57th Anniversary of ITB: Contribute Agents of Change for Indonesia
By Yasmin Aruni
Editor Yasmin Aruni
BANDUNG, itb.ac.id - After ITB officially changed its name from Technische Hogeschoolte Bandoeng (THS) to ITB on March 2, 1959, on Wednesday (5/2/16) ITB opens 57th anniversary with an open session entitled "ITB Toward 100 Years Higher Technical Education in Indonesia ". The event held at the East Hall was attended by various agencies, representatives of students, rectors ITB prior to the national figures. In this open trial also presented scientific speech of Prof. Zeily Nurachman, D.Sc entitled "Building a Culture Researching: The Need to Work Hard, Fighting Power, and Endurance (Popularizing Sea Oil, Oil Of Tropical Marine Microalgae)".
Related to law no. 11 of 2014 on engineering, Prof. Ir. Indratmo Sukarno, M. Sc., Ph.D., as Chairman of the Academic Senate explained, "As the first engineering college in Indonesia, ITB accounted for the largest undergraduate engineering in Indonesia to carry out tasks related to the needs of engineering in Indonesia." As global dynamics and technological advances, economics changed directions. "The economy has shifted from the current era of industrial economy to a knowledge-based entrepreneurial economy and driven by technological innovation," said Betti Alisjahbana as chairman of the Board of Trustees in his speech. Of course technology is supporting the economy, in other words perkonomian change requires agents/engineer with competencies in the field of technology.Contributing to the nation as agents of development, can be realized by providing for the community approach. A growing view that the existence of the social sciences and humanities at ITB bring science and technology closer to the community, as well as more in tune with the culture and humanity. According to Prof. Kadarsah, ITB has become an agent of change by contributing in various development sectors both as a business, teachers and researchers at universities, mass media practitioners and journalists, or as a political activist / non-governmental organizations. Some alumni of ITB also has become 'ambassadors of science and technology' nation, with a prominent position in universities or private companies leading in foreign countries. In addition, various intellectual work all ITB academic staff have also contributed in the life of society, both in economic, social, or cultural.
ITB has an important role in the research-university entrepreneurial perspective. "Ideals of Indonesia to make Indonesia as the country's digital economy the largest in Southeast Asia and will produce 1000 technopreneur in 2020 to match with the vision of ITB. People can also use the expertise, the results of research and innovation generated by ITB, and its graduates can contribute to that vision," said Betti.
