Electric Power Industry League: the first finalists from the National Research University "MEI"!

On March 2, 2015, the Electric Power Industry League of the All-Russian Fuel and Energy Case Solving Championship started at the National Research University of the Moscow Institute of Energy.

The Electric Power Industry League has been included in the Championship for the first time, and more than 1,000 future power engineers from 15 leading industrial universities in Russia and Kazakhstan will take part in its competitions.

 Viktor Dragunov, Vice-Rector for Research at the Moscow Institute of Economics, welcomed the best students of the Moscow Institute of Economics and the guests of the event. On behalf of the university's management, he thanked the organizers for including the university in the Championship and the work done, and wished the future power engineers success, a fair fight and a worthy victory.

Alexander Adissonov, Head of the Organizational Development Department of JSC SO UES, noted,

 "The main objective of the System Operator's activity is to ensure sustainable energy supply and quality of electricity that meets the requirements of technical regulations and other regulations through continuous management of electricity production, transmission and distribution. Work with young people is one of the key components in the personnel policy of JSC SO UES and is systemic in nature. Thanks to the programs developed since 2006, the System Operator has the opportunity to control the choice of the profession of electric power engineering by young people, its development and improvement in it from high school to the position of a young specialist. With the help of the Championship's infrastructure, the System Operator plans to additionally select the most talented and promising young people, including for the formation of an elite part of the managerial personnel reserve."

Artyom Korolev, Chairman of the Management Board of NP Youth Forum of Mining Leaders, Director of the Reliable Change Foundation, spoke about the opportunities provided by the Championship to participants and winners: "The partners of the Championship are leading companies in the industry that are interested in attracting the best staff and offer you ample opportunities after graduation. Thanks to the Championship, you can declare yourself to future employers, show your knowledge, choose a place for an upcoming internship or internship, use the company's materials to write diplomas, go to a specialized master's degree, etc."

6 NIU MEI teams competed for the right to get to the finals of the Championship. They presented a solution to the case "Development and selection of the optimal scheme for the supply of electric power to a thermal power plant during its reconstruction." 

The students' versions were evaluated by an expert commission, which included representatives of the energy companies JSC "Schneider Electric", JSC "SO UES", NP "NTS UES", JSC "ATS" and teachers of the National Research University "MEI".

She won team "System specialists" The 5th year students of the Institute of Electric Power Engineering Rashid Baembitov (captain of the team), Valery Solodovnikov, Igor Suleymanov, Andrey Churkin.

As part of the qualifying stage, a Memorandum of Cooperation was signed between the Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Professional Education "NRU "MEI" represented by Rector N.D. Rogalev and the Reliable Change Foundation represented by Director A.S. Korolev. The purpose of the Memorandum is to develop cooperation on effective coordination of joint actions in the field of youth and personnel policy aimed at professional orientation, formation of an active professional and civic position among the youth of the electric power sector of the Russian Federation.

The championship is supported by the Ministry of Energy, the Ministry of Education and Science, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology of the Russian Federation, the Federal Agency for Youth Affairs and the Agency for Strategic Initiatives.

  The organizers of the Championship are the Reliable Shift Foundation, the Non-Profit Partnership Youth Forum of Mining Leaders and the Non-Profit Partnership Russian National Committee of the International Council for Large High Voltage Electrical Systems (RNC CIGRE).

The general partners of the Championship are: JSC Siberian Coal Energy Company, JSC System Operator of the Unified Energy System, Micromine Company, JSC MHC EuroChem, EVRAZ Company, JSC Yuzhkuzbassugol, RUSDRAGMET Management Company.

The league's strategic partner in the electric power industry is JSC System Operator of the Unified Energy System.

The official partners of the Championship are the Global Energy Non-Profit Partnership, the Russian Independent Trade Union of Coal Industry Workers, Rosinformugol CJSC, the World Mining Congress, the Vernadsky State Geological Museum of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the Academy of Mining Sciences, the Scientific and Technical Council of the Unified Energy System Non-Profit Partnership, the Interregional Industrial Association of Employers of Energy Suppliers and others.

The next stage of the Electric Power Industry League will be held on March 11, 2015 at the North Caucasus Federal University in Stavropol. 

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