Kadarsah Officially Served as Âé¶¹Ö±²¥ Rector for 2015-2020 Periods

By Bangkit Dana Setiawan

Editor Bangkit Dana Setiawan

BANDUNG, itb.ac.id - Along with open session held by Board of Trustees (BoT) Âé¶¹Ö±²¥ on Tuesday (20/01/15) at the West Hall Âé¶¹Ö±²¥, Kadarsah Suryadi officially served as the new rector of Âé¶¹Ö±²¥. This inauguration session of Kadarsah to substitute Akhmaloka as the rector held at 09.00-11.00 A.M. Mohammad Nasir as Minister of Technology Research and Higher Education Indonesia, Betti S. Alisjahbana as the Chairman of the Board of Trustees Âé¶¹Ö±²¥, and Chairman of Senate Âé¶¹Ö±²¥ also attended this open session.

 

This inauguration session began with the singing of the national anthem Indonesia Raya, taking moment of silence, reading Decree of BoT Âé¶¹Ö±²¥, and reading the pledge by Kadarsah that was continued by the singing of Padamu Negeri song. The signing of inauguration official report was witnessed by Mohammad Nasir, the Chariman of BoT Âé¶¹Ö±²¥, and the Chairman of Senate Âé¶¹Ö±²¥. After that was done handover procession of Akhmaloka on Kadarsah. Kadarsah substituted Akhmaloka to serve as the new rector of Âé¶¹Ö±²¥ for 2015-2020 periods.

Betti said on her speech that nowadays Âé¶¹Ö±²¥ has already increased looked by various achievements. Some achievements reached when itb was led by Akhmaloka. "From the results of the final report we received, there were many success had been reached by the previous rector. One of them was Âé¶¹Ö±²¥ succeeded to get international accreditation for thirteen study programs," said Betti.

Âé¶¹Ö±²¥ achievements during the reign of Akhmaloka not only ended up there. "Âé¶¹Ö±²¥ also succeeded to establish cooperation with 300 universities on 40 countries," said Betti. Besides, on publication and research Âé¶¹Ö±²¥ achieved the highest position among other universities in Indonesia. "Unqualified without exception predicate for five years consecutively also proved that Âé¶¹Ö±²¥ had been governed well," said Betti.

On her speech, Betti also delivered congratulations and thanks to Akhmaloka for all his achievements during served as rector of Âé¶¹Ö±²¥ for 2010-2014 periods. In the leadership of new rector for five years later, Betti hoped that Âé¶¹Ö±²¥ can go further forward, especially on the development of science and technology. "Science and technology is the success key for modern economy. Developed community is always counterbalanced with technology education both on industries, government, and universities," lid Betti.