Institut Teknologi Bandung

This Ramadan lecture was attended by the Rector of ITB, Prof. Reini Wirahadikusumah, Ph.D., along with ITB boards, lecturers, and educational staff from various work units at ITB.

The event began with the reading of the holy verses of the Quran by Fandi Hidayat (Oceanography FEST, 2020). Then the Vice Rector for Finance, Planning and Development (WRURK), Prof. Ir. Muhamad Abduh, M.T., Ph.D., began this event by giving a speech.

In his speech, Prof. Abduh said that the theme raised this time was in line with ITB's dream of realizing a happy workplace.

"When we work in a happy place, the results will be optimal. At the same time, this is also related to ITB's ideals to further develop and answer the nation's challenges," he said.

He also touched on outgrowing, where ITB will continue to improve and develop into a better educational institution. One of the keys is to support Indonesia to make more progress in the field of science.

"This certainly requires strong human resources (HR) from all of us. Starting from lecturers, students, to staff. Indonesia is waiting for all of our contributions," he said.

Prof. Abduh also reminded the academic community about the importance of six values in the behavior and mandatory competencies that lecturers and staff need to have, namely BAKKTI ITB.

BAKKTI itself is an acronym for six mandatory competencies: (1) Continuous learning; (2) Adaptive; (3) Collaborative; (4) High Performance; (5) Tolerance; and (6) Integrity.

Then continued with the Dean of the Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering (FCEE) ITB, Prof. Ir. Edwan Kardena, Ph.D., guided the tausiyah session which will be delivered by the Chairman of the Nahdlatul Ulama Executive Board, K.H. Ulil Abshar Abdalla.

K.H. Ulil Abshar on this occasion emphasized the importance of building a healthy and cohesive society. This is also in line with the Qur'an Surah Al Hujurat verses 10-12 which was read at the opening of this event. According to him, this verse contains important teachings regarding the foundations of a healthy society.

"One of the goals of the Prophet Muhammad PBUH in building Medina was to overcome prejudice that could divide society. He brought together two large groups in Medina, namely the Ansar (natives) and the Muhajirin (immigrants)," he said.

He also discussed how suspicion of others has now become a new lifestyle in the digital era. Therefore, he reminded us to continue to have good prejudice (huznudzon) in society.

"Currently, bad prejudice (suudzon) has become a philosophy of life. Therefore, it is important to restore a healthy philosophy of life to build a society that is cohesive, solid and has strong brotherhood, including in the world of work," he said.

Reporter: M.Naufal Hafiz
Translator: Ayesha Lativa Mafaza (Postharvest Technology, 2021)
Editor: Hanifa Juliana (Urban and Regional Planning, 2020)