Fahma Waluya Rosmansyah become a unique figure in Indonesia ICT Award 2010 in Jakarta last week. He became a champion for the category of student projects for elementary schools. This is thanks to the mobile phone application that is named mobile phone homemade my mother for my sister.
From Adobe's Flash Lite applications, this elementary school students develop games as well as learning tools. Fahma make application letters, numbers and colors. He is also developing EnglishForKids and Muslim Prayer on mobile phones.
Fahma one of the winners of the contest which lasted from four years ago. This time the committee considered 626 works submitted student participants a background of primary school to professional. There are 21 categories that are contested, including robotics, e-government, e-health, e-business, and animation.
This time, the committee added several categories, such as interactive media, gaming, digital music, and applications for mobile phones. Phone applications into one of the many to follow. "This is because the operators also need content or mobile applications. They lack content," said committee vice-coordinator I, Hari S. Sungkari.
The first place prize of Rp 30 million and awards. In addition, the committee will provide additional training to participants who registered entrepreneurship during the six months.
Coordinating Minister for Economic Hatta Rajasa, who closed the race, hoping the information and communications technology industry (ICT) can grow rapidly. Confidence Pak Minister Hatta driven by the richness and diversity of Indonesia to make the material or content that is unique.
Hatta should not stop at the discourse. Understandably, during President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and his aides often give a statement about the importance of communication and information technology and creative industries. However, in front of the eyes, Indonesia continues to be flooded gadgets and hardware technologies. For software, there is no product in the country can be proud.
Whereas some countries in Asia were in the fast lane. Say for example South Korea, Taiwan, India and China.
Even Bangalore in India has outperformed the Silicon Valley, United States, in terms of the number of ICT professionals. India's silicon valley has 120 thousand 150 thousand rather than ICT professionals in California.
Bangalore city became a favorite location of multinational companies that subcontract the work. Including General Electric, which invested U.S. $ 80 million to build research and development centers in Bangalore and employs 1600 local employees.
Fahma Waluya and ICT Award winners have demonstrated the quality of Indonesian human. Government's duty to synergize the business world and academia so that technology and communications products made in Indonesia over foreign and domestic markets. To borrow the language Fahma, the technology for my race.
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