On February 14, the session of the Association for the Promotion of Digital Development on the topic of Development of University Technological Entrepreneurship in the Republic of Tatarstan was held with the participation of Rustam Minnikhanov, Rais (Head) of the Republic of Tatarstan. Two of our young scientists presented their developments to the Head of the Republic.

The participants of the meeting visited a specialized exhibition of the developments of young scientists. Rustam Minnikhanov among other expositions got acquainted with the materials of the projects of additives research unit - laboratory testing of reagents used for pipeline oil transportation. The author of the invention is a postgraduate student of the Department of Chemical Technology of Petroleum and Gas Processing Evgeny Kharitonov. Also, Damir Yagudin, postgraduate student of the Department of General Chemical Technology presented the technology of obtaining heterogeneous catalysts for oil chemistry processes.

Both young researchers already have innovation experience. Their developments have earned high marks from the professional community. Most recently, the project presented by Damir Yagudin was among the finalists of the Program of Search and Intensive Development of Manufacturing and Digital Technology Startups in the interests of chemical industry enterprises, conducted by Skolkovo Foundation and Mendeleev Acceleration Center with the support of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation, and Evgeny Kharitonov became a state scholar of the Republic of Tatarstan for the 2022/23 academic year.