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Representing TUP: Dr. Ramos (1st from left), Dr. Ansay (center), Dr. Tolentino (3rd from right), Engr. Jorda (2nd from right), and Dr. Thio-ac (1st from right)

Taguig City, Philippines — October 14, 2025. The Department of Trade and Industry–Bureau of Philippine Standards (DTI-BPS), led by Director Neil P. Catajay, recognized exemplary partners and contributors at the BPS–ULSE Stakeholders Recognition and Awarding Ceremony held at the Marquis Events Place, Bonifacio Global City. The program highlighted the vital role of standards in consumer safety and national competitiveness, with UL Standards & Engagement (ULSE) among the stakeholders acknowledged for their support.

Representing the Technological University of the Philippines (TUP), TUP President Engr. Reynaldo P. Ramos, PhD, EnP., Dr. Arjun Ansay (Alumni Affairs Director; Integrated Research and Training Center; Electrical Engineering Department)), Dr. August Thio-ac (Electronics Engineering Department), Engr. Romeo Jorda, Jr., (Electronics Engineering Department), and Dr. Lean Karlo Tolentino (Dean, College of Engineering) attended the event. Dr. Ansay currently chairs TC 58: Technical Committee on Rotating Machinery. Dr. Thio-ac is a member representing TUP at TC 60: Technical Committee on Information Technology. Engr. Jorda represents TUP at TC 59: Audio, Video, and Multimedia Systems and Equipment. Lastly, TUP is represented by Dr. Tolentino at TC 74: Electromagnetic Compatibility and TC60/SC4: AI and Quantum Technologies.

On behalf of TUP Cavite, Dr. Ramos received the Academic Partnership Award, citing the campus’s impact as a catalyst for positive change empowering students, fostering collaboration, and inspiring the next generation to advance a safer, more competitive, and globally aligned future through standardization. The recognition also underscores the strong pipeline of supervised industrial training/on-the-job training placements of TUP Cavite students at the BPS Testing Laboratory in Dasmariñas, Cavite.

Strengthening this momentum, a draft Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between TUP and DTI-BPS is currently under legal review by both parties, formalizing cooperation in research, extension, training, internships, curriculum enhancement, and standardization advocacy.

Beyond celebration, the ceremony affirmed BPS’s continuing partnership with academia and industry to uphold quality and safety standards across Philippine products and services ensuring that standardization remains a driver of innovation, workforce readiness, and consumer protection.

The initiative advances SDG 4 (Quality Education) by embedding standards literacy into curricula and expanding supervised internships at the BPS Testing Laboratory. These learning pathways equip students with practical competencies in conformity assessment and product safety, strengthening teaching–industry alignment and graduate readiness.

It also supports SDG 8 (Decent Work and Economic Growth) and SDG 9 (Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure) by building a skilled talent pipeline for standards-driven industries and fostering collaborative R&D, testing, and certification activities with DTI-BPS and UL Standards & Engagement. These efforts enhance innovation capacity, improve product reliability, and raise the competitiveness of local firms.

Further, the program contributes to SDG 12 (Responsible Consumption and Production) through quality assurance practices and compliance with safety standards that reduce defects, waste, and consumer risk. Underpinning all of this is SDG 17 (Partnerships for the Goals), reflected in the draft MOU between TUP and DTI-BPS that formalizes multi-stakeholder cooperation across training, internships, and standardization advocacy.

Finally, the work also touches SDG 3 (Good Health and Well-Being) via safer products and SDG 11 (Sustainable Cities and Communities) through standards that support safer, more resilient infrastructure.

TUP President Dr. Ramos receiving the award on behalf of TUP Cavite

Partners and contributors from different technical standardization committees of DTI-BPS.