UNAIR NEWS – Universitas Airlangga (UNAIR), one of Indonesia’s best universities, has made another national achievement. This time, the UNAIR Vocational BYEMI Team successfully passed the 2021 Vocational Student Entrepreneurship Program (PWMV) funding selection. The team members are Mayla Rahmawati, Annisa Maulidya, Venta Duvalinda Agahari, Ajeng Dilla Lestari, and Angga Putra Pratama.
PWMV is one of the competition programs organized by the Directorate of Vocational and Professional Higher Education. The program is expected to produce creative, innovative work and useful business opportunities for students early on.
Mayla Rahmawati, the team leader of BYEMI Team, said that PWMV focuses on business opportunities based on the problems and needs in the community. The team’s motivation was to create products or works with a positive impact to the wider community, especially people with disabilities.
“Then, we included the idea in the PWMV. We hope that the range of our products can be wider and the benefits can be felt sustainably,” she continued.
The product idea of ‘BYEMI: Adaptive Women’s Fashion Ever’ started from the development of an adaptive fashion model for all communities. The team thought that everyone has the same right to have a fashionable appearance.
“Therefore, we thought about how we could create a product that could be used by all women, including people with disabilities, so they don’t have to worry about keeping up with the developments in the fashion world,” she explained.
Mayla explained that their business innovation lies in disability-friendly clothing products. The team added a hidden button as the use of sign language or symbols for disability.
“This will be useful to increase people’s knowledge of sign language,” she said.
The team’s products are ready for production. However, due to the pandemic and government policies regarding PPKM, the production process is hampered because some product materials cannot be shipped. (*)
Author: Sandi Prabowo
Editor : Binti Q. Masruroh (YA/AP)
