Today, knowledge becomes obsolete faster than new textbooks are published. The successful companies are those that know how to learn themselves and help others grow. NBT Group is precisely one of those. Here, education and consulting are not merely separate directions, but a strategic vector of development.

It is not by chance that the company pays so much attention to science and education. The path of its CEO—Dr. Madina Khalmirzaeva, Candidate of Sciences, Associate Professor—is closely connected with the academic environment. She studied at the Tashkent Chemical-Technological Institute, worked for many years at the Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry of the Academy of Sciences, and taught at TIIAME in the department “Ecology and Water Resources.” This fundamental experience defined the company’s course: to support research, share knowledge, and prepare young personnel.

At NBT, they are convinced that “personnel must be cultivated every day.” Therefore, the company actively works with university students and graduates. An internship here is not a formality, but a real start.

Already at the university bench, students become acquainted with international standards in ecology, principles of sustainable development, and monitoring practices. In the office, they are involved in real projects: calculations, surveys, public hearings, and trainings.

The results speak for themselves:

• Kamila Abdukadyrova (TIIAME), working as an intern in the company, mastered international environmental standards and won a grant for study at a prestigious university in the USA.

• Iroda Sharipova (WIUT, Finance, IELTS 8 ) came as an intern in her first year, and today works as a Junior Business Development Specialist.

• Elbek Shakirov (Institute of Geological Sciences, IELTS 6.5) became a Junior Environmental Specialist after an internship on the EBRD Methane Emissions project.

• Fotima Zokirova (Bologna and Lodz Universities) saw how theoretical projects are brought to life, and linked her Master’s thesis on water resource management with the experience of NBT Group.

However, the company works not only with students. For practicing specialists, NBT Group, together with partners from Saint Petersburg, conducted the first-ever courses in Uzbekistan on environmental modeling. Listeners mastered calculations of air and water pollution, bioindication methods, and acoustic calculations. The outcome: new competencies, certificates, and readiness to implement knowledge in real projects.

Consulting at NBT Group is always about practice. For example, in Bishkek, the team trained employees of Aiyl Bank on implementing an environmental and social management system. In Osh, it conducted trainings on safeguard measures for Asian Development Bank projects. Here, the company acts not just as a contractor, but as a partner that shares experience in the process of work.

For NBT Group, education and consulting are a unified ecosystem. Students learn from practitioners, specialists raise their qualifications, and companies and government structures receive ready-made experts capable of solving the tasks of tomorrow.

Here, work begins already in the student auditorium, and studies do not end even after university. This is precisely how a sustainable future is formed—through knowledge, experience, and exchange.