Serzh Sargsyan received world-renowned scientists, foreign members of  the National Academy of Sciences of Armenia

ArmInfo. On November 6, Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan received world-renowned scientists, foreign members of the National Academy of Sciences of Armenia Yuri Hovhannisyan and Ani Apramyan. They arrived in Armenia to participate 

in the Pan-Armenian scientific conference held in Yerevan on November 

6-8, as well as to discuss issues related to the strategy of the National Scientific Laboratory named after A.I Alikhanyan.

According to the press service of the head of state, welcoming famous 

scientists, the President of Armenia highly appreciated their 

readiness to help the development of science in Armenia, as well as 

to contribute, especially to progress in physics and mathematics, as 

well as the education of young scientists. Sargsyan also highly 

appreciated the persistence of famous scientists in the development 

of the National Oncology Center of Excellence, and especially the 

National Scientific Laboratory named after A.I. Alikhanyan (Yerevan 

Institute of Physics), in terms of the production of isotopes on the 

territory of the NNLA and the diagnostic center program. He stressed 

that the state will continue to keep this program in the center of 

attention and assist in its implementation.

Yuri Hovhannisyan, in addition to his key role in world science, is 

also appointed prime minister of Armenia as chairman of the 

international scientific council of NNLA. In 2009-2010, he formed an 

international commission that examined and submitted proposals to the 

government on the transformation of the Yerevan Institute of Physics 

into the National Science Laboratory. In 2011, Yuri Hovhannisyan was 

appointed chairman of the International Scientific Council of the 

above-mentioned foundation and is still actively advising and 

assisting the establishment of this scientific organization. Ani 

Apramyan, who also has experience managing a number of American and 

European scientific institutions, especially in nuclear physics and 

isotope production, also actively participates in the commission 

formed by Yuri Hovhannisyan.  Since 2011 she has been a member of the 

international scientific council of the NNLA and has been doing 

significant work helping young scientists in their involvement in 

international programs. At the meeting, the importance of cooperation 

between the Armenian Science and Technology Foundation (FAST) and the 

tandem Ani Abrahamyan and Yuri Hovhannisyan was also emphasized, 

considering that Yuri Hovhannisyan is also a member of the FAST Board 

of Trustees.

The Foundation for Armenian Science and Technology (FAST) was 

launched in 2016. The main mission of the Foundation is to create a 

favorable ecosystem to stimulate innovation and scientific progress 

in Armenia and beyond. FAST intends to mobilize and unite the 

financial and technological resources of the Armenian and 

international scientific community. The founders of FAST were Ruben 

Vardanyan and Nubar Afeyan on behalf of the IDeA fund, Fr. Mesrop 

Aramyan on behalf of "Ayb" and "Luys" funds, entrepreneur in the 

sphere of high technologies and innovations Artur Alaverdyan. The 

Board of Trustees was established, consisting of five people, 

including the founders.