NEWS

On September 14, 2019, the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan hosted the meetings of the Selection Committee for the Republic’s Engineer of the Year Contest under the chairmanship of Ibragim Khisameyev, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Head of the Department for Refrigerating Machines and Technologies of the KNRTU, former Director General of Kazancompressormash. Experts in 12 areas were representatives of key enterprises and educational institutions of the republic.

Within the framework of the meetings, the Committee considered all applications submitted for participation in the contest, as well as evaluation criteria. Following the scoring system, the members of the Committee selected 108 winners of the first, correspondence, phase of the contest who will be invited to participate in the second, on-site phase, which is scheduled for September 25-27, 2019.

The list of Phase 1 winners of the republic’s Engineer of the Year contest was published at the link (in Russian).

This was announced today at a press conference by Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan Almaz Khusainov.

“This year, we have prepared a specialised exhibition of gas engine technology, where everyone can ask all questions of interest on converting vehicles to more environmentally friendly gas fuels”, Almaz Khusainov said.

“The #VmesteYarche Festival, which will take place on Saturday, is a kind of focal point for the annual work of teaching reasonable energy consumption”, noted Aydar Sagetdinov, Chairman of Youth Union of Tatarstan’s Enterprises and Organisations.

So, youth leaders go to schools and talk in classes about the correct energy consumption, open days are organised for students at enterprises, companies conduct lessons on ecology and energy security, including those in children’s summer camps.

On September 7 from 11.00 to 20.30, residents and guests of the city will enjoy entertaining intellectual games and sports, the “Boulevard of Energy Efficient Technologies” exhibition, children’s thematic  master classes and performances, a family sports festival, a spectacular dance battle, and an action to exchange traditional incandescent lamps for energy-saving ones.