Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM) hosted a seminar on the Enhancement of KAGAMA’s Role in Research Commercialization and Community Service on Thursday (Mar. 21) at the UGM Central Building.
This event was held to strengthen the collaboration between KAGAMA and UGM, which has been ongoing and has produced various positive impacts for communities in multiple regions.
“KAGAMA has contributed significantly to promoting cooperation and the development of the tri-dharma,” said Dr. Arie Sujito, UGM Vice-Rector for Student Affairs, Community Service, and Alumni.
“With all the roles that universities play, collaborative work is crucial because intellectualism holds no meaning if it’s only for academic purposes. We must empower communities and provide enlightenment.”
Dr. Sujito expressed that UGM’s leadership at the university and faculty levels encourages lecturers and researchers to produce innovations and research results relevant to community needs.
He urged UGM alumni active in various fields to help formulate a strategic framework so that innovations born on campus can be utilized and the public can directly enjoy the results.
“We are fortunate to have KAGAMA, which always aligns with UGM. We hope that many research results are not just accumulated as credit points and useless documents but become connectors and ammunition for decision-making,” he added.
During this seminar, the Dean of the UGM Vocational College, Professor Agus Maryono, and the Chair of the KAGAMA in East Kalimantan, Lalu Fauzulidi, shared best practices of collaboration between lecturers and KAGAMA to implement research products.
One such practice is implementing rainwater harvesting technology in various regions in Indonesia.
Dean Maryono mentioned that cooperation between faculties and schools within UGM with ministries, local governments, and industries is continuously improving thanks to the role of alumni.
According to him, the best collaboration practices between lecturers and UGM alumni strongly support lecturers’ acceleration of Intellectual Property or patent commercialization.
Issues in regions can be resolved more quickly and accurately by UGM and its alumni, and on the other hand, lecturers’ research motivation also increases.
“Knowledge will grow when there is a continuous system chain. The more it is used, the more enthusiastic lecturers are about creating something. When it is used, there will be feedback, leading to continuous improvement, so researchers are challenged to keep advancing,” said Dean Maryono.
Author: Gloria
Photographer: Donnie