Tjokorda Raka Sukawati (May 3, 1931 – November 11, 2014) was an
Indonesian
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* Indonesians, citizens of Indonesia
** Native Indonesians, diverse groups of local inhabitants of the archipelago
** Indonesian ...
engineer who invented
Sosrobahu
Sosrobahu is a road construction technique which allows long stretches of flyovers to be constructed above existing major roads with minimum disruption to traffic. The technique was designed and invented by Indonesian engineer Tjokorda Raka Su ...
. He was born and died in
Ubud
Ubud is a town on the Indonesian island of Bali in Ubud District, located amongst rice paddies and steep ravines in the central foothills of the Gianyar regency. Promoted as an arts and culture centre, it has developed a large tourism industry. ...
,
Bali
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, and in 2019 was conferred honorary
T. Washington Fellow in science posthumously.
References
External links
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Tjokorda Raka Sukawati profileat kamusilmiah.com
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Tjokorda Raka Sukawati profileat jakarta.go.id
1931 births
2014 deaths
Indonesian civil engineers
20th-century Indonesian engineers
Indonesian Hindus
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