The championship is advancing! IRNTU became the tenth university to pass the qualifying stages.

On March 26, 2015, Irkutsk National Research Technical University hosted the qualifying stages of the mining and electric power engineering leagues  The All-Russian Championship for solving fuel and energy cases.

Irkutsk National Research Technical University is hosting the Championship on its site for the second time. This year, the university also joined the League for Electric Power Engineering.

Opening the event, Alexander Afanasyev, Acting Rector of Irkutsk National Research Technical University  He said: "This is the second time our university has participated in such an interesting event as the All-Russian Fuel and Energy Case Solving Championship. The championship is not only an opportunity for young people to show themselves, measure their strengths, and prove to themselves what they are worth, but it is also a new, progressive form of education.   It is important that the Championship has a practical focus, that the tasks of the case are formulated by specialists from the technological blocks of fuel and energy companies, and students will have to prove that their decisions are competent, technically and economically sound, and have the right to life.".

The championship is a platform that consolidates not only universities and companies, but also the government and scientific industry associations.  Each stage takes place with the assistance of regional authorities. The IRNTU stage was attended by representatives of The Ministries of Natural Resources and Ecology and the Ministry of Housing Policy, Energy and Transport of the Irkutsk Region.

Vasily Molochny, Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Ecology of Irkutsk Region He admonished the students: "In the near future, the levers of production management and the branches of the fuel and energy complex will pass into your hands. Therefore, I wish you to strengthen your knowledge by using the most modern educational projects, including the Fuel and Energy Case Solving Championship.".

Sergey Malinkin, Head of the Department of Gasification and the Ministry of Housing Policy, Energy and Transport of the Irkutsk Region He highlighted the current situation in the fuel and energy industry of the Irkutsk region and highlighted the tasks and problems that await the solutions of future specialists participating in the Championship.: "We welcome the Championship, a project that allows us to take progressive steps in improving the energy efficiency of the region's fuel and energy complex and attract young qualified specialists to solve industry problems.".

Head of the Department of Career Guidance and Career Development in Irkutsk Svetlana Fedorchenko She highly appreciated the Championship as an educational project that maximizes students' professional knowledge and skills.

A special feature of the Championship is the possibility of a direct meeting of future specialists and the largest employers of the fuel and energy complex in the regions of Russia. Representatives of JSC Siberian Coal Energy Company, JSC System Operator of the Unified Energy System, and RUSSDRAGMET Management Company took part in the qualifying stage at IRNTU.

On behalf of JSC Siberian Coal Energy Company I welcomed the participants of the Championship Anatoly Fomin, Advisor to the HR Director. A.Fomin told the participants about SUEK and the principles of working with the personnel reserve and the company's social policy. A. Fomin  He stressed that students of the SUEK target group participate in the IRNTU stage and wished all students success in solving cases and well-coordinated teamwork.

JSC SO UES presented Sergey Klepikov - First Deputy Director of the Branch of JSC SO UES Regional Dispatching Department of the Irkutsk Region Power System. S. Klepikov noted the practical value of the Championship for the company: «One of the most important tasks today is the development of the national education system and the training of qualified personnel. That is why the System Operator is one of the general partners of the Championship and attaches special importance to this project in the process of training competitive qualified specialists and their comprehensive development." S. Klepikov introduced the participants of the stage to the energy system of the Irkutsk region and the prospects for its development, expressed confidence in the high level of training of future power engineers at IRNTU and wished the participants good luck in the competition.

Mikhail Goryansky, Head of the Recruitment and Development Department at RUSSDRAGMET Management Company He congratulated the students and organizers on the opening of the Championship and wished the teams to show the experts interesting innovative solutions.

The league's electric power industry competitions in IRNTU were held for the first time, 4 teams participated in the qualifying stage, which presented a case solution. "Development and selection of the optimal scheme for the supply of electric energy to a thermal power plant during its reconstruction". The students' innovative ideas with engineering solutions were evaluated by experts: representatives of the Irkutsk HPP, Novoziminskaya CHPP, OAO IrkutskEnergo, the Branch of JSC SO UES Regional Dispatching Department of the Irkutsk Region Energy System, the L.A. Melentyev Institute of Energy Systems of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the Institute of Energy of the IRNTU.

The winner of the stage of the league on electric power industry in IRNTU became The Energy4-Irk team The 5th year students of the Department of "Electric Power Plants, Networks and Systems" of the Institute of Energy of the IRNTU Andrey Khamnuyev (team captain), Yuri Vilkov, Yana Kuzkina, Evgeny Polemshchikov. 

9 teams participated in the mining league stage. The participants solved the case "Choosing the most efficient variant of the mining and transportation complex and increasing the efficiency of its operation." The expert jury consisted of representatives of the companies of the fuel and energy complex of the region: RUSSDRAGMET Management Company, JSC ZDK Lenzoloto, JSC Vostsibugol Company, JSC SUEK, JSC Irkutsk Scientific Research Institute of Precious and Rare Metals and Diamonds and teachers of the Institute of Subsoil Use of IRNTU and the Chegdomyn Mining and Technological College.

In the final of the mining league, IRNTU will be represented by the winners, a team of students from the Institute of Subsoil Use "Innovations in mining":

• Nikita Fedorko (team captain, graduate student)
• Vladimir Shulakov (4th year)
• Andrey Svistunov (3rd year)
• Anna Danilova (Master's student) 

During the qualifying stage, Irkutsk National Research Technical University and the Reliable Change Foundation 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 young people in the fuel and energy industry of the Russian Federation. 

The general partners of the Championship are: JSC "System Operator of the Unified Energy System", JSC "Siberian Coal Energy Company", Micromine company, JSC "MHC "EuroChem", LLC "Siberian Generating Company", EVRAZ company, RUSDRAGMET Management Company, LLC "Dassault System Djeovia RUS".

Partners of the qualifying stage mining leagues to IrNITA The speakers were JSC SUEK, the Management Company RUSSDRAGMET and the Government of the Irkutsk region.

The next stage of the mining League of the Fuel and Energy Case Solving Championship will be held on March 30, 2015 at the Northeastern Federal University named after M. K. Ammosov (Yakutsk).

The next stage of the league on electric power industry will be held on April 3, 2015 at Kuzbass State Technical University named after T.F. Gorbachev (Kemerovo).

Photo of the Mining League stage

Photo of the stage of the electric power industry leagues