On October 12, 2016, Khazar University’s eiLink Research and Development Center held a presentation of its first geology research project. Opening the presentation, Professor Hamlet Isaxanli, the founder of Khazar University and Chairman of its Board of Directors and Trustees spoke about the significance of the center’s establishment. Then speeches were made by Associate Professor Gasham Zeynalov, Head of the Department of Petroleum Engineering, and members of the Executive Board of Azerbaijan Petroleum Engineers’ Public Union about the creation, functions and current research of the eiLink Research and Development Center.

Then initial results of research by Gasham Zeynalov, project director and main coordinator, and Shahriyar Alkhasli, PhD student, were shared and a discussion was held. At the end of the event, Professor Hamlet Isaxanli and Dr. Hassan Niknafs, President of Khazar University, shared their views on the research.

Professor Mahammad Nuriyev, Vice President of Khazar University, and PhD students majoring in Petroleum Engineering also participated in the event.