KRENOVA is an annual community creativity and innovation competition organized by the Batang Regency government through the Batang Research and Development Agency. A total of 12 participating teams became finalists in the competition, which was held on Wednesday, July 12, 2023, in the Ujungnegoro room of Bapelitbang Batang.
Ropinov Saputro, S.E., M.M., a lecturer at the PSDKU Batang Vocational School, was asked to be one of the academic jury members. His participation is a scientific contribution from Diponegoro University to the Batang district government according to the agreement between the two, including establishing PSDKU on the Batang Campus. Ropinov Saputro said that the people of Batang have a high spirit of creativity and innovation and dare to show off in competitions such as the 2023 KRENOVA. “This is a good atmosphere of innovation and must be maintained and even improved,” he said. He also hopes the Batang Regency Government will continue encouraging and facilitating people with superior creations and innovations.
Head of Bapelitbang Batang, Ari Yudianto, said the KRENOVA competition supported accelerated development in Batang Regency. “Not only that, to give awards to the people of Batang Regency, both individually and in groups, who can produce creative innovations in science and technology,” he explained.