Armenian-Indian communications & IT center opened in Yerevan university

An Armenian-Indian communications and information technology center has been opened at the Department of Mathematics and Technology, Yerevan State University.

Mr. Sachin Pilot, Minister of State in the Indian Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, participated in the opening ceremony.

The center is designed to train competitive specialists, create joint programs and carry out close cooperation between the Armenian and Indian IT sectors. The center will conduct research in 20 fields.

The center staff has been retrained in India. The Indian side has presented the center with a supercomputer, the first in the South Caucasus. Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan said that the center will also contribute to the development of the Gyumri science and technology park.

Mr. Sachin Pilot noted that India is willing to impart it 20-year experience to Armenia. It will be scientific rather than financial assistance to Armenia, he added.