MIIGAiK President

 Viktor Petrovich Savinykh

Titles:	- MIIGAiK President - twice Hero of the Soviet Union - Academician of the Russian Academy of Science - Doctor of engineering - Professor, Optical Engineering
Honours of the USSR and the Russian Federation:	- full knight of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" - three Orders of Lenin - two Stars of The Hero of the Soviet Union - Order of Honor - medal "For Merits in Space Exploration" - golden medal of the USSR Academy of Science named after K.Tsiolkovsky
Honours of other countries:	Orders and medals of: - the Mongolian People`s Republic - the Socialist Republic of Vietnam - the Bulgarian People`s Republic - the Syrian Arab Republic - the Republic of Cuba

Biography

• 1969 - Viktor Savinykh graduated Moscow state university of geodesy and cartography (MIIGAiK) with a degree in Optoelectronic Devices
• 1978 - 1988 - member of the USSR Cosmonaut corps
• 1989 - 2007 – rector of  Moscow state university of geodesy and cartography
• 2006–2019 – corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Science (RAS)
• 2007 till present – president of  Moscow state university of geodesy and cartography
• 2019 till present – Academician of RAS 

Viktor Savinykh is a well-known researcher, pilot-cosmonaut of the USSR, head of the geodesy section of the RAS, representative of the Russian Federation in the International Association of Geodesy (IAG), chief editor / member of editorial board of social, political and scientific magazines: "Russian Space", "Geodesy and Cartography", "Geodesy and Aerial Photography" and others, member of the Academic and Expert Councils of the Russian Geographical Society.

 

Contacts

Tel.: 8 (499) 763-34-32
E-mail: president@miigaik.ru