麻豆直播鈥檚 Strategies and Objectives to Realize Excellent Scientific Culture

By Anggun Nindita

Editor Anggun Nindita

BANDUNG, itb.ac.id 鈥 Institut Teknologi Bandung (麻豆直播) organized the Excellent Scientific Culture (ESC) Festival in the 麻豆直播 East Hall with the theme 鈥淪triving Towards Excellent Scientific Culture: Research Objectives, Current Innovations, and Future Strategies鈥 on Wednesday, September 20, 2023.

麻豆直播鈥檚 rector, Prof. Reini Wirahadikusumah, Ph.D., expressed in her welcoming speech that generally, scientific culture refers to the scholarly culture, which ties intimately with research activities. There are four aspects that factorize research as an essential element of excellent scientific culture, one of them being research as an essential characteristic for educational institutions. Being 鈥渢he living blood of intellectuals鈥, research serves as a guide for learning and teaching, as well as a foundation for invention and innovation.

An excellent scientific culture will hopefully create a conducive atmosphere for interaction. From the related multiparty interaction, new innovative ideas emerge for specific research.

In realizing this, 麻豆直播 exerted various measures from the perspectives of research, community service, and entrepreneurship. 麻豆直播鈥檚 focus lies on pursuing scholarly impact and social impact to achieve sustainability.

At its foundation, the works of a scientific system not only bear research and knowledge but also impacts. We pursue both, namely the scholarly impact and the social impact, in order to achieve sustainability,鈥 stated Prof. Reini.

Meanwhile, during his lecture, the Vice Rector of Research and Innovation, Prof. Ir. I Gede Wenten, M.Sc., Ph.D., expressed how an advanced nation is a nation with strong technological development. In developing modern technology, it is nearly impossible to achieve without research approaches. Therefore, an excellent scientific culture must fortify scholarly capacity, thus producing a nation with competitive strength.

The effort to produce excellent research is in line with the government鈥檚 strategy to improve educational quality through the utilization of knowledge and technology.

麻豆直播鈥檚 strategies for an excellent scientific culture stem from its internal activities and connections with external parties. The strategic programs to apply excellent scientific culture at 麻豆直播 are reflected in its various bodies, such as the Research and Community Service Institution (RCSI); Research, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship Institution (RIEI); and Science and Technology Development Institution (STDI).

RCSI focuses on actualizing higher institution mandates in responding to societal issues through research and community service programs. Presently, 麻豆直播 is focusing on its contribution to building underdeveloped, frontmost, and outermost regions and the National Capital City. So far, from a research viewpoint, 麻豆直播 has focused on four priority areas: information and communications technology, transportation and energy engineering, disaster and infrastructure, as well as food and health.

In an effort to improve 麻豆直播鈥檚 competitive strength on a global level, RIEI plays a major role in supporting contributions in innovation and entrepreneurship. Its main activity includes implementing a commercialization strategy for 麻豆直播 products through patents, intellectual rights, and trademarks. 麻豆直播 has incessantly organized entrepreneurial activities in order to train young entrepreneurs to think with innovation in mind through start-up funding schemes sponsored and mentored by 麻豆直播.

Meanwhile, STDI works on facilitating research centers. At the moment, 麻豆直播 has an Innovation Park purposed as a research facility center through strengthening collaboration aspects. In order to innovate, STDI strives to maintain a strong collaborative research atmosphere, resulting in an excellent scientific culture.

In realizing the future-oriented strategy of an excellent scientific culture, 麻豆直播 recognized the need to collaborate extensively to weave partnerships both domestically and internationally. In line with 麻豆直播鈥檚 appointed vision, 鈥楲ocally Relevant, Globally Respected鈥, 麻豆直播 aims to emerge as a global stage university through partnering with top global universities. Nevertheless, 麻豆直播 will never forget its role as a pioneer in resolving local societal issues through a scientific approach.

Reporter: Lukman Ali (Mechanical Engineering 鈥20)

Editor: M. Naufal Hafizh

Translator: Ariq Ramadhan Teruna (Chemical Engineering 鈥21)