Dalal Praveen, a student from Journalism Program shares his opinion about the workshop at Baikal School of BRICS

Scientific discoveries of eminent Russian Scientists are the engines of progress. The words became the motto of the Students' Workshop on 12 May, 2023. To learn more about Russian cultural heritage, its famous scientists and their global contribution, 70 students of the Bachelor 1st year program together with 20 students-organizers from BS BRICS participated in the workshop. 

It was a great sense of pride for the Director of Baikal School of BRICS, Anna Kireenko and international students who represent the five leading economies of BRICS countries including African and South East Asian economies. The workshop kicked off with the Director’s motivational speech to the students. Once the session began, the eager beavers got down to business. 

The workshop was an educational initiative under the dynamic leadership of BS BRICS Professionals’ Team – Natalia Petrova, a Deputy Director for Educational Work, Ilya Kruchinin, an Assistant-teacher, Nicole Michelson, a Head of the Students’ Union Bureau, together with the Scientific Advisors, Balzhima Turtueva, Anastasia Orlova, Zhanna Afanasieva, Olga Kumyalova, Dmitry Karamov, Erzhena Dorzhieva.

As brilliant organizers and facilitators, they significantly contributed to a successful implementation of the workshop. The purpose of the event was not only to generate awareness but also to engage the freshmen and familiarize them well with the intellectual heritage of Russia. 

The Russian saying ‘Live and Learn’ turns out to be true.

The students from the respective faculties namely, Artificial Intelligence, International Business, Linguistics, Finance and taxation, Journalism, Power and Electric Engineering, chose their esteemed scientists of Russian decent on whom they prepared quiz, games, biopic and established various stations with plethora of activities for the respective participants.

Six teams of mixed students’ group representing different faculties namely, The Journalism Juniors, The Journalistic Juggernauts, The Global Gazetteers, The Cultural Correspondents, The Russian Connection as well as Cross-cultural Communicators enthusiastically participated and overcame the challenge. The determined students ended the day with winners getting facilitated. It was a win-win situation for everyone because BRICSians thoroughly cherished the event that culminated into new friendship and collaboration.

Let's listen to our participants:

Alemayhu Bersabeh Binyam (Ethiopia) AI-2022:

"I enjoyed the workshop. It helped us learn more about Russian Scientists, I also liked that we worked as a team with different people, it helped us to fraternize and interact with other groups of students."

Gai Haiyang (China) IB-2022:

“I liked the event. It gave me a better understanding of Russian History and Culture. I felt the team spirit and met new foreign friends”.

Paul Julius (Nigeria) IB-2022:

“I want to take a moment to share my thoughts on the recent workshop program hosted at the University. As someone who’s always been interested in science and history, I found that the program gave a fascinating insight into Russian scientists and their inventions. Prior to attending, I had no idea that Russia was home to so many famous inventors and great minds. The workshop was well organized and extremely informative. Thank you for encouraging me to attend.”

In the end, it was kudos to Baikal school of BRICS a big sense of appreciation for setting high standard of education for its students and paving way for future global leaders. To quote Henry Ford, “Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success”. This workshop will go down in history of Baikal School as a memorable day for BS BRICS.