Young Professionals Council was established in JSC “YUZHNIIGIPROGAZ” (hereinafter called UNGG) in 2003 on initiative of the Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the joint stock company, Deputy Head of Strategic Development Department, Head of Design and Survey Office - I.V. Mescheryakov and JSC Gazprom. It united over 200 young employees working at that time in UNGG. Representatives of each department of the company were elected to the Council at General Youth Conference. The Chairman of the Council was elected at the Council Meeting where Regulation on Council was adopted.
The key objectives of Young Professionals Council are as follows:
From 2003 to 2010 the Young Professionals Council was headed by Sergey Vishnyakov, holding concurrently the post of Chief Project Engineer of Design Department-2. A new Chairman of the Council, Yelena Galich (Design Department-3) was elected in February 2010. The Young Professionals Council consists of 13 members, 1-2 of its members representing each department.
An important event in the life of Young Professionals Council took place in 2006 when it was resolved by Association of Gazprom Design Companies, including JSC “YUZHNIIGIPROGAZ” as its member, to take care of young prefesisonals of gas industry. To this end, Coordination Center of Youth Organizations was established at Association of Design Companies of JSC Gazprom. It united Young Professionals Councils of nine design companies. Coordination Center idendified for itself three lines if activity: operating activities, informational and sport-and-culture oriented activities. YUZHNIIGIPROGAZ, jointly with other companies, is in charge of main line - operating activities, its goals and objectives are to organize seminars, conferences and training.