On 23 December, a regular meeting of the Science and Technology Council of the Meshcheryakov Laboratory of Information Technologies took place. MLIT staff members were presented with awards on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the Mongolian Academy of Sciences. Gurjav Ganbold, Head of the Mongolian national group at JINR, Leading Researcher at BLTP, and Chuluunbaatar Ochbadrah, Academician of the Mongolian Academy of Sciences, MLIT Deputy Director for Scientific Work, presented these awards.

I. V. Puzynin was awarded the Kublai Khan Gold Medal, the highest honour offered by the Mongolian Academy of Sciences. This award is presented to scientists who made a significant contribution to the development of Mongolian and world science.

G. A. Ososkov was awarded the Altan Ochir Medal of the Mongolian Computer Science Development Fund in recognition of his remarkable contribution to the development of information technology and computer science in Mongolia.

T. A. Strizh was awarded the Certificate of Honor of the Institute of Mathematics and Digital Technologies of the Mongolian Academy of Sciences for her great influence on the development of mathematics and computer science in Mongolia.

Gurjav Ganbold congratulated all MLIT staff members on the coming New Year and wished them health of tiger, prosperity and creative longevity.