Since 1978, the specialized council K122.07.01 began to function for the defense of candidate dissertations in the specialty 08.00.05 - economics, organization of management and planning of the national economy (agriculture), approved by order of the Higher Attestation Commission under the Council of Ministers of the USSR dated February 7, 1978 No. 117 composed of: Lych G. M. (chairman), Martinkevich F. S. (deputy chairman), Zinkevich G. V. (scientific secretary), Borisovets K. F., Goryachko N. I., Kachuro I. M. , Kostyukovich F. T., Matokh A. A., Ovsyannikov S. G., Prokopenko N. F., Ryzhenkov E. V., Umetsky B. I.
As a result of personnel rotation, Baigot S.A., Trusevich N.N., Blankman Ya.M., Efremenko V.V., Zhilinsky N.A., Kulazhenko V.A., Svyatogor A.P. took part in the further work of the council.
In 1995, by order of the Higher Attestation Commission of the Republic of Belarus dated April 11, 1995 No. 38, the composition of the council for the defense of dissertations for the degree of Doctor of Science in the specialty 08.00.05 - economics and management of the national economy (specialization - economics, organization and management of enterprises, industries) was approved , complexes) consisting of:
1. Gusakov Vladimir Grigorievich (chairman).
2. Prokopenko Nikolay Fedorovich (deputy chairman).
3. Solovtsov Nikolai Ivanovich (scientific secretary).
4. Borisovets Konstantin Fedorovich.
5. Valuev Valentin Vasilievich.
6. Vorobyov Leonid Andreevich.
7. Gerashchenko Anatoly Nikolaevich.
8. Davydenko Leonid Nikolaevich.
9. Lych Gennady Mikhailovich.
10. Pokhabov Valery Innokentievich.
11. Tikhonovsky Nikolai Stanislavovich.
12. Shapiro Boris Mironovich.
13. Sharetsky Semyon Georgievich.
Over the years, members of the dissertation defense council were: academicians of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus Nikolai Ivanovich Smeyan, Vitaly Vitalievich Lapa; corresponding members of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus Ilyina Zinaida Makarovna, Skakun Alexey Stepanovich, Daineko Alexey Evgenievich; Doctors of Science Dmitry Andreevich Peshko, Ivan Petrovich Vorobiev, Stanislav Ivanovich Baranovsky, Mikhail Ivanovich Zapolsky.
Over the past years, the council has defended dissertations for the degree of Doctor of Economic Sciences - 23 people and Candidate of Economic Sciences - 336 people.