In the opening ceremony of the Winter school was attended by the Deputy Minister of agriculture of the Russian Federation M. I. Obidov, head of the Russian state agrarian University-MTAA named after K. A. Timiryazev, V. I. Trukhachev, head of Association of organizers of the student competition "I am a professional" V. A. Kasamara, representatives of leading agricultural companies, heads of leading agrarian universities of Russia.

Deputy Chairman of the Board of JSC "Rosselkhozbank" Pavel Markov spoke on behalf of the Chairman of the Board Boris Listov with a welcoming speech and wished the students success. "Investments in human capital are of key importance in shaping the future agenda of Russian agriculture and the economy as a whole. We help talented and enterprising students to realize themselves in agribusiness. I am sure that the winners will make a significant contribution to the development of entrepreneurship in the agricultural sector, implementation of innovations in the sector, improving infrastructure in rural areas", - said Pavel Markov.

Winter school — practice-oriented education forums with the participation of leading scientists, representatives of Ministries and employers. The purpose of the winter school "Development of agriculture. Challenges of time" is to introduce students of agricultural universities of the country with the advanced achievements in the field of crop and livestock production, agriculture and Agroengineering. The programme of the winter school, students will be able to attend lectures and master classes by managers of leading companies in the industry, excursions to enterprises.

Following the Olympics, the best participants receive cash prizes and benefits when applying to graduate school or graduate school.

JSC "Rosselhozbank" is the basis of national credit and financial service system of agroindustrial complex of Russia. The Bank was founded in 2000 and today is a key lender to the agriculture of the country, is among the largest and most stable banks in the country in terms of assets and capital, as well as the leaders of a reliability rating of the largest Russian banks.