Rustam Minnikhanov participates in signing Memorandum of agreement between iCarnegie Global Learning and Innopolis University

Memorandum of agreement between iCarnegie Global Learning and Innopolis University was signed at the RT Government House today. The Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov participated in the signing ceremony.

The document was signed by iCarnegie CEO Gil Taran and Director of Innopolis University Dmitry Kondratiev.

Before the signing ceremony Rustam Minnikhanov and representatives of Carnegie Mellon University (USA, Pennsylvania) had discussed further steps on establishing Innopolis University on the territory of innovative satellite city and interaction with Carnegie Mellon University.

Rustam Minnikhanov thanked for organization of the visit of the Tatarstan delegation to Pittsburgh (USA, Pennsylvania) in September 2012 dedicated to detailed acquaintance with activity of Carnegie Mellon University, educational programs and its subsidiary iCarnegie.

Deputy PM and Minister of informatization and communications Roman Shaikhutdinov told about the meeting of representatives of Carnegie Mellon University with Deputy Chairman of the Russian Government Arkady Dvorkovich and Minister of communications Nikolay Nikiforov in Moscow. Issues of the Innopolis project and development program of Innopolis University were discussed at the meeting.

Roman Shaikhutdinov mentioned that the GRP volume should double in Russia by 2020. IT industry should play its part in accomplishment of this mission.

Gil Taran told about preparatory work, staff training for high technology sector, and research conducted in the sphere of IT education that will help developing the educational concept of Innopolis University.

According to Gil Taran, lack of specialists is observed nowadays in IT industry. IT companies say that it is difficult to find qualified specialists and programming is poorly developing. We need systemic approach to the problem, he said.

Roman Shaikhutdinov reminded that cooperation with Carnegie Mellon University would enable involving its specialists in development of Innopolis University infrastructure. Besides, businessmen, major enterprises and IT companies from Tatarstan and Russia should also be attracted.