UNAIR NEWS聽– After carrying out the mandate as 东京热 Vice Rector for Research and Development (2015-2020), Prof.听Mochammad Amin Alamsjah, Ir., M.Si., Ph.D.听returned to serve the faculty as Dean of Faculty of Fisheries and Marine Sciences UNAIR for 2020-2025.听Previously, in 2009-2015 Prof. Amin was Vice Dean of Faculty of Fisheries and Marine Sciences UNAIR.
His career started when he worked in a pond in Situbondo, then moved to Banyuwangi after graduation.听In 1994, Prof. Amin became 13th lecturer at Faculty of Veterinary Medicine (FKH) UNAIR.听He then continued his Masters at Brawijaya University in the end of 2000 with a JSPS (Japan Society for Promotion Science)聽scholarship聽at Sugashima聽Marine Biological Laboratory.听His research topic was exploration of marine resources, especially sea snakes, taking the protein from their venom to prevent cancer and Alzheimer’s.
Prof. Amin then continued his doctorate at Nagasaki University in the field of marine resource utilization in 2002. Then, he was named Professor on Seaweed by studying the active ingredients of several types of seaweed to prevent聽Red Tide Diseases.
Smart聽Biotechnopreneurship Innovation
Regarding the future development strategy and inspiration for Faculty of Fisheries and Marine Sciences, Prof. Amin initiates the Smart Biotechnopreneurship Innovation program, a six strategy package. The first is reinforcement of a healthy organization.
“This reinforcement is聽of human resources, international standard governance, and infrastructure,” he said.
Second, expanding the Global Networking for Global Partnership.听Third, optimizing knowledge on entrepreneurial abilities.听Entrepreneur聽-based courses are developed聽so that students are able to create聽start-ups聽in the marine fisheries sector, especially for undergraduate and master鈥檚 degrees.
“Aquaculture undergraduate program has been accredited by ASIIN, the achievement must be of international standard.听Then, aim for a聽research聽center聽for funding by actively cooperating with聽overseas聽experts, as well as community service collaboration with international standards, “he said.
Fourth, focus on choosing credible opportunities to achieve targets in accordance with UNAIR competences. Fifth, exploring the potential of the faculty, and sixth, managing systems and teams to achieve main goals.
National Best and International Targets
Prof. Amin aims FPK UNAIR to become The Big Five Faculty of Fisheries and Marine Sciences in Indonesia and the QS World University Rankings by Subject.听According to him, an improvement in聽intellectual聽capital聽is needed聽to make FPK reach Top 5 Faculty of Fisheries and Marine Sciences 聽in Indonesia and聽QS World University Rankings by Subject, accredited A by BAN-PT and acknowledged by international academic associations.
The fast-paced digitalization requires a collaborative program between industries in the multinational arena called the聽Industry-Academia Collaboration Program (IACP).听Later, it will become the聽backbone for聽enriching the student learning process.
“Later we will聽link聽&聽match聽a strong relationship with multinational companies in the marine fisheries sector,” explained Prof.听Amin.
“It includes optimizing the achievements of聽Marine Station聽as the聽teaching industry聽and聽start up business incubator.听And, continuing the internship program that all FPK UNAIR students usually do, “he added.
Fishery Business Program
Prof.听Amin sees fishery-based micro, small and medium-sized enterprises and exporters in Indonesia need to be improved through the聽Fisheries Business School聽(FBS).听Providing insight on Digital Marketing,聽entrepreneur finance, consumer behavior understanding, and intellectual property law are very necessary in preparing graduates.听Prof. Amin also pursues the establishment of a new program in聽Fisheries Business聽with an MBA qualification (equivalent to a Masters in Management).
“It鈥檚 possible to be realized in the 5th or 10th year,” he said.
“It’s still being studied first, looking at the Fishery Business system in America, Moscow, India and Norway.听Hopefully graduates can be involved in the fisheries business, both with a significant contribution in the government and private sector, then we can declare the FBS, ” he hoped.听(*)
Author: R. Dimar Herfano Akbar
Editor: Feri Fenoria
