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After Times Higher Education (THE) released a nomination for THE DataPoints Social Impact Award category in August 2021, finally THE announced the winner for the category virtually on Tuesday (14/12). Sepuluh Nopember Technology Institute of Surabaya (ITS) as the only nominator from Indonesia was declared as the winner of THE Awards Asia 2021 for category THE DataPoints Social Impact Award. The Award was awarded to ITS which transparently gave the most complete public evidencein the group of THE Impact Rankings SDGs which is related to social problems, such as health, education and poverty.

According to senior manager of World Class University ITS Affairs, Rulli Pratiwi Setiawan, at THE DataPoints Social Impact Award category, there were some prestigious overseas universities which became nominees, such as Hanyang University from Korea, Hiroshima University from Japan, Mahidol University from Thailand, and Universiti Sains Malaysia from Malaysia. Totally, there were 9 universities to be nominees in this category, including Sepuluh Nopember Technology Institute of Surabya (ITS) and ITS succeeded to be the winner. Lecturer of Department of Urban and Regional Planning said ITS' success as the winner because ITS is valued as one of universities in the global level which stands out in supporting SDGs, with an impressive transparency score. It shows that ITS is not only committed to SDGs but also showing real support to the public.

THE DataPoints Social Impact Award is an annual agenda of the British High Educational Calendar. While in Asia, 2021 became the third event of THE Awards Asia. THE Awards Asia 2021 has some categories, namely Excellence and Innovation in the Arts, International Strategy of the Year, Outstanding Support for Students, Student Recruitment Campaign of the Year, Teaching and Learning Strategy of the Year, Technological or Digital Innovation of the Year, Workplace of the Year, Leadership and Management Team of the Year, THE DataPoints Improved Performance Award, and THE DataPoints Social Impact Award.