Future mining engineers from Perm are going to the finals of the All-Russian Championship for solving fuel and energy cases!

On March 18, 2015, Perm National Research Polytechnic University hosted the qualifying stage of the mining League  The All-Russian Championship for solving fuel and energy cases.

Perm National Research Polytechnic University is participating in the Championship for the first time. The special value of the project and the prospects that it opens up for Perm students, noted PNRPU Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs Nikolay Shevelev:  "It is wonderful that the students of our university have joined the Russian movement to solve engineering cases. I am sure that the team that wins today will adequately represent Perm at the Championship finals. Participation in the Championship will become an important part of your professional biography. I wish you a fair fight, success and satisfaction from participating in this project."

Each stage of the Championship is held with the support of regional authorities. The PNRPU competition was supported by the Perm Krai Administration represented by the Ministry of Education and Science.  Addressing the participants, Anna Bocharova, Head of the Department for the Development of Higher Education and Science at the Ministry She expressed satisfaction with the active participation of Perm students in the work of the Championship and stressed the importance of the project for strengthening the human resources potential of the region.: "The championship gathers students who are interested in their business, ready to build up knowledge and experience, aimed at becoming a professional, to work at enterprises in Perm and the Perm Region. That is why the Championship is valuable - it is a project that allows us to develop the human resources potential of our region."

The companies that employ the fuel and energy sector are showing particular interest in the Championship. On behalf of JSC "MHC "EuroChem" Students were welcomed Dmitry Cherepanov, Mining Engineer, Technical Control Department: "We pay great attention to personnel policy, we train the younger generation through targeted training in leading Russian universities. The championship is a very important milestone for both the company and the students. Thanks to the Championship, we see you, young ambitious guys, ready to offer new ideas, and by participating in such projects, you will establish yourself as specialists.".

Irakli Khelaya, Member of the Board of NP "Youth Forum of Mining Leaders", told the students and guests of the stage about the history of the Championship and the competencies that the Championship develops: "Today you have the opportunity to take a huge step towards a successful career, to demonstrate your knowledge and abilities to yourself and others. Participation in the qualifying stage is the beginning of a confident future professional growth. To participate in the Championship, it is necessary to assemble a team, analyze the initial data of the case, identify problems, develop a set of solutions, and defend the project in front of enterprise specialists and industry experts. All these actions will allow you to develop exactly the skills that will distinguish you favorably in the eyes of future employers during further employment."

8 PNRPU teams presented solutions to the case "Choosing the most efficient variant of the mining and transportation complex and increasing the efficiency of its operation." The students' ideas were evaluated by experts: university teachers, representatives of industry institutions and enterprises of the region: JSC "MHC "EuroChem", JSC "Uralkali", JSC "Galurgiya", the West Ural Department of the Federal Environmental, Technological and Nuclear Supervision Service. 

The winner of the qualifying stage in PNRPU was The RubiRudu team the students of the Department of Mineral Deposits Development of the Faculty of Mining and Petroleum Ivan Morozov (captain of the team), Ilya Filimonov, Sergey Lokis, Oleg Parshakov. In May, the team will represent its university at the Championship finals in Moscow.

During the qualifying stage, Perm National Research Polytechnic University and the Non-profit Partnership Youth Forum of Mining Leaders signed a Memorandum of Cooperation and 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 mining sector of the Russian Federation. On behalf of the University, the Memorandum was signed by Nikolai Shevelev, Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs at PNRPU, and Irakli Helaya, a member of the Forum's Management Board, on behalf of the Youth Forum of Mining Leaders.

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