SBM ITB Plans to Develop Mentorship Program -

SBM ITB Plans to Develop Mentorship Program

Oleh Vinskatania Agung A

Editor Vinskatania Agung A

August 17, 2015

BANDUNG, itb.ac.id - The idea of mentoring by top entrepreneurs was brought by the Chairman of the Advisory Board of the School of Business Management (SBM) ITB who is also one of the founders of the school, Prof. Kuntoro. Kuntoro expressed his idea in a meeting of the School Advisory Council of SBM ITB and donors in Jakarta on Wednesday (12/08/15). A mentorship program is a mentoring program delivered by senior business leaders for those 1st level entrepreneurs. "We are thinking about a mentorship program. How to upgrade entrepreneurs with USD 1 - 5 million to become USD 30 - 50 million," said Kuntoro.

The idea was warmly welcomed particularly by top notch businessmen such as Joe Kamdani (Datascrip) and Sudhamek AWS (Garudafood). Sudhamek shared the implementation of mentorship program done by Garudafood titled Garudapreneur. On the other hand, Joe Kamdani put a reminder that to be entrepreneur was a self-decision. "They (entrepreneurs) who will decide how much development that they wish to achieve," told the founder of Datascrip, a one-stop business solutions company. The 2-hour meeting was attended by Dean Prof. Sudarso Kaderi Wiryono and more than 20 members of the council and donors mostly from business practitioners such as Teddy Rachmat (Adaro), AT Suharya (Baramulti), Shanti L. Poesposoetjipto (Samudera Indonesia), Maroef Sjamsoeddin (Freeport), and Purnomo Prawiro (Blue Bird).

Beside discussing about ideas to shape SBM in the near future, the meeting presented the continuous improvement of SBM ITB. Dean of SBM ITB emphasized the Triple Crown International Accreditation in 2020. Meanwhile, Director of SBM ITB Jakarta delivered the latest data of SBM's progress. "We have 2221 students' body in 4 campuses: Ganesha, Gelap Nyawang, Jatinangor, and Jakarta. On the partnership level, we have collaborated with 38 International institutions and more than 10 local partners mostly for in-house program," he explained.