kendo combo box default selected value

How to set a default value to kendo ui combo-box?

Type 1 : MVC code sample

var TimeZone = new List<SelectListItem>();

foreach (var item in ViewBag.TimeZoneOffset)

{

TimeZone.Add(new SelectListItem() { Text = item.adepTimeZone, Value = item.IDEPTimeZoneID.ToString(), Selected = item.adepTimeZoneOffset.ToString() == @Model.adepTimeZoneOffset ? true : false });

}

@(Html.Kendo().ComboBox()

.Name("IDEPTimeZoneID")

.Filter("contains")

.Placeholder("Select TimeZone...")

.HtmlAttributes(new { style = "width:320px" })

.DataTextField("Text")

.DataValueField("Value")

.BindTo(TimeZone)

.SelectedIndex(3)

.Suggest(true)

)

Type 2 : JavaScript code sample

var combo = $("#IDEPLanguageID").data("kendoComboBox");

combo.value("defaultValue");

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