On 9 October 2026, Salomat Kanoatshoevich Davlatshoev, Leading Researcher at the Laboratory of Energy, Resource and Energy Conservation of the Institute of Water Problems, Hydropower and Ecology of the National Academy of Sciences of Tajikistan (IWPHE) — who defended his doctoral dissertation on 25 June 2026 before the Dissertation Council of the IWPHE in the specialty 2.1 Geology, Geodesy, Hydrology, Construction and Architecture (2.1.8 Hydraulic Engineering) — was awarded the academic degree of Doctor of Technical Sciences by decision of the Board of the Higher Attestation Commission under the President of the Republic of Tajikistan, dated 26 September 2026 (No. 10).