Photo Caption: Telkom Human Capital Management Director Afriwandi (left) awarded the team winning Best of The Best Innovillage 2021 with a trophy and funding for their education and project development during a hybrid ceremony at the Telkom Corporate University, Monday (20/12).

Telkom hopes that this activity can be a means to foster innovation to support national economic growth and accelerate digital sovereignty in Indonesia.

Jakarta, 22 December 2021 – The digital technology competition for young sociopreneurship, Innovillage 2021 has reached its final phase. The phases ended with the Anugerah Innovillage 2021: Young Heroes in Act #DigitalBikinKerenDesaku awarding day, which was held in a hybrid manner at Telkom Corporate University Bandung and nationwide audience throughout Indonesia on Monday (20/12). Telkom Human Capital Management Director Afriwandi, academics from various universities and TelkomGroup management were in attendance at the awarding event.

Telkom Human Capital Management Director presented the Best Of The Best award to a Telkom University team, which developed the My I-Pond innovation - IoT-Based Water Quality Monitoring in Ponggok River as Harvest Failure Mitigation for Tilapia Farmers in Nganjat Village, Polanharjo, Klaten , Central Java. The jury awarded the team after assessing that their innovation has the highest benefit or impact to society and the greatest potential for sustainability and future development.

“The Innovillage 2021 competition shows that there are so many innovations that could have social and economic impacts by optimizing digital technology. Congratulations to the winners. Hopefully this recognition can be a means to foster innovation to support national economic growth and accelerate Indonesia's digital sovereignty," Afriwandi said in Jakarta (22/12).

Innovillage is a program that Telkom initiated to bridge innovation and the education sector, in this case students, with rural communities' needs for digitalization to improve their welfare. The program, now in its second year, received 479 proposals from 67 universities in Indonesia on social projects to produce innovations that would help rural communities to solve various social problems, and has a total funding of Rp. 1.8 billion from Telkom. Experts such as Teddy Poernama as TJSL Coordinator of the State-Owned Enterprise (SOE) Ministry, Deputy Chairman of ITDRI Arif Rudiana, Telkom University Vice Chancellor Dr. Dadan Rahadian, ICCN Vice President Prof.Dr. Elly Munadziroh, Telkom Community Development Center SGM Hery Susanto, and Telkom HCBP Deputy SGM Ganjar Daniswara were among the panel of judges who assessed and selected the proposals. 

Social activist and CEO of Benihbaik.com Andy F. Noya said during the sharing session that "this Innovillage competition not only brings a social impact to the community, but also has an impact on students and the younger generation themselves so that they are trained to become future digital leaders who are perceptive to their surroundings, and ready to continue to build a better Indonesia”.

The students had six weeks to execute their social projects by going to the field and the community to apply the proposed innovations. Based on the evaluation and monitoring of the social projects executions in the field, the judges selected 15 semifinalists to advance to the final round or the business presentation phase.

Some of the  approaches taken in the presentation consisted of solutions proposed to address community concerns or pain points, projects that have been implemented and the tangible benefits for the community, the level of qualitative and quantitative usefulness, the novelty of the proposed innovations, and collaboration with the community and local government.

The Innovillage 2021 winners are:

• Community Engagement Category: SIMPENAN LAURA or “Agricultural Information System of North Ulin Basin” as ICT Optimization for Agricultural Potential of Laura Village, South Kalimantan - Telkom Purwokerto Institute of Technology (ITTP)
• Best Appropriate Technology Solution Category: Seaweed Drying Machine Design (Part of Smart Aquaculture Monitoring and Control System) for Seaweed Cultivation in Seaweed Village of Tanjungsari Hamlet, Sidoarjo Regency, East Java Province - Telkom Surabaya Institute of Technology (ITTS)
• Best Digital Social Solution Category: My I-pond - IoT-Based Monitoring of Water Quality in the Ponggok River; as Harvest Failure Mitigation for Tilapia Farmers in Nganjat Village, Polanharjo, Klaten, Central Java - Telkom University
• Best Digital Earth Category : TIM NYAMPIH (Choosing Trash) - Bandung Institute of Technology - West Java
• Best Digital Economic Solution Category: Dcreativ - In-City MSME Product Sales & Delivery Platform; Semuli Jaya Village Case Study – North Lampung - Telkom University
• The Most Collaborative Innovative Local Heroes Category: Mr. PANDU SUJATMOKO, Head of Nganjat Village, Polanharjo Sub-Regency, Klaten Regency, Central Java

All winners were awarded with funding for education and social development projects, as a form of appreciation and support for the projects' sustainability so that the projects continue to have a social impact on the community.

The Innovillage 2021 awards is a manifestation of Telkom's commitment to transforming into the preferred digital telco that advances society. The innovations produced from the event are applicable and geared towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGS), thus resulting in many impacts to society, the economy, and the environment.

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