Winners of the second contest “Tomchi” announced

Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- The winners of the second contest of the mobile application  “TOMCHI” were determined. The contest was held within the framework of increasing public awareness about water-saving technologies.

The official presentation of the MP TOMCHI was held at the end of November 2018. The “National Project on Water Resources Management in Uzbekistan”, which is funded by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation and implemented by the Ministry of Water Resources of the Republic of Uzbekistan, developed the app.

Mobile application TOMCHI provides users with information about water-saving technologies, both traditional and innovative. It contains information on drip irrigation, sprinkler irrigation, and using film or hydrogel, etc. There is information about the prices of these technologies in local markets, and, very importantly, manufacturers, as well as many other useful information. .

On 7 February, the winners of the first round of the contest were awarded, at the same time, the second round was announced at this event. The second stage of the contest was held among students, researchers and teachers.

Representatives of the Ministry of Higher and Secondary Special Education, the National Project on Water Resources Management in Uzbekistan, the Swiss Embassy in Uzbekistan, the media, as well as students and professors attended the solemn ceremony of awarding the winners of the competition, which took place in the assembly hall of the Tashkent Institute of Irrigation and Land Reclamation. - teaching staff of the institute.

The winners of the competition were determined using a computer program - a random number generator, into which the numbers of all registered participants were loaded. This selection of winners ensured the impartiality and transparency of the process.

Smartphones, tablets, laptops were played out among students, and a representative of the faculty and research staff won a trip to Prague to get acquainted with colleagues from a university in the Czech Republic.