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In 1953, the era of the international perspective of Dunwoody Industrial Institute became manifest when Dunwoody was provided a grant by the Ford Foundation for the purpose of sending representatives to consult with the Indonesian Ministry of Education.

Under the leadership of Dunwoody Industrial Institute ’ s second Director J. R. Kingman, an Indonesian Technical Teacher Training Institute was to be established in Ban dung, Java.

An American, Dr. Milton G Towner was the advisor and director for the center.

He was on leave as director of the Staff College of the Federal Civil Defense Administration in Washington, DC.

Six American teachers from Dunwoody were sent with Dr. Towner to work with indigenous Indonesians in making training available to prospective and interested teachers in the Indonesian technical school system.

Seven Indonesian teachers were sent to Dunwoody for training so they could return and support the efforts being directed by Dr. Towner.

On November 27, 1953, Dr. K. Nagaraja Rao, a graduate of the University of Mysore, India, became the head of Dunwoody Industrial Institute ’ s new International Services Division.

He was a native of India who taught at the Illinois Institute of Technology and the Korean Technical Institute, where he opened a department of chemical engineering.

His job was to be the liaison between the Indonesia project and the Ford Foundation.

Since 1951, he had been a consultant to the Government of Indonesia for the development of indigenous industries.