Tatarstan Prime Minister Rustam Minnikhanov: intellect and infrastructure created for development of innovations make Tatarstan be competitive

RT Prime Minister Rustam Minnikhanov awarded the winners of republican contest “50 best innovative ideas for RT” and a contest of the innovative projects “Idea-1000”. Awarding ceremony was held at a KRK “Pyramida” (Kazan).

While speaking to the finalists of the contest and the guests, Rustam Minnikhanov reminded about the fifth anniversary of RT investment venture fund.

RT PM stressed that the task to create conditions for developing mid-sized class has been set in republic. The award winners of contests “50 best innovative ideas for RT” and “Idea-1000” incarnate our future, their ideas have to be required and realized, said Prime Minister. He also informed that All-Russian youth forum “Seliger” held in 2010 would be dedicated to innovations.

Head of RT Government reawarded the RT Investment Venture fund cups and 50 000 roubles to the winners of the contest in a nomination “Perspective”. We remind that by and large there’re 7 nominations in contest “50 best innovative ideas for RT” (“Perspective”, “Start of innovations”, “Nanoimpuls”, “Cooperation”, “The best invention of year”, “Social and economic development of RT”, “Innovations in education”).

At solemn awarding ceremony was attended Director General of “Russian Venture Company” Igor Agamirzyan, Director General of Fund of assistance to developing small enterprises Sergey Polyakov, Director of Russian venture fair Igor Gladkikh.