Ildar Khalikov: KFU shows positive example of close partnership with global companies
14 June 2012, Thursday
“Festival of «Samsung» innovations in Kazan” – the exhibition - presentation of the latest developments of a leading company in the global electronics and IT industries has opened at the Kazan (Volga) Federal University today.
The Tatarstan PM Ildar Khalikov, Vice-president of “Samsung Electronics Rus Company” Jay Sul Yu, Deputy PM – Minister of informatization and communications Roman Shaikhutdinov, minister of education and science Albert Gilmutdinov, rector of KFU Ilshat Gafurov attended the opening ceremony.
«Samsung» company organizes the festival of innovations in six Russian cities - Kazan, Novosibirsk, Rostov-on-Don, Ekaterinburg, Nizhny Novgorod, St.Petersburg.
The company’s products and IT solutions were presented for teachers, students, and postgraduate students of the university.
The Memorandum on mutual understanding (on cooperation in the sphere of science and innovative activity) was signed between “Samsung Electronics Rus Company” and KFU.
“The Kazan Federal University shows a positive example of close partnership with global companies. Tatarstan universities more often become scientific centers and closely interact with the largest Tatarstan, Russian and global producers, and today’s event is a perfect example,” Ildar Khalikov said.
On 9 May Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin took part in a ceremony of laying flowers to the monument “The victorious soldier” dedicated to the celebrations of the Day of Victory in the Great Patriotic War (WW II) 1941-1945 and held at Arsk cemetery in Kazan.
On 8 May, speaking at a meeting held by the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov in the Government House of the republic with participation of the Acting Chairman of the State Council of the republic Marat Akhmetov and the regional Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin, the Minister of Construction, Architecture and Housing Utilities Sector of the republic Marat Ayzatullin reported that capital overhaul of social facilities is in full swing in the republic with 170 educational facilities having been included into regional and federal programmes.
On 4 May at a briefing held in the Tatarstan Government House it was told that currently there are 92 combat veterans, the last witnesses of the Great Patriotic War (WW II) of 1941-1945, living in the republic. The briefing also informed about veterans’ support measures and how the republic is planning to celebrate the Victory Day on 9 May.
The Deputy Prime Minister of the republic Leyla Fazleeva told that names of 353 Heroes of the Soviet Union from Tatarstan “ are immortalized in street names, on memorials, in monuments and squares and, of course, in our memory”. “The Victory Day is the day of memory, mourning and joy. It is the event which today should be clearly understandable to all young people and younger generation of Tatarstan,” she said.
On 24 April, upon his arrival to the Kazan International Airport, the Defense Minister of China Dong Jun was welcomed by Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin, representatives of the General Consulate of China in Kazan and other officials