Vice-rector on Science and innovations professor Ramazan Mammadov and head of the Scientific department, associate professor Samir Orujov, were on a business trip to Astrakhan, Russia  in order to take into account the relevant points of the Strategic Development Plan for 2020-2025 in the direction of becoming a competitive university of education, science and innovation, the development of science and technology, at the same time for the purpose of exchanging experience in the field of organizing the promotion of periodic and non-periodical publications of SSU to rating tables that meet international standards on May 28 - June 1, 2023.

Our employees participated in the III International scientific forum "Caspian 2023: path of sustainable development" organized by management of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation, the Ministry of Foreign affairs of the Russian Federation, the Russian Academy of Sciences, the Federal Agency for Youth Work (Росмолодежь), the Federal Agency for International Humanitarian Cooperation with the CIS  (Россотрудничество), Astrakhan State University and administration of Astrakhan province.

They also participated as observers in the "Caspian Startup Fest" startup competition which held in the Russian Federation as part of a series of events and visited the Astrakhan Regional Technopark for the purpose of exchanging experience.

After the opening ceremony of the forum, professor Ramazan Mammadov and associate professor Samir Orujov, rector of Astrakhan State University held meetings with professor Markelov K.A., vice-rector on Scientific affairs professor L.V. Bayeva, associate professor Fadina A.Q, vice-rector on International cooperation associate professor Pavlova G.Sh, head of the department of International cooperation, associate professor Davydova E.V, head of the Science department, and the head of the "Three-dimensional study of biomechanics of movements" center Vorontsova O.I. at different times for three days and exchanged ideas.

During the meetings with the leaders of the Astrakhan State University, the employees of our university brought to the attention of the meeting participants the information about achievements in the field of science, research, innovation and startups at SSU, and promoted it among Russian scientific and educational institutions by presenting a version of the scientific news magazine of the university.

The SSU delegation participated in the Council of rectors of the Association of Universities of the Southern Regions of Russia. Prof. Ramazan Mammadov vice-rector on Science and innovations, who spoke at the council meeting, presented our university and informed the Russian scientists about the scientific news magazine.

At the "Caspian scientific and educational Congress", which took place within the framework of a series of events, our colleagues held meetings with Igor Yuryevich Korotchenko a friend of Azerbaijan, a well-known Russian journalist, the editor-in-chief of the "National Defense" magazine, a very honest commentator on the events of the 44-day Patriotic War, a professor of Moscow State University, post-Soviet countries foreign students and graduates of universities Aniset Gabriel Kochofa, chairman of "Inkorvuz - XXI" Society, member of the Expert Council of "Afanasy Nikitin" Association, director of Geospatial Economic Analysis Center, M.V. Andrey Petrovich, Professor of Lomonosov Moscow State University, professor Yukina Yevgenia Alexandrovna, vice-rector for Scientific affairs and innovations of Astrakhan State Technical University professor Maksimenko Yuri Alexandrovich, and head of the International cooperation department secretary of the Executive Council of the Association of Caspian State Universities professor Yukina Yevgenia Alexandrovna, president of the Southern Federal University, Southern Russian Universities The Chairman of the Council, the president of the Association for the Support of Comprehensive Cooperation in the Field of Science and Education in the Black Sea region professor Borovskaya Marina Aleksandrovna and they exchanged views on various topics.

The experience and knowledge gained during this period will make an important contribution to the recognition of SSU on international science and education platforms and  take a worthy place in rating systems in the future.