these elements are combined in a circle. Apart from that, the emblem also has a blue and white color.

Launching the IPB alumni website, Friday, June 12, the five tips of the leaves represent the first five faculties at the time IPB was founded. The five leaves also show that Tridarma is implemented based on Pancasila.

There are three branches that arise from the book, which symbolize the Tridarma of Higher Education. The open book image depicts IPB as a source of knowledge. Meanwhile, the round shape illustrates that the knowledge has no limits, it is always growing and increasing. In the color section, the blue base symbolizes that IPB belongs to the science and technology group.

The hope of the establishment of IPB can also be seen from its history. Its stance which is very thick with the nuances of struggle has a goal that has to be achieved until now; to make the nation independent through agricultural development to meet food needs and the nation's welfare. One Indonesian figure who has attended IPB is the sixth President of the Republic of Indonesia Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY).