Ministries of the Republic of TatarstanMinistry of Digitalization of Public Administration, Information Technologies and Communications of the Republic of Tatarstan
Roman Shaikhutdinov opens IV round of All-Russia contest of breakthrough projects “IT breakthrough”
23 September 2014, Tuesday
Tatarstan Minister of Information and Communications Roman Shaikhutdinov announced the start of IV round of All-Russia contest of breakthrough projects “IT breakthrough” aimed at development of intellectual potential and competitiveness in the sphere of information technologies. The solemn ceremony was held at Kazan Federal University.
“IT industry is one of economic growth points in Tatarstan. Our task is to increase the share of information technologies from 3.19 to 5 per cent by 2018,” Roman Shaikhutdinov said.
The Minister told about cluster approach in IT development, IT lyceum, IT parks, first federal IT university and city “Innopolis”.
On December 29, the weekly meeting of the digital industry of Tatarstan discusses the key achievements of the republic in the IT sector for 2025:
• Gross industry revenue—269 billion roubles (forecast, +35% year-on-year);
On December 22, at the final meeting of Interdepartmental working group No. 15 for the implementation of the national project "Data Economy and Digital Transformation of the State", Tatarstan Minister of Digitalization Ilya Nachvin welcomed the participants and summed up the work of the group for 2025 and presented impressive indicators for the development of the digital economy of Tatarstan.
At a weekly meeting, communication industry companies, subordinate organizations and heads of departments of Tatarstan Ministry of Digitalization of Public Administration, Information Technologies and Communications discussed key achievements in the communication industry and digital development in 2025.
On December 11, Moscow hosted this year's important IT events: the awards ceremony for the winners of the "Sprint to the Future - Code of Success!" award and the Sprint 2.0 Accelerator Demo Day.