In response to this, the government removed the limitations from the university statute in a controversial amendment, but Ari later resigned from his position in BRI in July 2021.

[4] Ari, along with several other academic figures, registered themselves as a candidate for the rector of the University of Indonesia in August 2019.

The Minister of Research and Higher Studies, which held a seat on the board, has a share of 8 votes.

[11] During the pandemic, Ari stated that the University of Indonesia conducted various research regarding COVID-19 to boost the domestic production of health equipment and medicines.

[16] In mid-2021, following a decrease in active COVID-19 cases, the Minister of Education, Culture, Research, and Higher Education Nadiem Makarim urged universities in provinces with low amount of active COVID-19 cases to start on-site studies.

[17] The university later announced limited offline learning for several faculties in early 2022 and continued to push for full on-site studies.

[20][21] Rosari Saleh, a professor from the Faculty of Math and Natural Sciences, was one of the candidates in the 2019 rector selection process.

[22] In October 2020, Ari Kuncoro dismissed Rosari from his post and replaced him with Abdul Haris.