13 State-Owned Enterprises (BUMN) Directors Will Give Public Lectures at Unpad

[unpad.ac.id, 2/15/2019] Padjadjaran University, through Unpad-BEC (BUMN Excellence Center) will hold a series of public lecture by a number of Directors in Indonesia from February 20 to March 6.

For two weeks, 13 Directors of BUMN will give lectures to Unpad academics. The various achievements and strategies carried out by them in managing the company will be delivered in the lecture.

Vice Chancellor for Research, Community Engagement, Cooperation, and Academic Corporation Dr. Keri Lestari, M.Sc. said, this event will be held to inspire students about the “art of leadership”.

“How their experience resulting in good achievements nowadays,” said Dr. Keri, Friday (2/15).

This lecture is also an effort to bring students closer to the real conditions around BUMN. Presenting the BUMN Director from various work sectors is expected to be able to open up students’ insight into how business processes are carried out in each sector.

“Please join this event and get valuable experience. This is one of the tools to reap valuable lessons on how these CEOs solve the problem as well as possible,” said Dr. Keri.

Chairman of the Unpad-BCE excellence center Prof. Dr. Ernie Trsinawati Sule, M.Sc., said, from an academic perspective, the general lecture series aims to convey various data and facts about the management of BUMN. She considered, currently there are many developing issues that highlight the performance of BUMN.

The professor of the Faculty of Economics and Business Unpad said that currently there are various issues highlighting the performance of BUMN with unclear sources or data. This has an impact on the image of the BUMN and the Ministries. By being directly conveyed by the highest leadership, students will know how the performance of each BUMN.

“So we have optimism for BUMN,” said Prof. Ernie.

The presence of a number of BUMN leaders is also expected to strengthen the synergy with Unpad. There is effective collaboration between the world of work and higher education, such as providing internship opportunities, scholarship programs, and providing lecture facilities.

Furthermore, Prof. Ernie explained, these public lecture series of the BUMN Directors is the opening of the “BUMN Festival”. After this public lecture, Unpad-BEC will hold “BUMN Digipreneur” activities with the aim of developing micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) sectors.

“BUMN plays a role in helping MSMEs and helping global marketing,” said Prof. Ernie.

The Directors of BUMN who will present the public lecture are Director of PT. Kereta Api Indonesia (Persero) Edi Sukmoro, Director of Bank Rakyat Indonsia (BRI) Suprajarto, Director of PT. Inti Darman Mappangara, Director of PT. Dirgantara Indonesia (Persero) Elfien Goentoro, Director of PT. Pos Indonesia (Persero) Gilarsi Wahju Setiono, and Director of PT. Pegadaian (Persero) Kuswiyoto.

Furthermore, the Director of PT. Pertani (Persero) Febriyanto, Director of Perum Perhutani Denaldy M. Mauna, Director of PT. Angkasa Pura II (Persero) Muhammad Awaluddin, Director of Bank Negara Indonesia (BNI) Achmad Baiquni, Director of PT. Perkebunan Nusantara VIII (Persero) Wahyu, Director of PT. Pindad (Persero) Abraham Mose, and Director of PT. Bio Farma Rahman Roestan. *

 

Reported by Arief Maulana | Translated by dfa

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