TOMSK, Oct 10 – RIA Tomsk. VSK digital laboratory was opened at Tomsk Polytechnic University (TPU); as chairman of the board of directors of Insurance house VSK Sergey Tsikalyuk told, by means of applied developments of polytechnics the company expects to execute target indicators on proceeds from digital services – 1 billion rubles in 2018 and 10 billion – in the 2020th.
"Insurance" IT
VSK Digital laboratory was opened on Wednesday, October 10 in Tomsk Polytechnic University, the start to work was given by the Vice-Rector for Financial and Economic Affairs General Issues of the university Maxim Vedyashkin and the chairman of the board of directors of the Insurance house VSK Sergey Tsikalyuk, having signed the agreement on strategic partnership between the company and the university.
"Work in laboratory will be conducted taking into account specifics of insurance business, development of digital technologies for our company will be its purpose. We want to give to students the chance to prepare projects only for us that they were involved in real commercial projects even during studing, got practical experience", – Tsikalyuk told RIA Tomsk.
He specified that students will have also material motivation – they will get paid for work. The company expects to invite the best of them after graduation from the university to full-time employment.
"We want that software solutions were developed for our company in the laboratory and remained in it. It will give us flexibility at various changes (in the market). They will allow us to reach the planned financial performance: this year thanks to digital technologies we plan to render services for 1 billion rubles. And following the results of 2020 – for 10 billion rubles", – the interlocutor of the agency told.
Center of ideas
According to him, VSK plans to pass completely to digital technologies into the organizations of sales, services for settlement of losses in the next 5-7 years for what new technologies, new IT solutions, new startups are necessary.
"For us it is important to be present in Tomsk not only as branch which organizes sales: VSK opened own Center of development and testing here in February, 2018, now more than 60 people work there, in the next three years we plan to bring the number of employees to 200 people", – Tsikalyuk reported.