Lampung, 2 November 2026 – The Food Technology Study Program, Institut Teknologi Sumatera (ITERA), has received the Invention Award as the Third Most Innovative Study Program of 2026 at the ITERA Quality Award and Invention Award 2026 ceremony held on Monday (2/11/2026).
The award recognizes the study program’s contributions and achievements in promoting innovation and inventions in food technology. It was received by the Head of the Food Technology Study Program, Lasuardi Permana, S.T.P., M.Sc., Ph.D., who attended on behalf of the study program.
This achievement reflects the program’s commitment to building a culture of innovation in the academic environment, particularly through research and innovative works with the potential to be applied for the benefit of society.
Over the past three years, the Food Technology Study Program has produced 25 granted patents and simple patents. This shows the consistency of the academic community in generating inventions that make use of local resources and in developing innovative food solutions.
The Third Most Innovative Study Program 2026 award is expected to motivate the entire academic community of the program to keep raising research productivity, strengthen the innovation ecosystem, and push the commercialization of research results so they have a wider impact.
Through this achievement, the Food Technology Study Program of ITERA remains committed to delivering food innovations that are excellent, sustainable, and beneficial to society.
