Department of Land and Water Management.

History and mission of the department

The Department of Land Management was established in 1991, making it one of the youngest departments within the faculty. In 2018, it was renamed the Department of Land Management and Cadastre and began offering bachelor’s and master’s degree programs in the 620200 field – “Land Management and Cadastre.” In 2024, the department was renamed the Department of Land and Water Management.

Since May 2017, the department has been headed by Associate Professor Aynura Zhaparbekovna Batykova, a candidate of technical sciences. She is the author of over 95 scientific works, holder of 8 patents for inventions in the Kyrgyz Republic, and has been awarded the title of Honored Worker of the Water Industry of the Kyrgyz Republic.

In 2024, as part of the Erasmus+ HWCA project, the department launched a new specialization, “Water Management.” This program aims to address the current needs of the labor market, align with students’ interests, and meet modern educational standards. It focuses on training specialists with in-depth knowledge of water law and resource management, which is especially critical in the face of constant changes in legislation and practice.

The department is staffed by highly qualified professionals, including Professor V.V. Denisov, Candidate of Economic Sciences; Professor V.A. Kopnov, Doctor of Technical Sciences; Professor G.T. Supaeva, Doctor of Economic Sciences; Associate Professors A.S. Sukenbayev and G.A. Shabikova, Candidates of Technical Sciences; Acting Associate Professor A.T. Rasheva, Candidate of Economic Sciences; Senior Lecturers A.K. Jusupova and I.D. Bazarbayeva; GIS specialist Bakhmutov E., and Senior Laboratory Assistant A. Erkinbekova.

The primary mission of the department is to prepare specialists in the fields of land and water resource management, land relations, land cadastre, water management, topography, geodesy, and cartography.

The department’s development is closely tied to the contributions of specialists such as Associate Professor K.Ch. Ismailova, Candidate of Economic Sciences; Professor V.V. Denisov, Candidate of Economic Sciences; Associate Professor N.A. Chimkanayev; and other educators, including N.N. Vandaeva and N.T. Osmonbaev. The first cohort of 29 land management engineers graduated in 1996, including distinction graduates A.S. Abdiev, N.A. Sooronova, E.V. Goncharova, and B.T. Tashtanov, who now hold key positions in government agencies like the State Agency for Land Resources, Cadastre, Geodesy, and Cartography.

Modern information technologies and globalization have transformed approaches to land resource management, leading to the widespread use of applied GIS software. In response, a GIS laboratory was established in 2018, equipped with state-of-the-art technology and software. The laboratory supports data collection, processing, analysis, modeling, and visualization, enabling effective teaching and research.

Since 2017, the department’s faculty has developed and published 7 textbooks approved by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Kyrgyz Republic, as well as 2 monographs. These publications cover topics such as land management, land relations regulation, land reclamation, and water systems.

In 2023, as part of the Erasmus+ HWCA project, the department established a Water Management Laboratory aimed at enhancing resilience to climate change and ensuring water resource security in Central Asia.

The department offers dual-degree programs in partnership with the S. Seifullin Kazakh Agrotechnical University in Astana, Kazakhstan.

The department also actively collaborates with the State University of Land Management (GUZ) in Moscow. A cooperation agreement was signed in 2002 and has been regularly extended. KNAU is an associate member of the Council for the “Land Management and Cadastre” discipline. The department head, A.Zh. Batykova, and Professor V.V. Denisov contribute to the development of academic and methodological documents and participate in GUZ academic council meetings.

Directions and profiles / programs

Graduates of the Land management profile are universal specialists trained to work in the State Institution “Cadastre” under the State Agency for Land Resources under the Ministry of Agriculture of the Kyrgyz Republic, in the State Design Institute for Land Management “Kyrgyzgiprozem”, as well as in organizations engaged in economic and legal activities in the field of land management and regulation of land relations.

Graduates of the Land Cadastre profile specialize in land and real estate valuation.

Their activity consists in the legal registration of land use, registration and evaluation of land, state control over the use and protection of land resources, and monitoring of land.

 Graduates can work in the State Institution “Cadastre” under the State Agency for Land Resources under the Ministry of Agriculture of the Kyrgyz Republic, Gosregister under the State Registration Service, in local governments (mayor’s office, ayil aimak), in departments of architecture and urban planning, real estate firms, assessment agencies land and real estate, construction organizations, banks, etc.

Bachelors of the profile Geodetic support in land management are intended for professional activities in the field of ground-based methods of surveying terrain, remote sensing, computer processing of these materials with subsequent presentation of information in electronic and traditional form, as well as in topographic surveys, compiling and publishing maps and atlases for various purposes.

Graduates can work in the State Cartographic and Geodetic Service of the Kyrgyz Republic, in the State Institution “Cadastre”, Gosregister under the State Registration Service, in local governments (mayor’s office, aiyl aimak), in private design and survey companies, construction organizations (housing, civil, road construction ), in the departments of architecture and construction, etc.

The composition of the department

Batykova Ainura Zhaparbekovna

Head of the Department of Land Management and Cadastres, candidate of technical sciences, docent

aj.batykova@gmail.com

Denisov Vitaly Viktorovich

Professor of the Department of Land Management and Cadastres, candidate of economics sciences
denisov49@list.ru

Vitaly Anatolyevich Kopnov

Professor

Shabikova Gulmira Askarovna

docent of the Department of Land Management and Cadastres, candidate of technical sciences
sh. gulmira66 @gmail.com

Sukenbaev Аidar Satybaldievich

docent of the Department of Land Management and Cadastres, candidate of technical sciences
aidar61@bk.ru

Supaeva Gulnaz Tunaevna

docent of the Department of Land Management and Cadastres, candidate of economics sciences
gsupayeva@mail.ru

Rasheva Ainura Talapaevna

Senior lecturer at the Department of Land Management and Cadastres, master of Land Management and Cadastres
aika_akbar@mail.ru

Zhusupova Aizhamal Kamalovna

Senior lecturer at the Department of Land Management and Cadastres, master of Land Management and Cadastres
aijamaljusupova76 @mail.ru

Bazarbayeva Indira Daiyrbekovna

Senior lecturer at the Department of Land Management and Cadastres, master of Land Management and Cadastres
bazarbaeva.indira @mail.ru

Asel Erkinbekova Erkinbekovna

laboratory