Rustam Minnikhanov visits Shahid Beheshti University in Teheran
9 March 2015, Monday
On March 9, during his working trip to Iran, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov visited Shahid Beheshti University in Teheran.
Rustam Minnikhanov got familiar with academic programmes and looked around buildings.
The university was founded in 1959 as the National university of Iran. There are 199 bachelor’s, 632 MA, 257 PhD programmes, and 18 faculties at the university. Also, there are 6 research institutes and 9 research centers.
Rustam Minnikhanov visited the faculty of literature and humanitarian studies, and Laser and Plasma Research Institute, talked to Tatar and Bashkir students studying at the university.
Kazan Federal University signed Agreement on cooperation with Shahid Beheshti University in 2014.
It was noted that the list of candidates from Iran for undertaking internships at Kazan Federal University is being prepared.
Tatarstan President's Press Office, Elena Britvina
On 18 May ay the CIPR conference in Nizhniy Nogorod the Tatarstan Deputy Prime Minister Roman Shaykhutdinov, the Rector of the Innopolis University Aleksandr Gasnikpov and the Vice-rector of the University Yevgeny Bobrov will take part at round tables session of the conference.
Experts will discuss the role of Tatarstan and Innopolis as one of the key technological centers of the country and how regional innovative platforms help to solve tasks of the whole Russian industry. A special emphasis will be placed on the digital transformation of the oil and gas sector and how large clusters and scientific and technological centers are becoming drivers of industry change.
On 16 May, speaking at a meeting in the Government House of the republic held by the regional Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin with participation of the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov and all municipalities taking part in it via videoconference, the Minister of Agriculture and Food of the republic Marat Zyabbarov reported that the sowing of spring crops is in full swing in the republic with 1m 38 thousand hectares or 61 per cent of the planned have been sown.
On May 14, on the sidelines of the XVII International Economic Forum “Russia-the Islamic World: KazanForum”, Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin and Head of the Federal Service for Accreditation Dmitry Volvach signed an agreement on interaction and cooperation in the development of the halal industry.
On May 14, Prime Minister of Tajikistan Kokhir Rasulzoda, who arrived on a working visit in Kazan to take part in the events of the XVII International Economic Forum “Russia-the Islamic World: KazanForum”, was met by Prime Minister of the republic Aleksey Pesoshin and other officials at the Kazan International Airport.