UNAIR NEWS – Universitas Airlangga has inaugurated four new professors on Wednesday, December 28, 2022, at Garuda Mukti Hall Universitas Airlangga MERR (C) Campus. They are Professor Sri Hartini and Professor Dyah Wulan Sari from the Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB), Professor Ferdiansyah from the Faculty of Medicine (FK), and Professor Iwan Sahrial from the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine (FKH).

UNAIR Rector Professor Mohammad Nasih SE Mt Ak stated that the newly-inaugurated professors are exceptional potential.

“I’m very pleased. Alhamdulillah [thank God], we get to inaugurate another four professors. It is such an energy booster for UNAIR to give more contributions in the future,” he said.

Huge potentials

Professor Nasih said Indonesia has exceptional potential. The research conducted by UNAIR academicians may unlock the nation’s potential in multiple fields.

“The new professors have successfully identified the source of potential. Now, we just have to manage the potentials for actual cause and give positive impacts for mankind,” said the Accounting expert.

The actualization results must be guarded until they contribute to the community. “Without that, the innovation and production will end on the table,” he said.

Professor Nasih hoped that the innovations might bring commercially positive impacts to the community. However, he regretted that the community has not entirely believed in the innovations.

“Our main problem is not how we produce, but how the production gets a special place in the community. Many people doubt it. When people are in doubt, no optimal benefit it can give,” he said regretfully.

Merah Putih Vaccine and stem cells are two of them. With the unquestionable quality of Universitas Airlangga as the nation’s leading university, it still took a long time for these breakthroughs to be accepted by the market and benefit the community.

“In the employability field, UNAIR is competitive with the other universities. We’re also doing amazing in the field of academic reputation,” Professor Nasih said.

Maintaining academic and collaborative culture

To boost the community’s belief, UNAIR must maintain academic and collaborative culture.

“Collaboration is our era. We can’t produce anything without collaboration. We have extraordinary potential. We must constantly develop and improve the academic culture,” he said.

Author: Ghulam Phasa Pambayung

Editor: Binti Q. Masruroh