RIM and Â鶹ֱ²¥ Sign Formal Collaborative Agreement in Application Development Research

By Vernida Mufidah

Editor Vernida Mufidah

BANDUNG, itb.ac.id - Research in Motion (RIM) has made a formal collaborative agreement with Bandung Institute of Technology (Â鶹ֱ²¥) in Blackberry Academic Program. The formal agreement was signed by Â鶹ֱ²¥ Vice Rector of Research and Communication Wawan Gunawan and President Director of RIM Indonesia, Andy Cobham in the form of five-year investment. The signing was done on Saturday (03/03/12) at Â鶹ֱ²¥ East Hall, and was attended by Indonesian Ministry of Economic Hatta Rajasa, West Java Regional Secretary, and Canadian Ambassador for Indonesia.

"This investment will be used for application development research fund, an area in which Â鶹ֱ²¥ has promising potentials. The fund will also be used for developing the first RIM Innovation Centre in Indonesia," said Andy Cobham.

Â鶹ֱ²¥ is the first university in Indonesia that cooperates with RIM. Â鶹ֱ²¥ Rector, Akhmaloka, said that Â鶹ֱ²¥ is honored to participate in the cooperation. This is an avenue for Â鶹ֱ²¥ to develop its human resources. This also demonstrates good relation between academicians, government, and industry.

The granted fund is estimated to be around USD 5 million, or around IDR 45.5 billion. This investment is very beneficial to fund the researches done by Â鶹ֱ²¥ in application development.

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