At a meeting of the Dissertation Council of the Institute of Geography named after acad. H.Aliyev of ANAS, Bandaliev Vugar Nureddin oglu defended his dissertation on the topic “Research of microtoponyms of Nagorny Shirvan” for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the specialty 5401.01 “Economic Geography”.

By secret ballot, it was decided to apply to the Higher Attestation Commission under the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan for Vugar Bandaliev to receive a PhD in geography.