ITS Rector Prof. Ir Mochamad Ashari MEng with the certificate and award as Best University Leaders from the 2023 Obsession Awards

Jakarta, ITS News – The Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember (ITS) Rector Prof. Dr. Ir Mochamad Ashari MEng IPU AEng, again received the Best University Leaders award at the 2023 Obsession Awards event, which was held at Hotel Indonesia Kempinski Jakarta, Wednesday (8/3). The ITS rector is one of four university chancellors who received the award.

On this occasion, Imam said, Ashari received the award again because he was considered to have succeeded in bringing significant development to ITS. “He succeeded in bringing interesting innovations and actively supporting government programs,” said Imam.

The Dean of FDKBD ITS Imam Baihaqi ST MSc PhD (second from right) representing the Chancellor of ITS received the Best University Leaders award at the 2023 Obsession Awards.

Apart from innovation and support for government programs, Ashari also planted a strong foundation for ITS with IDE 4.0, a breakthrough for ITS. “With the breakthrough given, the Rector of ITS deserves to receive the Best University Leaders award,” he said.

The Obsession Awards 2023 is an award organized by the Obsession Media Group (OMG) to appreciate the nation’s best figures who have inspired national development in all fields throughout 2022. Among the award categories is the Best University Leaders, which recognizes the most outstanding university leaders.

Apart from Ashari, three other higher education rectors received the same award. The three are the Rector of the Bogor Agricultural Institute (IPB) Prof Dr Arif Satria SP MSi, the Rector of the Indonesian Computer University (Unikom) Dr Ir Eddy Soeryanto Soegoto MT, and the Rector of the Open University (UT) Prof Ojat Darojat MBus PhD.

(from left) Rector of IPB Prof Dr Arif Satria SP MSi, Rector of Unikom Dr Ir Eddy Soeryanto Soegoto MT, Chief Editor of Men’s Obsession Sahrudi Rais, Dean of FDKBD ITS Imam Baihaqi ST MSc PhD, and Rector of UT Prof Ojat Darojat MBus PhD after the award ceremony at Obsession Awards 2023

Still from the same event, the Obsession Awards also give awards to other national figures. Among them are the Lifetime Achievements received by the President of the Republic of Indonesia (RI) Ir H Joko Widodo and the Best Ministers received by the Indonesian Minister of Public Works and Public Housing (PUPR) Ir H Mochamad Basuki Hadimoeljono MSc PhD. (ITS Public Relation)

Reporter: Ahmad Farhan Alghifari