Extension of collaboration with Kazakh Universities

28-29 October, 2021, at the Alikhan Bokeikhan University (ABU) in Kazakhstan, the International Contest of students’ business projects was held in remote format.

This Contest is carried out annually within the goal to improve the skills of entrepreneur thinking and capacities of the young students, forming active citizenship and understanding of the social responsibilities of business.

The contest was carried out in the following fields:

1. Social entrepreneurship;

2. Green economy;

3. Problems of waste conversion in industrial regions.

The contest included two stages:

1. Project expertise by the expert committee on the basis of application and description (technical, economic expertise)

2. Public defence of projects by the teams of the educational institutes

In 2021, the expert committee included:

• S. Kurmanbaeva, Rector of ABU (Semey, Kazakhstan)
• E. Shustova, Vice-Rector for International Cooperation, ABU (Semey, Kazakhstan).
• V. Blagoev, Director of the International Business School, ABU (Sofia, Bulgaria).
• E. Gulicheva, Head of the International Relations Department of the Moscow Power Engineering Institute (Moscow, Russia)
• N. Kudrevatykh, Director of the Institute of Economics and Management, Kuzbass State Technical University named after T. Gorbachev (Kemerovo, Russia).
• L. Shekhovtsova, Dean of the Faculty of Basic Training, Novosibirsk State University of Economics and Management "NUNE" (Novosibirsk, Russia).

The project “Production of oat biscuits Buiscreals” made by the Department of Management in Power Engineering and Industry of Engineering-economic Institute was selected among the best business projects. MPEI is now planning to sign an agreement of cooperation with Alikhan Bokeikhan University in November.

It is supposed to regulate collaboration in the fields of Economics and Management, Informatics and Computer Science, Biotechnical Systems and Technologies.