Mataram, the University of Mataram – The Vice Rector for Academic Affairs of the University of Mataram (Unram) officially released the Unram representative team to compete in the Shell Eco Marathon Asia Pacific event at the Mandalika Circuit on July 4-9, 2023.

Representing the Rector of Unram, Prof. Dr. Sitti Hilyana, M.Si, as Vice Rector for Academic Affairs Unram expressed her highest appreciation to the representative team of University of Mataram at the prestigious event.

“Along with the prayers of all of us, InsyaAllah, we will bring home achievements from there, we really hope that. These younger have brought the big name of University of Mataram, so once again, we really appreciate it,” she said proudly.

This year, Shell Eco Marathon was attended by 77 teams from 13 countries including from Malaysia, Philippines, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, India, South Korea, Kazakhstan, Brunei Darussalam, and China. Indonesia sent 47 teams, one of which was a representative team from the University of Mataram.

The team is the Mandalika Desantara Team consisting of 28 students of the Faculty of Engineering which 23 students from the Mechanical Engineering study program and 5 others from the Electrical Engineering study program.

The leader in Mandalika Desantara Team is Rizki Hidayatullah. He conveyed the meaning of the name of the team that they brought.

“We put the Mandalika word on our team which is the embodiment of our region West Nusa Tenggara, especially the island of Lombok. While the word Desantara mens “difference”, we understand that our team comes from different backgrounds,” he explained.

He further explained related to the vehicles that will be contested at the prestigious event.

“The name of the vehicle is Werkudara Unram. The philosophy of Werkudara is an extraordinary figure, a strong figure, who is airborne and wherever, he is always win. That’s what we expect. Of course, tomorrow we have to win,” he said optimistically.

Not to forget, Rizki as the team leader asked for blessings, so that he could bring home victory for his beloved campus.