ITB Signed Cooperation MoU with IT Telkom

By Ria Ayu Pramudita

Editor Ria Ayu Pramudita

BANDUNG, itb.ac.id -- ITB Rector, Prof. Akhmaloka, Ph.D signed a cooperation Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Indonesian higher education institution, IT Telkom (Telkom Institute of Technology) on Tuesday (26/02/13) in Conference Room A, Annex Building, ITB. With this MoU, ITB officially built a cooperation in institution development with IT Telkom. There were present Prof. Hasanuddin Z. Abidin as Vice Rector of Communication, Partnership, and Alumni Affairs, Edwan Kardena as ITB Partnership Director, Prof. Sudarso Kaderi Wiryono as Dean of School of Business and Management (SBM) ITB, Prof. Suwarno as Dean of School Electrical Engineering and Informatics (STEI) ITB, and Prof. Bermawi P. Iskandar as Vice Dean in Academic Affairs of Faculty of Industrial Technology (FTI) ITB.

The cooperation between ITB and IT Telkom has been going since the establishment of IT Telkom 22 years ago. Since then, IT Telkom has inaugurated 15,000 alumni and 12 study program focusing in information and communication technonologies. Availabe study programs are eight undergraduate study programs, two postgraduate study programs, and two diploma programs. The MoU recently signed was aimed to make the cooperation official and broader in the application of Tri Dharma Perguruan Tinggi, academic and study program development, joint research, also academic and student collaboration.

In the signing event of the MoU, IT Telkom was represented by Ahmad T. Hanuranto as Rector of IT Telkom. "With this cooperation, it is hoped that ITB is able to officially assist IT Telkom in various fields, because science- and technology-based university development must run at full speed," said Ahmad.