13 February 2025
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DITMAWALUMNI USU - Ditmawalumni USU has just received the arrival of PT Pertamina and Pertamuda in the framework of the Pertamuda Top 3 Visitation activities held by PT Pertamina (Persero). Universitas Sumatera Utara is the 5th place and the 4th city visited. The Pertamuda Top 3 Visitation activity was held in the USU Rectorate Video Conference Room on Thursday (13/02/2025).
Pertamuda: Seed & Scale is a competition that aims to capture business startup ideas from students, with a focus on sectors that contribute to the economic, social, and environmental pillars in accordance with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Director of Ditmawalumni USU, Rahma Yurliani, M.Psi, Psychologist, as the representative of the Rector and Vice Rector I of Universitas Sumatera Utara, warmly welcomed PT Pertamina. “We from USU would like to thank the Pertamina team and the Pertamuda team for providing opportunities for students to take part in this competition so that the bright students from Universitas Sumatera Utara can contribute,” said Rahma Yurliani, M.Psi., Psychologist.
The SC Battery team is the only team from Universitas Sumatera Utara that became the Top 3 of the Energy Founder category in the Pertamuda 2024 event. Mr. Rifky Rakhman Yusuf as VP Stakeholder Relations and Management of PT Pertamina said that this Pertamuda activity aims to increase the spirit of entrepreneurship among young people and make the campus as one of the main targets.
“We aim for this Energy Founder category to be an event to look for talents and also for our fellow friends from Research Technology Innovation. This activity also aims to find new innovations, especially in the field of alternative energy,” said Rifky Rakhman Yusuf.
The mechanism in the Pertamuda Top 3 Visitation activity focuses on following up the team's progress, starting from the initial idea stage to the current progress, the obstacles experienced, and the use of the budget for the financial report in the second stage. Ms. Grace Jeani as the Program Director of this activity also said that they hoped that the SC Battery team could eventually explain and elaborate about the progress and obstacles as a whole so that they could be bridged by the campus, PT Pertamina team, and mentors.
“Pertamuda activities will be reopened in August 2025 with the hope that students can provide extraordinary ideas. However, these ideas must be applicable, because it would be a shame if they have a good idea but cannot be applied or are unable to find a suitable market,” said Rifky Rakhman Yusuf.
Pertamuda activities are expected to continue as a competition at the national level that can improve the quality of soft skills and hard skills for students. In addition, PT Pertamina also seeks to establish optimal cooperation with campuses in Indonesia so that the Pertamuda program can run well.
