Hero of Labor of Mongolia Khookhoryn Badamsuren pays a visit to INRTU
On August 25, INRTU was visited by the professor of the University and head of the Subcommittee of the Copper Industry of the National Committee for Industrialization of Mongolia, Khookhoryn Badamsuren. The outstanding met the Rector Mikhail Kornyakov and the employees of the School of Subsurface resource management
Khookhoryn Badamsuren received a diploma of a mining engineer-surveyor at INRTU in 1980. 17 years later, he graduated from The Bridge International Institute in Colorado. In 2004 he defended his PhD dissertation in Moscow. In 1980-1989 he worked at Ministry of Mines and Energy. In the 1990s, he was deputy director of the Bor-Undur Mining and Processing Plant. Then he was the head of "Mongolrosvetmet"(Mongolian-Russian Enterprise) and the Mining and processing plant in the Erdenet.
Last year, Khookhoryn Badamsuren was awarded with the title of Hero of Labor of Mongolia. This is the highest state award, which is awarded to outstanding achievements in the country development. Currently, he is the head of the Subcommittee of the Copper Industry of the National Committee on Industrialization of Mongolia.
In August, he visited his alma mater - INRTU on his way back to Mongolia from a business trip to Moscow.
Welcoming the guest, Rector Mikhail Kornyakov said that INRTU has been training highly qualified specialists for Mongolia for more than half a century. A big part of them are engineers for mining industry.
The university maintains diverse bounds with counterparts from Mongolia. So, the INRTU organized field courses on working with drones for employees of the State Corporation "Mongolrostsvetmet"(a Mongolian-Russian Joint venture company) and the company "Erdenet". In the summer, Mongolian teachers of the Russian language studied advanced teaching methods at INRTU. Also this year, the first Mongolian cosmonaut Zhugdardemidiyn Gurragcha paid an official visit to the university. In April, the Irkutsk University co-organized "Cup of Two Lakes" ball hockey tournament on Baikal and Khubsugul.
"In the end of 2023, the delegation of INRTU is planning to visit the Aimaks (the name of the first-level territorial administrative unit in Mongolia) through which the "Union East" gas pipeline, designed by Gazprom, will pass. Thus, our recruiters will communicate with potential applicants who can study the program “Oil and Gas business”,- Mikhail Kornyakov said.
Khookhoryn Badamsuren thanked the rector for the conversation and the warm welcome. He also noted that in the 1970s and 1980s, the mining industry began to develop intensively in Mongolia. One of the landmark events was the construction of the Mongolian-Russian enterprise "Erdenet". Irkutsk National Research Technical University has trained staff for the industry. Collaboration with the university will be needed in the nearest future:
"We’re planning to create an industrial cluster in the city of Erdenet. The complex will include a copper smelter, a leaching plant. We will also pay attention to the development of ferrous metallurgy. There will be export products with added value. To ensure large-scale production, the necessary railway and automobile infrastructure has already been equipped. We will need qualified personnel to develop the industry. There is a special need for professionals in the chemical and metallurgical profile."
