Indira Sadybekovna Rystina

Indira Sadybekovna Rystina

Member of the Board – Vice-Rector for Quality Assurance and Internal Control of ENU

Education

Indira Sadybekovna Rystina graduated from L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University, where she earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Political Science, as well as the Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree. She holds the academic title of Associate Professor.

She has published more than 40 scientific works in academic journals and conference proceedings at national and international levels, including articles indexed in Scopus, as well as publications in mass media.

Professional Career

Indira Sadybekovna Rystina began her career in 2004 at the Republican Educational and Health Center “Baldauren,” where she worked as an instructor-organizer. From 2008 to 2009, she taught Law and Social Studies at the Specialized Boarding School for Gifted Children named after Kazhymukan Munaitpasov.

Since 2011, her professional activity has been connected with L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University, where she held various managerial and academic-administrative positions.

In 2021, she became the Head of the Department of Socio-Political Studies of the Kazakhstan Institute for Strategic Studies under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

In 2022, she was appointed Deputy Head of the Secretariat of the Assembly of the People of Kazakhstan of the Presidential Administration.
Since 2023, she has served as Deputy Head of the Internal Policy Department of the Presidential Administration of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

She was a member of the National Council of Public Trust under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

She is a member of the Presidential Youth Personnel Reserve.

She was awarded the “For Distinguished Labor” medal in 2025.