Learn More about Start-Up Life in the First Edition of ‘Get Closer to PSdK’

Yogyakarta, June 10th 2021━The first episode of Get Closer to PSdK was held on Thursday (10/6). On this occasion, Get Closer to PSdK invited Novia Nurist Naini, S.Sos., as an alumni of the 2014 of the PSdK undergraduate program who is currently working as CEO of DNVB Indonesia. Moderated by Nandya Widyasari, S.Sos., Nurist shared a lot about her career journey so that DNVB could be where it is now.So far, the graduates from the Department of Social Development and Welfare have always worked as community development officers or government employees after completing their studies. In fact, there are also many graduates of the Department of PSdK who work in the other fields. With diverse job backgrounds, the Media Team of the Department of PSdK also held a sharing session with the alumni through Instagram Live. It is hoped that this sharing session called ‘Get Closer to PSdK’ can be an inspiration for all PSdK students.

DNVB was born after Nurist managed to identify the definition of success for her. From this definition, Nurist finds that the only way to achieve this success is to become an entrepreneur. However, Nurist;s journey has not always been smooth. She and her initial team failed repeatedly while executing their first business plan, until the opportunity to set up DNVB was unexpectedly born. Seeing the opportunity from this opportunity, Nurist and her team finally tried to execute the DNVB initial plan better. From there, DNVB was formed.

Although DNVB itself is a start-up engaged in the business sector and is quite far from the realm of PSdK studies, Nurist never stops learning in this area that is quite foreign to her. However, at the same time, Nurist also never forgets to apply the important skills and knowledge that she got during her college days. Starting from running a business with human social values, to continuing to think critically, and providing research-based data in every content she creates. Not only Nurist, these values are also applied by the entire DNVB team.

From her journey, Nurist can give the message that to achieve success, especially in the business sector, there are two important points that must be instilled in oneself. First, individuals need to know themselves more thoroughly, including the definition of success and needs for themselves. Second, Nurist advised not to stop learning. Even though what you will learn is very different from your own background, don’t limit yourself and refuse to learn that subject.

The sharing session was fun and not awkward. Viewers of Instagram Live also have the opportunity to ask Nurist directly through the comments column. The rerun from Get Closer to PSdK can be watched on the Department of PSdK’s IG TV channel.