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.
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Signing of the agreement between the Insurance house VSK and TPU. The main objective of cooperation — training in IT sphere.
"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.
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The VSK digital laboratory at Tomsk Polytechnic University
Earlier it was reported that
the forum of new decisions U-NOVUS-2018 takes place from October 9 to October
13 in Tomsk. According to the region administration, within the forum the
Insurance house VSK also signed agreements on strategic partnership with Tomsk
State University and Tomsk State University of Control Systems and
Radioelectronics.