OREANDA-NEWS. December 05, 2011. An awarding ceremony of young innovators and inventors of the Republic of Tatarstan was held at "Ak Bars" Youth Center in Kazan, reported the press-centre of TATNEFT.

Honoring the winners of the "Young Innovator and Inventor of RT - 2011" contest was held in the framework of a two-day conference where the young inventors and innovators had an opportunity to get acquainted with each other and discuss the issues relating to the state of innovation and invention activities in the Republic of Tatarstan and also to identify prospects and mechanisms for effective development of this area among young workers of enterprises and organizations of the Republic.

The event was organized by the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Tourism of the Republic of Tatarstan, the public organization "Society of Inventors and Innovators of the Republic of Tatarstan" and the regional public organization "Youth Union of Enterprises and Organizations of the Republic of Tatarstan". More than 50 enterprises applied to participate in the contest in 2011 with the total number of works submitted exceeding 500.

According to the results of the contest the first place for the inventive work was awarded to Denis Maksimov (TatNIPIneft) in the category "Oil and Gas Industry". Ildar Khabibullin (NGDU "Almetyevneft"), Ilshat Gymadiev (NGDU "Jalilneft"), Timur Galiev (NGDU "Aznakaevskneft"), Ilnur Sadykov (NGDU "Leninogorskneft"), Rinat Shamsullin (NGDU "Yamashneft"), Denis Kharitonov (NGDU "Nurlatneft"), Ilsur Ziyatdinov ("Tatneftegazpererabotka" Administration) and Alexander Lebedev (Engineering Center of TATNEFT) were named the laureates of the contest in this nomination for innovative activities.

Alfia Akhmadieva (NGDU "Almetyevneft") was acknowledged the best in the category "Ecology and environmental monitoring and biotechnology".

Among service enterprises of Tatarstan the first place in the category "Oil and Gas Industry" was awarded to Lenar Farikhov ("Bureniye (Drilling)") for the innovative work, while Dmitriy Efimov (OOO "TN-RemServis") and Alexander Spiridonov ("TN-RemServis") were named as laureates.

Stanislav Chernov, Anton Sergeev and Laysan Muhametdinova ("TatASU"), young engineers of "Tatintek" Group of Companies were recognized the best in the category "Information Science" with Ruslan Safin ("TatASU") and Farid Khamidullin ("TatAISneft") also being among the winners.

Timur Shaidullin, a specialist of "TN-RemServis" Company, was a winner in the category "Chemistry" and Iskander Gabidullin, a representative of the same Company was honored a laureate title.

The young Innovator Edward Imanaev of "TMS Group" won the first place in two categories: "Electric Power Supply" and "Motor, rail and water transport" and he was named a laureate in "Heat-Power Engineering" category.

Vladislav Khrenov, a young innovator of "TMS Group" Management Company, was one of the winners in "Electric Power Supply" category.