"Popularization of engineering professions, assistance in self–realization of talented youth are the most important tasks"

Ivan Kulyavtsev, Minister of Economic Development of the Arkhangelsk Region, met with the participants the international engineering championship "CASE-IN".

The qualifying stage of the student League, the largest practice-oriented competition, has been held for the second year in Arkhangelsk on the basis of the Northern (Arctic) Federal University.

The championship is held in six different areas, united by a single theme "Digital Transformation". The qualifying stage for the block "Oil and gas business" took place in Arkhangelsk. The future engineers were offered to solve a practical task proposed by one of the partners of the championship, Tatneft.

— This year, the project was included in the Russia – Land of Opportunity platform, created by Decree of Russian President Vladimir Putin. This proves the importance of the championship in promoting the working and engineering professions., – noted Ivan Kulyavtsev.

The project makes it possible to interest talented students in engineering specialties.

— It is important that all tasks are developed based on materials from industry enterprises, the guys are working on solving real production problems., – added the head of the regional department. – Popularization of engineering professions, assistance in self–realization of talented youth are the most important tasks. It is encouraging to see the interest and involvement of our students in the championship.

According to the organizers, representatives of the largest companies are also showing great interest in the championship, as they get the opportunity to work with talented and enterprising students from different regions, assess their potential in practice and find potential employees.

The winners of the qualifying stage will take part in the federal round, which will be held in Moscow in May.

Oleg Elent, a representative of the regional team, the winner of the 2018 qualifying round, and a third–year student at the Higher School of Energy, Oil and Gas, said that the events of the championship, especially the final, Moscow stage, are very interesting.

Last year, he and his team became the youngest participants in the project.

— I really liked the championship, so we decided to participate again this year., – said the participant of the championship Oleg Elent. – The practical orientation of the program attracts, there are a lot of master classes. Teams from universities from all over the country take part in the final round. Each of them has its own solution, its own vision, it is very interesting to compare approaches, it makes you take a fresh look at many things. In fact, during the ten days of preparation, during our participation in the previous championship, we learned more than during our studies – in order to solve the task, there is not enough knowledge in our specialty, it is necessary to study related industries and directions, which is certainly very useful.

Source: DVINANEWS