Translation. Region: Russian Federation –
Source: Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University –
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A meeting with Viktor Kokushkin, Vice President of the Go-Brics Business Forum, was held at the Polytechnic University. The organization's president is a renowned Indian public and political figure. Purnima Anand, which actively supports Russia. The meeting participants discussed prospects for cooperation in education, technological entrepreneurship, and youth projects within the BRICS group, with a particular focus on Russia's strategic partner, the Republic of India.
SPbPU Vice-Rector for International Affairs Dmitry Arsenyev presented the university's best practices in international cooperation, including strategic partnerships within the BRICS International Municipal Forum and the participation of Polytechnic University students in major educational and competitive projects.
In particular, Dmitry Arsenyev spoke about the international student project marathon initiated by the Polytechnic University—an effective mechanism for joint international scientific project activities among students and young scientists, where multinational teams solve real-world engineering, technical, and IT problems.
Viktor Kokushkin presented the Go-Brics Business Forum as a platform for commercializing cooperation between participating countries. He praised the Polytechnic University's potential and expressed interest in working together to create an "intellectual pipeline" connecting Indian IT expertise with Russia's advanced engineering schools.
The parties discussed plans for a large-scale, multi-level competitive hackathon involving several thousand students from Russia, India, the UAE, and other BRICS countries. Its launch is scheduled for early March. Polytechnic University students participated in a test hackathon in late December, which tested the Go-Brics Business Forum online platform, created specifically for technical competitions. Participants emphasized the need for close alignment between educational programs and industry needs and discussed mechanisms through which student competition winners could receive not only awards but also guaranteed internships at Indian and other international high-tech companies.
Discussions also included inviting talented Indian students to the Polytechnic's English-language educational programs, the participation of BRICS students in the Polytechnic University's summer and winter schools, the implementation of research and development projects for Indian companies, the involvement of their specialists in SPbPU's retraining and advanced training programs, the commercialization of the university's innovative developments, and other issues.
The meeting participants agreed to further develop specific pilot projects, including organizing an upcoming hackathon, and outlined paths to signing a strategic partnership agreement.
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