The signing of the ITS MoA with the East Java Provincial Government signed by the ITS Vice Rector I Prof. Dr. Ir Adi Soeprijanto MT (right)

ITS Campus, ITS News –As an institution that continues to support progress, Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember (ITS) again encourages the improvement of every sector in Indonesia. This time, through a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA), ITS collaborated with the East Java Government through the Communication and Information Office (Diskominfo), Regional Development Planning Agency (Bappeda), and Central Statistics Agency (BPS) East Java. Sunday (19/6).

Head of the ITS Statistics Department, Dr. Dra Kartika Fithriasari MSi, said the collaboration was carried out to increase the development of the East Java One Data (SATA) program. She also added that the form of cooperation would be in the form of special assistance to Regional Apparatus Organizations (OPD) spread throughout East Java. “The assistance can include data identification, metadata, and other assistance,” She explained.

The signing of ITS’s commitment with Bappeda, Diskominfo, and BPS East Java in supporting the East Java SATA, which was signed by ITS Rector Prof Dr. Ir Mochamad Ashari MEng IPU AEng

Furthermore, Kartika said that the ITS Statistics Department used this collaboration to do practical work (KP) or internships in supporting Merdeka Belajar Kampus Merdeka (MBKM) program. “We involve students, of course, to build new relationships with East Java institutions,” she said.

ITS, together with East Java Government, has initiated the Talent Scout Academy (TSA) program through this collaboration. The program was formed as a forum for training and guidance for data processors from several regional apparatuses in East Java. “We will invite lecturers and also students of the ITS Statistics Department to become trainers and mentors for the TSA,” she said.

Dr. Dra Kartika Fithriasari MSi (four from left) with East Java Governor Hj Khofifah Indar Parawansa (five from left) and ITS Rector Prof. Dr. Ir Mochamad Ashari MEng IPU AEng (three from right)

Finally, Kartika hopes that ITS will continue to grow and support the East Java SATA program with this collaboration. Not only that, but he also hopes that the East Java SATA will successfully integrate every existing data in the region into one. “We from ITS will be ready to support the East Java SATA program with enthusiasm and determination,” he concluded optimistically. (ITS Public Relation)

Reporter: Bima Surya Samudra