Director of Kostanay branch

Vladimir Leonidovich Astafiev

Education:

Chelyabinsk Institute of Mechanization and Electrification of Agriculture (CHIMEA), Mechanization of Agriculture (1979)
Candidate of Technical Sciences (1989)
Doctor of Technical Sciences (2003)
Professor (2007)
Corresponding Member (1998), Academician (2009) of the Kazakh Academy of Agricultural Sciences

Working activity:

Senior engineer for the operation of the transport fleet, head of the mechanized crew for the cultivation of grain crops at the "Tseliniy" farm, Kostanay oblast (1980-1983)
Junior, senior research scientist of the Tseliniy Research Institute of Mechanization and Electrification of Agriculture (TselinRIMEA) (1983-1985)
Ph.D. candidate of Chelyabinsk Institute of of Mechanization and Electrification of Agriculture (1985-1989)
Research officer, head of the sector, head of the laboratory, deputy director for scientific work at TselinRIMEA (1989-1993)
Director of TselinRIMEA (1993-2007)
Director General of the Kazakh Research Institute of Mechanization and Electrification of Agriculture (2007-2009)
Kostanay branch Director of the Kazakh Research Institute of Mechanization and Electrification of Agriculture (from 2009 - to the present day)

Rewards:

A.I. Baraev award holder in the field of agricultural researches; Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan (2001)
"10 years of Independence of the Republic of Kazakhstan" anniversary medal (2002)
"10 years of Constitution of the Republic of Kazakhstan" anniversary medal (2005)