Successful Alumni

Siti Nurbaya Bakar Minister of Environment and Forestry Republic of Indonesia

Siti Nurbaya Bakar graduated with a Bachelor's degree from IPB University in 1979 and continued her doctorate at IPB University (collaborating with Siegen University, Germany) and graduated with a doctorate in 1998. Her career began when she graduated from S1 by serving in Bappeda Lampung for 17 years. Completed from Lampung, she continued her career in Jakarta by serving as Head of the Planning Department of the Ministry of Home Affairs from 1998-2001. She was assigned as Secretary General of the Ministry of Home Affairs in 2001-2005 and had served as Secretary General of the DPD RI in 2006-2013. She received the position as Minister of Environment and Forestry in 2014-2019 and again had the opportunity to become Minister of KLHK for the period 2019-2024.

She has received many achievements and awards. Some of these awards include the Exemplary Civil Servants (PNS) in 2004, Extraordinary Work Achievements in 2004, the Satya Lencana Karya XX Award in 2001, the Satya Lencana Karya Satya XXX Award in 2010, the Bintang Satya Lencana Service Workshop Award in 2004 and the Utama Jasa Bintang Award in 2011.

Alumni of the Study Program of Soil and Land Resources, class of 1987.
Owner of Java Frinsa Estate

Wildan Mustofa successfully developed the archipelago coffee processing and processing business, which was named the Java Frinsa Estate. Java Frinsa Estate is located in Bandung, West Java. The location of the Java Frinsa Estate estate is located in Pangalengan, Garut and Mekarwangi, West Bandung. His business began in 2011 by collaborating with Hikmah Farm as its marketing partner. Meanwhile, to increase the amount of coffee production, Java Frinsa Estate cooperates with local farmers to farm coffee.

Coffee varieties planted by Wildan include Sigararutang, Gayo 1, Gayo 2, Kopyol, Musda, Kaptora and modern hybrid varieties. The quality of coffee produced by Java Frinsa Estate is premium quality and high quality so that it can penetrate the export market. His first export was done in 2015 to several countries in Europe, Japan and Australia.

From the production results, Wildan and Java Frinsa Estate have received various awards both nationally and internationally. Some of the awards were 2nd place Cupping Contest-6 by the Association of Indonesian Coffee Exporters and Industries 2014, Runner Up Coffee Auction S.I.A.L. Interfood 2015, ranked 3 in the 2015 West Java Coffee Festival, SCAA Indonesian Potrait Country Selection Runner Up, Atlanta 2016, 3rd place in the 2016 Coffee Festival at Bondowoso and 2018 Australia's Nelsen Gold Medal.

Alumnus of Agronomy and Horticulture Study Program, Batch 48

Sandi is one of the figures that must be looked up to by young generations especially in agriculture. His work in the field of horticultural agriculture led him to become a Millennial Farmer Ambassador at the Millennial Farmers Jamboree held by the Agricultural Human Resources and Development Agency (BPPSDMP) Ministry of Agriculture in 2019. Sandi has developed his business to focus on the middle to upper market. He has been supplying agricultural goods for hotels, restaurants, and caterings.

He markets his business products through Mitra Tani Parahyangan company. The business was started when he was a 5^th semester student. Utilizing e-commerce that was starting to grow back then, he started selling his father’s agricultural goods. He did that to increase the price of potatoes, sweet potatoes, cabbages, tomatoes, and chilli.  Politeness, humility, and friendliness with employees are his characteristics.

Currently, Sandi is pursuing a master’s degree at IPB University. He argues that when agriculture is well-integrated with science, acceleration to success will be rapid.