Penza industrialist joined the Supervisory Board of the Innovation Fund

Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin signed a decree approving the composition of the Supervisory Board of the Fund for Assistance to the Development of Small Enterprises in the Scientific and Technical Sphere. This collegial body will deal with strategic oversight and make current decisions.

The Council was headed by the Minister of economic development of Russia Maxim Reshetnikov. A total of 13 people were included. Among them are Vice-President of the Russian Academy of Sciences Sergey Aldoshin, Advisor to the General Director of the Fund Ivan Bortnik, Deputy Head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade Alexei Matushansky, Deputy Minister of Science and Higher Education Andrei Omelchuk and Rector of Bauman MSTU Mikhail Gordin.

Special attention should be paid to the inclusion in the list of the director of the Penza machine tool plant Oleg Kochetkov. He is also the Chairman of the Legislative Assembly Committee on Industrial Policy and the regional coordinator of the “Choose Your Own” project.

The Innovation Promotion Fund was established in 1994. Its main goal is financial support for young scientists and small enterprises engaged in promising scientific developments. The organization helps startups, promotes the commercialization of ideas and the development of high-tech sectors of the economy.