Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Automobile and Road Buuilding for Career Guidance Counceling Olesya Malikhina, Igor Mikhnevich and Vice-Rector for Youth Policy Marina Malyutina
On 25 June, the traditional ceremony of honoring the best graduates of higher educational institutions of Saint Petersburg took place in the atrium of the Commandant's House of the Peter and Paul Fortress. Among them was Igor Mikhnevich, a graduate of the SPbGASU Faculty of Automobile and Road Building.
Recognition Ceremony
To recall, this event has been held since 2003 to recognize the merits of university graduates. Its organizers are the Committee on Youth Policy and Interaction with Public Organizations and the Council of Rectors of Universities of St Petersburg and the Leningrad Region.
This year, 60 universities in the city selected their best graduates to participate in the ceremony. The selection criteria included academic, scientific and social achievements, as well as initiative and leadership qualities.
The gathering was greeted by the Vice-Governor of St Petersburg Natalia Chechina. The graduates were presented with letters of gratitude and commemorative bronze statues in the form of a sphinx – a symbol of wisdom, intelligence and fortitude.
In honor of the graduates, a midday shot was fired from the Naryshkin Bastion cannon.
Igor Mikhnevich: “A favorite activity always leads to success”
Igor Mikhnevich admits that four years ago he chose his future profession and university consciously: he realized that he wanted to work and develop in the transport sector, and SPbGASU was the best specialized university that would give him the opportunity to obtain all the necessary professional competencies.
"I chose the "Transport processes technology" program based on my experience: I have been working at the St Petersburg State Institution "Transport organizer" since my first year and have worked my way up from a motor transport dispatcher to a specialist in the transport infrastructure department, so I plan to dedicate my work to St Petersburg passenger transport. I joined this organization after winning the first SPbGASU grant competition. Then my supervisor suggested taking statistical data from the "Transport organizer", where the head of the department where I now work not only provided me with the data, but also offered me a job. During my studies, I combined my studies with work: it was often not easy, but over the years I was able to grow professionally," Igor said.
The student also managed to engage in scientific work related to urban passenger transport, including rapid bus transportation and on-demand transport. Both topics are very relevant, since such services are just beginning to appear in our country. The essence of his research was to study foreign experience in implementing such transport systems, to derive certain dependencies and to assess the feasibility of implementing them in our country and in St Petersburg in particular.
"High-speed bus transportation is a "metro" on the ground, where instead of the usual trains, buses are used. This is convenient in the conditions of a modern metropolis, since less money needs to be spent on the infrastructure for such transport. The essence of on-demand transport is fast and convenient delivery of passengers by buses without a fixed route, a kind of symbiosis of taxi services and a regular bus. Such a service is convenient in suburban areas, where the frequency of public transport is low, but the demand for transportation is quite high," Igor explained.
He is sure that you just need to love your work, perceive it not as something due, but as a hobby, because when you do what you love, it is much easier to achieve results. Igor Mikhnevich will remember his studies for their eventful semesters and the acquisition of many new friends.
