Gulnur Dzhainakova appointed rector of Issyk-Kul State University

Gulnur Dzhainakova has been appointed rector of Issyk-Kul State University named after Kasym Tynystanov, the university’s press service reported.

Dzhainakova, 56, holds a PhD in agricultural sciences. She graduated from the Kyrgyz Agrarian Academy with a degree in agronomy and also from the Kyrgyz National Agrarian University, where she obtained qualifications as an economist and a master’s degree in management.

Over the years, Dzhainakova worked as a methodologist at the Kyrgyz National Agrarian University and headed a college and several departments at Ala-Too International University.

In January 2022, she was appointed deputy minister of education and science, where she oversaw vocational and higher education.

The university was previously headed by Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences and Professor Askarbek Imanbaev.