Ticket to the future: the finale of the ninth season of the "CASE-IN" championship has ended

 For three days, from May 31 to June 2, for the main prizes The International Engineering Championship "CASE-IN" 617 students and 64 young specialists fought. It was the final, which was preceded by qualifying stages and semi-final competitions.

The competitions of the ninth season were held in 4 leagues: the school league, the student league, the league of young professionals and the special league.

Become a professional

The CASE-IN Championship has been held since 2013, and since 2019 it has been part of the the Russia – the Land of Opportunities platform, created on the initiative of the President Vladimir Putin.

"This year, 5.5 thousand students, 350 young professionals, and more than 700 schoolchildren participated in the project. Someone will go home with well-deserved, long–awaited awards, someone may have missed a few points, but I am sure that absolutely everyone in this championship became winners - at least they won another victory over themselves. We have become stronger, better, gained new friends and new ideas for future development", – said, addressing the finalists of CASE-IN-2021, CEO of ANO "Russia – the land of opportunities" Alexey Komissarov.

Currently, this platform unites 26 projects, including the Leaders of Russia management Competition, the I am a Professional student Olympiad, the Your Turn competition, the Professional Training 2.0 project, the Big Change All–Russian competition, and many others.

"The platform provides a wide range of opportunities for self-realization, helps you decide on a profession, complete an internship or find your first job, get a mentor or new knowledge, – said Alexey Komissarov, Director General of ANO "Russia – the land of opportunities". – And the CASE-IN championship, which is part of it, provides an opportunity for young people from different regions of Russia to develop by solving real production tasks, engaging in scientific and technical creativity and receiving an engineering education."  

Within the framework of the championship, the participants of the competition solve real engineering problems in the field of fuel and energy and mineral resource complexes. And, thus, from school or college, as well as from the first steps in production, they can gain experience that will become a significant line in their resume and will be counted in their future professional activities. This season was dedicated to sustainable development.

Founder of the championship and co-chairman of the organizing committee Artem Korolev He noted that over the years since the start of the project, the level of participants has increased significantly. And among the current student finalists, 134 people (about a third) are taking part in the CASE-IN not for the first time. They say that real cases of companies on current tasks help to better immerse themselves in their future profession and even prepare term papers based on these cases.

"In addition, during the competition, the guys improve their professional skills – working in a team, making presentations, and defending projects," says Korolev. "The example of several thousand project participants proves that the championship is a ticket to the future, allowing you to move up the career ladder, find your dream job and become a true professional.", - Artem Korolev emphasized.

Sofia Semenova, Head of Corporate Culture and Social Relations at NIPIGAZ JSC, noted: "The participation of employers in the CASE-IN championship is, of course, a contribution to a practice–oriented approach to higher education, which is very valuable for NIPIGAZ. We consider the Strategic Partnership as an opportunity to increase interest in the engineering profession: to tell students about the specifics of the activity and immerse them in real business cases. The launch of the Project Engineering direction within the framework of the Student League was successful. In total, more than a hundred teams participated in solving the case on the topic "Digital technologies in design and construction activities." Together with the experts, we noted that the quality of solutions for the finals has increased significantly compared to the qualifying stages, meaning that the cases really help promising young people develop professional skills and lay a solid foundation for building a successful career."

The reason to move on

A sophomore at St. Petersburg State Electrotechnical University named after Lenin Street To Anton Akimkin 20 years. He participated in the CASE-IN last year because it was interesting to do an internship at Rosatom, and the competition provided such an opportunity. Anton came to the competition with his classmates.

"We participated in the Digital Atom project, – says the guy. – The team was tasked with creating a program that would show production failures. The guys and I came up with a system that determines when the machine needs to be repaired and sends error messages. We also developed a cool browser interface."

The desire that drew the young man to the championship came true: participation in the engineering competition allowed him to complete an internship at Rosatom. And after that, he even got a permanent job at the company and is now combining it with his studies.

Head of HR Department of JSC "Grinatom" Natalia Pichugina She told me: "CASE-IN is a bridge between promising students and the largest companies, so it is of particular importance to all parties. Rosatom has been participating in the championship for the third year, and this season we have seen interesting solutions: chatbots, websites, and even offers for video games. Some projects may qualify for further implementation after completion."

"They found out at the interview right away"

Julia Drinkko In 2012, while still a schoolgirl, she became a participant in the Interregional Summer Educational Forum "Energy of Youth" and realized that the electric power industry is very interesting. Therefore, I joined the energy group and the School–University–Enterprise program at the Lyceum for Gifted Children at the North Caucasus Federal University in Stavropol.

"The introductory courses that we took, participation in the engineering solutions competition, as well as my first and most unforgettable "Energy of Youth" drew me so much into the world of the electric power industry that it determined my entire future.", – She says.

Yulia took part in the CASE-IN for the first time, becoming a student at the National Research Tomsk Polytechnic University. And in the 3rd year (2017), as part of the "People in Hard Hats" team, she took 3rd place in the qualifying stage. In 2018, her team reached the final of the championship.

Yulia studied at the Master's degree in two fields simultaneously and simultaneously completed an internship at the branch of JSC SO UES An ODE to Siberia.

Last year, Yulia became the silver medalist of the championship.

As a multiple participant of the CASE-IN, Yulia Pitko is included in the Hall of Fame of the championship along with other participants, experts and organizers who have made a significant contribution to its development.

Yulia now works as a specialist in the branch of SO UES, the Regional Dispatching Department of the Energy System of the Krasnoyarsk Territory and the Republic of Tyva, and believes that participation in the engineering championship helped her find employment. At the interview, she was quickly recognized and immediately offered to join the team.

"The system operator has been a strategic partner of the CASE-IN championship since 2015. We have been supporting the most massive branch of the Electric Power industry since its appearance in the Student League and give team members the opportunity to get involved in solving the most pressing problems of the electric power industry. I am pleased to note that young specialists and undergraduates studying under the Society's programs constantly demonstrate a high level of professional training and win prizes.", – noted Bayrta Perveyeva, Director of Personnel Management at JSC SO UES.

Continued in the AIF material.