Institut Teknologi Bandung

Consisting of Agventy Nuranis Edytya (Environmental Engineering), Fadhillah Hasna (Ocean Engineering), and Clara Alrosa Fernanda Sinaga (Information Systems and Technology), the team managed to become runner-ups for the expeditious category. They also received a prize of 30 million Rupiah for the next incubation step.

Held with the theme "Empowering Young Sociopreneurs for National Development" alongside the tagline #DigitalUntukSemua, the Innovillage 2023 competition has been running since October 2023 up to March 2024.

This event manifests community services through student innovation as well as the implementation of the Merdeka Campus program. It is hoped that this program can give an applicable digital innovation oriented towards achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by having an impact on social benefits and measurable economic improvement of the community.

Team Gebrak Indonesia, mentored by Dr. Rofiq Iqbal from the Environmental Engineering Study Program, proposed "Drinking Water Supply System with Ultrafiltration Membrane Technology to Optimize Water Use in Sukamulya, Cupunagara Village” as their main agenda for the competition.

This program also acts as an implementation of Drinking Water Treatment Technology which uses innovative products made by the Vice-Rector for Research and Innovation ITB, Prof. Ir. I Gede Wenten, M.Sc., Ph.D.

The competing team itself is one of the 795 teams representing 146 different universities in Indonesia.

With a total number of applicants of 2,385 students and 446 accompanying lecturers, 163 social projects were chosen and are entitled to receive implementation funding with a total of 2.4 billion IDR.

In the final stage of the presentation (online pitching), teams are determined for awards based on predetermined categories.

Reporter: Anggun Nindita
Translator: Kezia Hosana
Editor: Anggi Nurdiani (Management, 2024)