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LEARNING FROM ASIAN TIGER: ARMENIA, INDIA LAUNCH NEW CENTER IN YEREVAN TO EXPAND COOPERATION IN IT
By Siranuysh Gevorgyan
ArmeniaNow
08.11.11 | 12:15
An Armenian-Indian center of information and communication technologies
that opened in Yerevan on Monday is expected to boost the country's
IT sector that for years has been declared by the government as
a priority. Attending the opening ceremony at the Yerevan State
University were Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan and India's
Minister of State for Communications and Information Technology
Sachin Pilot.
According to officials in charge of the project, the center's goal is
to deepen bilateral cooperation in the IT industry and promote the
involvement of world-class IT workforce in Armenia, organize joint
research projects, etc.
Prime Minister Sargsyan said in his opening remarks that it will
give fresh impetus to IT research and educational programs. He said
that the center's teachers were trained in India and explored new
methods being used in the sector. The center has been equipped with
a supercomputer, PARAM, which is unique for the South Caucasus region.
According to the prime minister, it will give a rare opportunity for
the center to carry out new research work. Research in the center is
expected to focus on 20 directions.
The prime minister also said that this center will be useful for
efforts to develop a technological park in Armenia's second largest
city, Gyumri.
Indian minister Pilot, for his part, said that India is ready to
share its 20-year experience in the IT sector with Armenia.
"Our help to Armenia will be not in the form of money, but in the
form of scientific potential," he said.
At present, India is one of the world leaders in the IT sphere. The
Indian Information Technology industry accounts for more than 5.19
percent of the country's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and export
earnings as of 2009. In 2010-11, annual revenues from the IT sector
are estimated to have reached some $55 billion and is expected to
touch at $225 billion by 2020.
As of January 38 enterprises with the involvement of Indian capital
had been registered in Armenia. These enterprises are engaged in
different branches of the light industry, such as production of
clothes, pharmaceutics, etc. Armenia's Economy Minister Tigran Davtyan
expressed a hope that the visit of the Indian minister to Armenia
would give an opportunity to involve India also in Armenia's IT sector.
During a meeting with the Armenian prime minister, Indian minister
Pilot said that the two countries should establish new economic ties,
expand bilateral cooperation in different directions. Prime Minister
Sargsyan said that Armenian-Indian economic cooperation is on a high
level in the pharmaceutical and chemical industries, machinery and
information technologies, and the government of Armenia is interested
in developing cooperation also in the tourism sector, in which the
organization of two-way flights could be instrumental.
Later, the Indian IT state minister held a meeting with local
specialists of the sector at the Synopsys Armenia office in Yerevan.
From: A. Papazian
By Siranuysh Gevorgyan
ArmeniaNow
08.11.11 | 12:15
An Armenian-Indian center of information and communication technologies
that opened in Yerevan on Monday is expected to boost the country's
IT sector that for years has been declared by the government as
a priority. Attending the opening ceremony at the Yerevan State
University were Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan and India's
Minister of State for Communications and Information Technology
Sachin Pilot.
According to officials in charge of the project, the center's goal is
to deepen bilateral cooperation in the IT industry and promote the
involvement of world-class IT workforce in Armenia, organize joint
research projects, etc.
Prime Minister Sargsyan said in his opening remarks that it will
give fresh impetus to IT research and educational programs. He said
that the center's teachers were trained in India and explored new
methods being used in the sector. The center has been equipped with
a supercomputer, PARAM, which is unique for the South Caucasus region.
According to the prime minister, it will give a rare opportunity for
the center to carry out new research work. Research in the center is
expected to focus on 20 directions.
The prime minister also said that this center will be useful for
efforts to develop a technological park in Armenia's second largest
city, Gyumri.
Indian minister Pilot, for his part, said that India is ready to
share its 20-year experience in the IT sector with Armenia.
"Our help to Armenia will be not in the form of money, but in the
form of scientific potential," he said.
At present, India is one of the world leaders in the IT sphere. The
Indian Information Technology industry accounts for more than 5.19
percent of the country's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and export
earnings as of 2009. In 2010-11, annual revenues from the IT sector
are estimated to have reached some $55 billion and is expected to
touch at $225 billion by 2020.
As of January 38 enterprises with the involvement of Indian capital
had been registered in Armenia. These enterprises are engaged in
different branches of the light industry, such as production of
clothes, pharmaceutics, etc. Armenia's Economy Minister Tigran Davtyan
expressed a hope that the visit of the Indian minister to Armenia
would give an opportunity to involve India also in Armenia's IT sector.
During a meeting with the Armenian prime minister, Indian minister
Pilot said that the two countries should establish new economic ties,
expand bilateral cooperation in different directions. Prime Minister
Sargsyan said that Armenian-Indian economic cooperation is on a high
level in the pharmaceutical and chemical industries, machinery and
information technologies, and the government of Armenia is interested
in developing cooperation also in the tourism sector, in which the
organization of two-way flights could be instrumental.
Later, the Indian IT state minister held a meeting with local
specialists of the sector at the Synopsys Armenia office in Yerevan.
From: A. Papazian