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PRESIDENTIAL PRIZES IN FIELD OF ART AND SCIENCE AWARDED TODAY IN ARMENIA
Arka News Agency, Armenia
June 28 2006
YEREVAN, June 28. /ARKA/. Armenian President Robert Kocharian today
awarded presidential prizes in 13 nominations in the field of art
and science. The prize-winners in the field of the development of
natural sciences are professors of the Yerevan State University
Sergey Hairapetyan and Hambartsum Khachatryan. The prize-winner in
the field of technical sciences and information technologies was
Doctor of technical sciences Stepan Meschyan.
In the field of medicine a prize was awarded to young Yerevan
cardiosurgeon Mesrop Shatakhyan for the development of cardiac valves
from biological materials for newborn infants.
Chairwoman of the profile commission for medicine Gohar Kyalyan
pointed out that this development is unique in the world.
In the field of physics, presidential prizes were awarded to the
astrophysics Felix Aharonyan, Vardan Sahakyan, Ashot Akhperjanyan
for a series of scientific articles "Registration of gamma rays of
extra high energy emitted from astrophysical sources".
Chairman of the profile commission for physics, Professor Robert
Hovakimyan pointed out that despite the insufficient funding, the
field of physics in Armenia is actively developing. The witness to
it is the big number of works submitted for prize awarding.
The prize-winner in the field of literature was Alexander Topchyan for
the novel "And Even After Death", and in the field of the humanities
- Sergey Sarinian - for the monograph "Two Centuries of the Armenian
Literature". At the same time, in the two nominations - humanitarian
activity and vocal, there was no prize-winners, as, according to the
chairmen of profile commissions, "outstanding works worthy for a high
award have not been presented in these fields".
Youth presidential prizes were also awarded in the field of fine arts
and cinema, literature and instrumental performance of classical music.
Money prizes to the amount of $2,500 (in AMD), certificates of the
contest winner, breastplates were awarded as the prize. ($1-AMD
418.71).
Arka News Agency, Armenia
June 28 2006
YEREVAN, June 28. /ARKA/. Armenian President Robert Kocharian today
awarded presidential prizes in 13 nominations in the field of art
and science. The prize-winners in the field of the development of
natural sciences are professors of the Yerevan State University
Sergey Hairapetyan and Hambartsum Khachatryan. The prize-winner in
the field of technical sciences and information technologies was
Doctor of technical sciences Stepan Meschyan.
In the field of medicine a prize was awarded to young Yerevan
cardiosurgeon Mesrop Shatakhyan for the development of cardiac valves
from biological materials for newborn infants.
Chairwoman of the profile commission for medicine Gohar Kyalyan
pointed out that this development is unique in the world.
In the field of physics, presidential prizes were awarded to the
astrophysics Felix Aharonyan, Vardan Sahakyan, Ashot Akhperjanyan
for a series of scientific articles "Registration of gamma rays of
extra high energy emitted from astrophysical sources".
Chairman of the profile commission for physics, Professor Robert
Hovakimyan pointed out that despite the insufficient funding, the
field of physics in Armenia is actively developing. The witness to
it is the big number of works submitted for prize awarding.
The prize-winner in the field of literature was Alexander Topchyan for
the novel "And Even After Death", and in the field of the humanities
- Sergey Sarinian - for the monograph "Two Centuries of the Armenian
Literature". At the same time, in the two nominations - humanitarian
activity and vocal, there was no prize-winners, as, according to the
chairmen of profile commissions, "outstanding works worthy for a high
award have not been presented in these fields".
Youth presidential prizes were also awarded in the field of fine arts
and cinema, literature and instrumental performance of classical music.
Money prizes to the amount of $2,500 (in AMD), certificates of the
contest winner, breastplates were awarded as the prize. ($1-AMD
418.71).