• 20 June 2025
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Holder of the Orders "Kurmet" and "Parasat" Celebrates 80th Anniversary

A meeting of the Academic Council dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the distinguished scholar and educator, honorary citizen of Kyzylorda, holder of the Orders of "Kurmet" and "Parasat", Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor Serikbai Imanbaevich Koshkarov, was held at Korkyt Ata Kyzylorda University.

During the ceremony, Dana Abdrasheva, Acting Chair of the Board and Rector of the University, presented Professor Koshkarov with a congratulatory letter on behalf of the university staff, highlighting his significant contributions to the advancement of national education and science.

The meeting was attended by members of the Academic Council and University Board, including Academician of the National Academy of Sciences, Honored Worker of Kazakhstan, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor Kylyshbai Bisenov; Academician of the National Academy of Sciences, teacher of the hero of anniversary Alexey Rau; Chief Specialist of the Executive Directorate of the International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea Amirkhan Kenshimov; Doctor of Geographical Sciences, Professor Meruert Musabayeva of the L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University; as well as representatives of the scientific and cultural communities, government officials, Professor Koshkarov’s students, institute directors, and department heads.

Professor Koshkarov began studied at the Kyzylorda Hydro-Reclamation College (1959–1963). In 1963, he entered the Zhambyl Hydro-Reclamation and Civil Engineering Institute, graduating in 1968 with a degree in hydro-reclamation.

From 1968 to 1969, he worked as a foreman on the construction of a rice irrigation system in the 29th Mobile Mechanized Column in the Tasboget area.

Between 1970 and 1978, he served as a senior researcher and head of the laboratory at the Kazakh Research Institute of Rice.

From 1972 to 1975, he pursued postgraduate studies at the Moscow Institute of Hydro-Reclamation and successfully defended his PhD dissertation in 1978 on the topic “Moisture and Salt Regime in Rice Crop Rotation.” In 1997, he earned his Doctor of Science degree at the Moscow State University of Environmental Management with a dissertation on “Regulation of the Ecological and Reclamation Regime of Irrigated Lands in the Lower Reaches of the Syr Darya River.”

In 1978, he was appointed Head of Department at the Kyzylorda branch of the Zhambyl Hydro-Reclamation and Construction Institute. After the merger of the city’s two leading universities into a single center of academic and scientific excellence, Professor Koshkarov went on to serve as Dean, Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs, and Director of the Research Institute for Water Management Problems. He currently continues his academic work as a professor in water management education programs.

Professor Koshkarov is the author of two monographs, three textbooks, two methodological guides, and more than 150 scientific publications. His academic contributions have played a vital role in the development of water management, ecology, and agricultural science in Kazakhstan.

For his outstanding service, he has been awarded numerous honors, including the "Excellent Worker in Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan" badge from the Ministry of Education and Science, the jubilee medal “10 Years of Independence of the Republic of Kazakhstan,” the medal “For Contributions to the Development of Science in the Republic of Kazakhstan,” the title “Honorary Educator of the Republic of Kazakhstan,” and the Akhmet Baitursynov badge.

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