BANDUNG, UNIKOM — On Tuesday, February 10, 2026, Universitas Komputer Indonesia (UNIKOM) welcomed a visit from the management team of Pikiran Rakyat. The team was led by Pikiran Rakyat’s General Manager, Gatot Riyadi, S.T., M.M. They welcomed directly by the Rector of UNIKOM, Prof. 3 Prof. HC. Dr. Ir. Eddy Soeryanto Soegoto, M.T., accompanied by the Director of Public Relations and Protocol of UNIKOM, Dr. Ir. Yuni Mogot, M.Si., CPR., and the Head of the Public Relations and Public Information Communication Division, Arif Try Cahyadi, M.Ds.
Held in the Rector’s Room on the 15th floor of the UNIKOM Smart Building, the meeting served as a momentum to strengthen the synergy between technology-based higher education institutions and the national media industry. Several strategic points were discussed, including strengthening UNIKOM as a strategic partner of Pikiran Rakyat, developing a robotics-based campus, UNIKOM’s achievements as a pioneer of champion campuses, and its latest achievements in the field of digital ICT, which surpassed participants from Korea and Japan.
On this occasion, Prof. Eddy said that UNIKOM is developing an artificial intelligence (AI)-based curriculum as part of its academic transformation to address future industry challenges. He was also appreciated for his new mandate as Chairman of APTISI West Java for the 2025-2030 period, which is expected to strengthen collaboration and competitiveness among private universities in West Java.
In an interview, Dr. Ir. Yuni Mogot, M.Si., CPR., emphasized that institutional relations with the media play an important role and need to be continuously maintained. “Partnerships with the media are not limited to publications but also include strategies for building institutional reputation and expanding the reach of information to the public,” she said.
Furthermore, Dr. Yuni also hopes that future cooperation can be expanded in various fields. One of them is the upcoming anniversary event of Pikiran Rakyat on April 24, 2026, which is planned to feature Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono as a speaker, with the opportunity for collaboration in organizing a public lecture at UNIKOM. In addition, the scientific writing training collaboration for lecturers that was previously implemented is considered important to be revived, to encourage academic research results to be more easily understood and accessed by the wider community through the mass media.
Meanwhile, Gatot Riyadi, S.T., M.M., said that the visit began with a gathering to strengthen the long-standing partnership between Pikiran Rakyat and UNIKOM. He also expressed his appreciation and congratulations on the election of the UNIKOM Rector as Chairman of APTISI West Java. According to him, UNIKOM’s development demonstrates a real contribution to education and active participation in the media ecosystem. During the meeting, the two parties discussed various forms of collaboration that could be implemented in the future. He hoped that the good relationship between Pikiran Rakyat as a media company and UNIKOM as an educational institution could make a positive contribution to the development of West Java.
Regarding the upcoming agenda, Mr. Gatot revealed that there are various educational products, research results, and innovations from UNIKOM that have the potential to be published more widely through the Pikiran Rakyat media network. He highlighted UNIKOM’s excellence in the field of robotics as one of its distinctive strengths that should be introduced to the public. Through this collaboration, it is hoped that the quality and benefits of UNIKOM’s products and research results will become more widely known and accepted and have a broader impact on the public.
The visit from Pikiran Rakyat to UNIKOM reaffirms the shared commitment to building a productive, collaborative, and sustainable partnership between education and media. This synergy is expected to strengthen knowledge dissemination, improve public literacy, and accelerate the digital transformation of higher education in Indonesia, particularly in West Java. (Directorate of Hms & Pro)
Translated by: Riska/DMUnikom