Wikan Sakarinto was born on 17 March 1975 in
Jogjakarta,
Indonesia. 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. 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. == Director General of Vocational Education ==