Meeting with veterans of the Institute

On the eve of the Victory Day a meeting of the Institute's management with the veterans, who have devoted their professional activities to the formation and development of the Institute, took place. The event was held in a festive atmosphere, where the Director of the Institute of Management, Economics and Finance of KFU, Alsu Rinatovna Akhmetshina, gave information about the current state of the Institute, its prospects and educational programs.

The guests of the event with great pleasure were interested in the issues of modern educational process, shared the best practices of their period of professional activity.

The meeting was attended by respected colleagues who made a significant contribution to the development of the Institute:

Vitaly Borisovich Ivashkevich, Honored Professor of KFU, Head of the Accounting Department;

Tamara Nikolayevna Kalinina, Dean of the Faculty of Enterprise Economics;

Gennady Timokhin, Head of the Department of Monetary Circulation;

Rustam Shaykhullovich Mardanov, Head of the Department of Mathematics;

Svetlana Svalova, Head of the Department of Information Technologies;

Kostitsyna Lyudmila Semenovna, Dean of the Faculty of Industrial Planning;

Larisa Ulyanova, Head of the Banking Department;

Nadiya Sabitova, Head of the Department of Finance;

Naila Malikova Yakupova, Head of the Department of Crisis Management and Business Valuation;

Shakirova Sazida Shaginurovna, Associate Professor of Accounting Department;

Valentina Timokhina Andreevna Timokhina, Associate Professor of Accounting Department;

Maria Mironovna Sidrakova, Associate Professor of the Department of Economic Theory.

Of special value are the veterans' suggestions for improving the work of the Institute. Vitaly Borisovich Ivashkevich emphasized the importance of comparing educational programs with analogues in the leading universities of the world to improve their quality. Svetlana Germanovna Svalova drew attention to the need for the Institute to maintain its leadership positions in the field of economics and management and to develop a strategy for updating the educational process taking into account the new era of information technology and artificial intelligence. Larisa Ulyanova emphasized the necessity of strengthening the connection with employers and attracting practitioners from leading industries to the educational process.

Tamara Nikolayevna Kalinina noted that the Institute should be ahead of the employers' demands: “We must give employers what they will need tomorrow, and for this we need to deeply understand their current needs. It is on them that we should be oriented when updating curricula”.

The attendees asked Kostitsyna Lyudmila Semyonovna to restore the list of disciplines on production economics, which were taught at the Institute in the past stages of its development.
In general, there was a constructive conversation between two generations of the Institute's management, each present shared their managerial experience, which, of course, is invaluable.

The colleagues expressed their sincere gratitude to the Institute's management for their attention and warm welcome.