10 gifted students from Russia’s regions have won GS Group Math contest

Finalists of the international Math contest among students of schools in non-capital cities, started by GS Group holding, took part in its last round on December 7. It was held at GS Nanotech plant which is the flagship of Russian microelectronics being a part of Technopolis GS innovation cluster in the Kaliningrad region. The winners have been awarded with grants and Apple Macbooks.

Academician Yury Vasilyev, President, St. Petersburg State Polytechnical University, greeted the winners and other contestants, noting that the future of Russian science and technology lies with them. “It is you who is to develop science in our country, make discoveries, create new products and technologies.  Symbolically, the final round of the Math contest is being held in Technopolis GS, a place where new modern Russian technologies are created and implemented. In the future, many of you, I hope, will work in this or similar centers in our country”.

The winner among 9-graders was Anna Savostyanova (Lipetsk). As for the 10th grade students, in this category these were Nikolay Zhidkov (Sarov), Mikhail Zuev (Tomsk), Julia Ponkratova (Saransk). There were six winners among the pupils of the 11th grade: Kirill Pilipenko (Chelyabinsk), Alexandra Ryabinina (Syktyvkar), Pavel Glazyrin (Bijsk), Irina Ogneva (Sarov), Alla Bogatova (Chernyakhovsk), Nikita Pashmentov (Vologda).

The rules of the competition listed the specific branches of study in engineering. In case the winners choose one of these and enter a corresponding faculty in university or institute they will be receiving grants provided by contest organizers. Thus the latter seek to stimulate the younger generation to get higher education in engineering in Russia, to raise the prestige of technical jobs, as well as to deal with a practical issue for Technopolis GS. The innovation cluster developed by GS Group needs to build up a base of highly qualified staff to work at its enterprises tomorrow, compiling it by finding the most gifted and talented students and schoolchildren today. Among the professions listed by the contest rules are Fundamental Radiophysics and Physical Electronics, Microelectronics and Semiconductors, Electronics and Microelectronics, Electronic systems, Audio-visual Equipment, Nanomaterials, and other branches of study.

The award ceremony was attended by Svetlana Truseneva, Minister of Education, Kaliningrad region, and Viktor Perepelov, Acting Head, Administration of the Gusev district. Valery Antonov, Head, Department of Mathematics, St. Petersburg State Polytechnical University, and Maksim Pratuchevich, director of the Lyceum № 239 in Saint Petersburg handed the certificates for grants and Apple Macbooks to the winners of the competition.

GS Group holding launched an international Math competition for students from non-capital cities in September this year. A total of 4,500 people from nine countries took part in it: students from Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Moldova, Sweden and Estonia. According to the results of the second round 45 students from 18 regions of Russia, as well as from Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Sweden made it to the final stage.

GS Group became the first company to announce a competition in non-standard format: only students not living in the capitals of their countries were allowed to participate. According to the holding managing board, talented students from the Russian regions and non-capital cities abroad who have fewer opportunities for self-realization than their metropolitan peers, need support and stimulus to further develop their abilities. Modern Russian economy is in need for improving productivity, which is possible on condition that the number of jobs in the hi-tech field is increased. Enterprises in the country are installing state-of-the-art equipment which evokes increasing demand for highly qualified engineering staff. Initiatives such as the International Math Competition by GS Group holding are contributing to building bridges between current and future students of technical universities and high-tech businesses. This way companies get an opportunity in the future to replenish their staff with highly qualified engineers, and in their turn students have a chance to do an internship at the best factories of the country, and on graduating from universities to get a job in the field of Russian high technology