NEWS

The next Polymer Day chaired by Deputy Minister Aleksey Savelchev took place on December 13, 2019 at the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan.

The main issue on the agenda was the proposal to create a Fund for the Development of Petrochemical Complex in Tatarstan.

The project concept was presented by representatives of Tatneftekhiminvest-holding. It is expected that the fund will act in order to promote the development and intensification of innovation in the oil, gas, and chemical spheres of the republic.

The invited participants - representatives of Tatarstan’s industrial enterprises, such as Tatneft, Kazanorgsintez, Nizhnekamskneftekhim, and others - discussed in detail the structure and specific features of such a fund. Colleagues touched on the topics of financial support, goals and objectives, as well as the form of governing the organisation.

The Kazan National Research Technological University is launching additional vocational programmes to improve the skills of employees at oil, gas, and chemical enterprises and university lecturers.

The projects are absolutely free for its listeners – as part of the grants received, the government subsidises the costs of implementing programmes. One of the projects is aimed at improving the skills of employees in sectoral enterprises, as well as all interested citizens, in one or more of 17 additional vocational programmes.

Training for all announced programmes will be organised in full-time and distance formats: half the time, students will study in person, and the other half using distance learning technologies. The trainings will be held by highly qualified professors, associate professors, and current experts of enterprises and organisations. The programmes will be implemented both at KNRTU and on the customers’ grounds.

The petrochemical sector programmes could also be attended by people with higher and secondary vocational education who wish to expand their competencies, gain basic knowledge in new fields, ensure career growth, or change jobs.

Based on information by KNRTU press service