Mikhail Eskindarov

Mikhail Eskindarov
Born	(1951-11-15) November 15, 1951 Karachay-Cherkessia, Soviet Union
Occupation	Economist
Known for	Rector of the Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation

Mikhail (Mukhadin) Abdurakhmanovich Eskindarov (November 15, 1951, Besleney village, Karachay-Cherkessia, Soviet Union) is a Russian economist, Professor (1998), Doctor of Economics (2000), Honored Scholar of the Russian Federation, Academician of the Russian Academy of Education (2016). Since 2006 he has been the rector of Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation.

Biography

In 1976, he graduated from the Credit and Economics Faculty of the Moscow Financial Institute. From 1976 to 1981 he studied in graduate school of the same university.

Professional activities

• 1981-1982 - Assistant, Department of Political Economy, Moscow Financial Institute.
• Since 1981 - Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Finance and Economics of the Moscow Financial Institute, Assistant, Senior Lecturer at the Department of Political Economy.
• 1982-1984 - the head of the personnel department.
• 1984-1987 - Dean of the Faculty of International Economic Relations.
• 1987-1991 - head of the group of Soviet teachers of the University of Aden, Yemen.
• 1991-2002 - Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs, First Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs and Professor at the Department of World Economy and International Monetary and Credit Relations.
• 2002-2006 - First Vice-Rector of the Financial Academy under the Government of the Russian Federation.
• Since 2006 - Rector of the Financial Academy under the Government of the Russian Federation, since 2010 - Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation.

Research work, achievements

Professor M. Eskindarov initiated and led the process of transforming a university into a multi-disciplinary one and modernizing the content of its educational and scientific activities, as well as its structure. In particular, at the initiative of Professor M. Eskindarov, an International Faculty of Finance was established with teaching all subjects in English, with the aim of exporting educational services as well as new faculties, departments, and a number of research institutes and centers were opened.

M. A. Eskindarov heads the Academic council of the Financial University. Along with this, he is the chairman of dissertation councils for defending candidate and doctoral dissertations in the following specialties: “World Economy” and “Economics and Management of National Economy: Economics of Entrepreneurship, Marketing, Management”.

Professor M. Eskindarov is the author of about 500 scientific papers, monographs, textbooks and articles in scientific journals.

Honours and awards

Mikhail Eskindarov and Vladimir Putin at the award ceremony, 31 July 2014

• Order of Friendship (1996)
• Honored Worker of Higher Professional Education of the Russian Federation (1997)
• Honored Scientist of the Russian Federation (2009)
• Winner of the Prize of the President of the Russian Federation in the field of education (2000)
• Winner of the "Best Manager 2001" award in the field of education
• Winner of the program “Financier of the Year” (2002)
• Honored Scientist of Kalmykia, Ingushetia, Karachay-Cherkessia, Kabardino-Balkaria, Buryatia
• Honorary Doctor of the T. Ryskulov Kazakh University of Economics (2009)
• Winner of the Prize of the Government of the Russian Federation in the field of education (2010)
• Certificate of Honor of the Council of Federation of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation (2011)
• Order of Friendship of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (2011)
• Doctor Honoris Causa (2011), Dimitar A. Tsenov Academy of Economics - Svishtov, Bulgaria
• Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", IV class (2014)
• Pyotr Stolypin Medal, II class (2016)

External links

• Media related to Mikhail Eskindarov at Wikimedia Commons
• Vladimir Putin congratulates Mikhail Eskindarov, rector of the Financial University at the Russian Government, on his 60th birthday
• “NEE” Foundation of the Gaidar Institute took on the role of a strategic partner of the VI International Universities’ Forum
• Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, left, and Financial University rector Mikhail Eskindarov meet at the Government House.
• Leading Universities Rectors Talking About Admission Campaign