Thursday, June 23, 2016

Dissertation Council refused to deny a scientific degree of the head of the Ministry of Communications – RBC

The Minister of communications and mass communications Minister Nikolai Nikiforov

Photo: Yekaterina Kuzmina / RBC

dissertation Council RANHiGS disagreed with the position of experts” dissernet “discovered the massive borrowing Minister thesis. The meeting, which Nikiforov not deprived extent took place in the semi-closed mode

How is held a meeting

Dissertation Council of the Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Service under the President of Russia ( RANHiGS) June 22 recommended not to deprive the Minister of communications and mass Media Nikolai Nikiforov degree of candidate of economic sciences, the correspondent of RBC RANHiGS. With the appropriate request to the Higher Attestation Commission (HAC) in the Ministry of Education previously asked the experts “dissernet” network community, who accused the head of the Ministry of Communications of plagiarism when writing a dissertation.

Dissertation Council found no reason to deprive Nikiforov scientific degree and unanimously recommended WAC to uphold the decision to award the degree to the official. Members of the council sided with the minister. In this work there are technical inaccuracies admitted Chairman of the Board, Advisor to the Rector RANHiGS Oleg Protsenko. But Nikiforov – “scientist” and “live it,” he added. “We should encourage a degree Nikiforov confirmed”, – concluded Protsenko

Nikiforov made “mistakes and miscalculations” in the preparation of the text, and “it would be better it was not to do”, and describe the same thing more than simple words. and without repetition, the member of the Board, professor Leonid RANHiGS Yevenko. According to him, the positive performance “outweigh the” even “having regard to the [Nikiforov] negligence.” Yevenko complained that “frivolous” attitude toward the text characteristic of Russian authors of scientific papers. “In America, one of the chemists had to leave the post of president of a major university, because he used a plate in his thesis without reference to”, – cited example of a professor.

One of the applicants on the part of “dissernet” politician Leonid Volkov after the meeting told reporters that, in general satisfied with the outcome of the event. Council members recognized that the text of the thesis there is overlap with other work, but chose to take into account the personality of Nikiforov and his achievements, he said. Volkov promised to speak at a meeting of WAC, which has not yet set the date.

RBC correspondent on Wednesday failed to get into the room where there was a meeting of the Dissertation Council. Problems with the accreditation to the event on the eve of any and representatives of a number of other media. Employees RANHiGS This explains the lack of physical ability to accommodate everyone in the same classroom, with the accreditation received two news agencies. Instead of admission to the meeting to journalists offered to monitor its progress using the broadcast in a neighboring audiences.

What is the claim “dissernet»

The examination of the dissertation Nikiforov on the degree of candidate of economic sciences on the theme “Innovative model for information management in the provision of public electronic services by the example of the Republic of Tatarstan”, “dissernet” unveiled in early April, 2014. Experts found in the “large-scale borrowing incorrect,” explains one of the founders of the community, journalist Sergei Parkhomenko. As evident from the results of examination, claims the “dissernet” having more than 30% of the content of the thesis (excluding the table of contents, introduction, bibliography and appendices). The most massive borrowing without due registration of the Minister of links, according to “dissernet”, made of the dissertation of Alexander Sosnovsky “Innovative model for information management in health care,” and the book by Alexander Yurtaeva “Development and application of innovative technologies in the public administration.” Nikiforov’s opponent on defense while performing supervisor of the thesis Sosnowski Galina Suldina and Yurtaev he was scientific director of the minister’s thesis. Also, “dissernet” found in the official incorrect borrowing from the decision of the Government of the Republic of Tatarstan “Electronic Tatarstan. . 2008-2010, »

Dissertation Council in its opinion (a copy is available in the RBC) said that in the texts of Nikiforov and Sosnowski has several types of matches when Nikiforov uses borrowing other authors citing and Sosnowski – without; when both duly referred to the same primary sources; as well as “the description of collocations” (such as “innovation”). Incorrect borrowing from the work Sosnowski in the text of the Ministerial Council members are not found. Text Matches Nikiforov and Yurtaeva conclusion was explained by the fact that both worked on “a comprehensive program of informatization” of Tatarstan.

A spokesman for the Ministry of Communications Catherine Osadchaya previously reported that the Office does not consider the criticism “dissernet” “claims”. “In fact, there is nothing to comment on, because the borrowing is in any thesis and work analysis was made automatically. Accordingly, it is the opinion of those who have not even read the works of the Minister “, – she stated Tass news agency. Parkhomenko, in turn, denied the words Osadchaya: experts “dissernet” Nikiforov examined the work and found in the fact of plagiarism, he emphasized

Nikiforov thesis defended at the Kazan State Technological University in December 2011.. A year earlier, he became a member of the Republican government in the status of Deputy Prime Minister – Minister of Information and Communications. In May of 2012 Nikiforov was appointed head of the Ministry of Communications.

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