UNAIR NEWS – One of the great success of students is when they are able to make achievements. Not only in the academic field, but also non-academic, especially if the achievement is of international level.
Adi Wisnu Nugraha, a student of Faculty of Economics and Business Universitas Airlangga, won the ASEAN + 3 Unet logo competition. The official logo of Asean + 3 Unet will be used internationally since awarding session on Thursday, July 26.
The award session to Wisnu, was held on Thursday, July 26, at Rizqun Hotel Ballroom, Brunei Darussalam. The AUN + 3 Rector’s Meeting was attended by rectors and representatives of all AUN members in ASEAN, plus 3 other (+3) countries, Japan, Korea and China.
The ceremony was also attended by the Ambassador of Republic of Indonesia to Brunei Darussalam Dr. Sujatmiko.
“Congratulations to Adi Wisnu Nugroho who has been awarded as the winner of ASEAN + 3 logo competition followed by 93 participants, with 152 entries from 9 ASEAN countries,” explained Sujatmiko.
“Of course it was a tough competition, and Adi could win. This success gained good reputation for Indonesia. Congratulations Adi, and UNAIR Surabaya for bringing the good name of Indonesia in ASEAN + 3Unet arena, ” he added.
Creative Process
Wisnu is a student of the UNAIR Management program Class 2014. He was quite surprised to receive the announcement on Wednesday, January 10, 2018. It has been a while since he submitted his work for the international level competition.
Wisnu got the information competition from the official LINE UNAIR account. With the help of some friends to give input, Wisnu submitted ten logos to be included in the competition.
Wisnu did not get a grandiose inspiration for the design he submitted. Prior to the design of the logo, he did research on trending logos widely used by educational institutions. He combined the colors of the flags of the three countries incorporated in ASEAN + 3 Unet, China, Japan, and Korea.
“At first I just wanted to submit one logo. Apparently from the committee, we may submitted many. I sent ten to increase the chances of winning. I took the colors of each country flag, yellow for China, blue for Korea, and red for Japan, “said Wisnu.
Wisnu admitted, he had never followed a similar event previously. However, he does have design skills that he only uses in the participation of organizational committees or activities on campus.
Appreciation
For his achievement, Wisnu won cash prize worth 800 US Dollars or equivalent to Rp 10,810,810.8 and certificate of recognition from ASEAN + 3 Unet.
For the achievement, UNAIR Rector Prof. Moh Nasih congratulated Wisnu. “We are all proud of this achievement. This achievement proves that UNAIR students are not only educated with matters relating to academic knowledge, but also softskill students, “explained Rector.
“Wisnu is UNAIR student who is incorporated in our start-up unit. The result is excellent, they have competitive creativity (students, ed), at least in ASEAN, “he added.
In addition to awarding session of ASEAN Logo UN NET +3 (AUN + 3), the event was also attended by the winners of the ASEAN inter-youth speech contest, Christella Finisianti, a student from University of Indonesia. Christella received the award as Best Delegate on The 18th AUN and 7th ASEAN + 3 Educational Forum and Young Speakers’ Contest. (*)
Author: Binti Q. Masruroh
