18 April 2016, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov opened a new Youth Innovation Creativity Centre based on the Engineering Lyceum of KNRTU-KAI. The event was attended by Tatarstan Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and Trade Albert Karimov, Chairman of the Supervisory Council of the Foundation for Assistance to Small Innovative Enterprises in Science and Technology Ivan Bortnik, Mayor of Kazan Ilsur Metshin, Principal of KNRTU-KAI Albert Gilmutdinov, and top officials of Tatarstan ministries and agencies.
Rustam Minnikhanov and accompanying persons visited classrooms, learnt about the academic programme of the educational institution and about the project of Lyceum development.