The Shakhmardan Yessenov Foundation charity has announced the completion of the Yessenov Launch Pad (YLP) competition. The competition laureates receive the opportunity for additional training to develop soft or hard skills.
94 people participated in the competition. The organizers awarded 10 grants for additional training, worth up to 600,000 tenge. The initiative to establish the Yessenov Launch Pad program belongs to philanthropist and entrepreneur Galimzhan Yessenov. The program was launched in 2022.
Winner Banu Seitzhaparova, who currently holds the position of research fellow at the National Oncology Center, announced plans to complete a course on healthcare data analytics tools.
21-year-old Miras Beisai is studying for a bachelor’s degree in computer science. Winning the competition will allow him to improve his skills in machine learning and generative computer vision from DeepSchool, as well as hard machine learning from karpov.courses.
20-year-old Sagynysh Sovet, a student at Satbayev University, is immersed in studying computer science. She will use the grant to take Python development courses (both server-side and client-side). She also plans to prepare for and take the IELTS exam.