KULOB, March 31, 2010, Asia-Plus  -- 97 other Tajiks, primarily from Khatlon’s Kulob zone, will enter two universities in the Russian city of Ivanovo this year, bringing a total number of Tajik students studying at these universities to 200, Madiso Sadulloyev, deputy director of Tajik Technological University’s (TTU) branch in Kulob, said in an interview with Asia-Plus.

According to him, they have reached an agreement on this subject with administrations of the Ivanovo State Agricultural Academy and the Ivanovo State University of Chemical Technology.

“In 2009, 63 Tajik students, the majority of them are from Khatlon’s Kulob zone, entered the Ivanovo State Agricultural Academy; they are studying disciplines that are in demand in Tajikistan -- agroecology, land management, landscape design, meat and milk processing technologies, ecology, rational use of natural resources, and process automation,” said Sadulloyev, “Besides, 40 other Tajik students entered the Ivanovo State University of Chemical Technology last year.”

He noted that Tajik students received monthly grants of 1,100 Russian rubles each.  “Grants are paid to Tajik students from the Russian budget,” he added.

It is to be noted that the Tajik-Russian Faculty of Intensive Technologies has been opened at TTU’s branch in Kulob.