The auditorium named after Shakhanov Elaman Shakhanuly A1 – 207

Yelaman Shakhanov was born in 1944 in Karaganda region. scientist, Doctor of Biological Sciences, Professor, Academician of the Academy of Sciences of Kazakhstan

In 1967 he graduated from the Kazakh State Agricultural Institute (Kazakh National Agrarian University). 1967-1971 - postgraduate student, teacher at this institute. From 1971 to 1993 junior, senior researcher, head of department, deputy director of the Kazakh Research Institute of Fodder Production and Pastures.

From 1993 to 2001 he was Director of Pavlodar Research Institute of Agriculture. From 2001 to 2003 he worked as Director of the Kazakh Research Institute of Grain Farming named after A.I. Baraev. Since 2003 - Director of Karaganda Research Institute of Plant Breeding and Selection.

His main scientific works are devoted to the problems of polypody and distant hybridization of rare forage crops in desert and semi-desert regions. He has bred 14 new varieties of cereals and fodder crops, among them varieties of wheat Irtysh-97, corn Tsunami-80, varieties of yerkshop, sainfoin, fescue, camelina.

Shakhanov is the author of more than 110 scientific papers and has been awarded medals.