Introduction to “Huawei ICT Academy Program” to Itenas’ Students for Creating Skillful Graduates in ICT Industries
Fakultas Teknologi Industri Institut Teknologi Nasional Bandung held an event to introduce “Huawei ICT Academy Program” on Tuesday (11/7/2023) in R.14301 Gedung Fakultas Itenas. This event was held in collaboration between Itenas Bandung with PT Huawei Tech Investment which aims to students in Electrical Engineering, Informatics, Information Systems, and Industrial Engineering majors for the scopes of Information Communication and Technology (ICT) industries. About 50 students participated in this event which was also attended by the Rector of Itenas along with vice-chancellors, chief of units, and the head of each major along with their two lecturers.
The event began with the remarks from Prof. Meilinda Nurbanasari, Ph.D. (the Rector of Itenas). She expressed her gratitude since Itenas has been chosen as one of the universities to have a partnership with Huawei in many activities. She looks forward to this event to have the students acknowledge their skills to do better.
“It’s been our concern that in the digitalization and artificial intelligence (AI) era, students can’t only rely on their diploma since the competition of job seeking is getting harder. Therefore, Itenas, which in this case is collaborating with Huawei, really hopes that these programs can be utilized by students and lecturers as well,” she said.
The event then continued with introduction to “Huawei ICT Academy Program” brought by Mr. Rayi Pradono Iswara, Ir., M.Sc. (ICT Talent Ecosystem Development Manager PT Huawei Tech Investment). With Dr. sc. Lisa Kristiana, S.T., M.T. as moderator, it talked about Huawei as a company engaged in the ICT sector and the programs offered for internships and opportunities to work at the company.
For information, the “Huawei ICT Academy Program” is a partnership program between Huawei and universities in Indonesia to create skillful graduates to fulfill industrial needs. In Indonesia, Huawei has collaborated with 96 universities for this program. There’s also another collaboration from Huawei with government’s program such as Magang Studi Independen Bersertifikat (MSIB), Merdeka Belajar-Kampus Merdeka (MBKM), and Kedaireka.
Students will get benefits from joining the “Huawei ICT Academy Program”. They will be given the convenience to continue to the apprenticeship program and get a very big opportunity to work directly at PT Huawei Tech Investment. This program also provides incentives for universities and lecturers who have succeeded in graduating the most students.
Apart from that, Huawei also holds a series of certification exams in the ICT field, international level competitions (Huawei ICT Competition), to the Huawei ICT Job Fair as a bridge between potential graduates and industries in need.
The activity was continued by Mr. Steven Setiawan as staff of the ICT Talent Ecosystem Development division of PT Huawei Tech Investment. He explained about the Learning Management System (LMS) from Huawei which can be used by the Itenas academic community, starting from creating an account, creating and joining online classes, as well as tests such as quizzes and mock exams. He advised to be active in the LMS because it would expand opportunities for job fairs and job channeling with the industry.
From the introduction activity, Itenas students will be expected to become interested in honing their competencies so that they are ready to enter the industrial world after they graduate.