Pashinyan Approves the Composition of YSU Board of Trustees

The Prime Minister of Armenia has approved the composition of the Board of Trustees of Yerevan State University (YSU), which consists of 32 members, as reported by the university's website.

According to the charter of the Yerevan State University Foundation, the YSU Board of Trustees is formed from the university’s faculty and students, as well as recognized representatives from various sectors of education, science, culture, and economy nominated by the authorized body, with a balanced representation of 25 percent from each group.

It is noteworthy that the YSU Scientific Council has elected candidates for the Board of Trustees from the faculty through a secret ballot, while the Student Council has selected representatives from the student body through the same procedure.

The Board of Trustees is responsible for appointing the rector of YSU, discussing and approving the university's budget, strategic development plan, reviewing and evaluating the annual activity report provided by the rector, confirming the university's structure, staffing table, and performing other functions specified in the charter.

The members of the YSU Board of Trustees are:

• J. Andreasian – Deputy Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport
• A. Martirosyan – Deputy Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport
• A. Simonian – Deputy Minister of Territorial Administration and Infrastructure
• V. Poghosyan – Deputy Minister of High-Tech Industry
• A. Apitonyan – Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs
• S. V. Siseryan – Head of the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister
• S. Hayotsyan – Chairman of the Committee of Science of the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sport
• V. Papikyan – Executive Director of the Office of the Prime Minister
• M. Galstyan – President of the Central Bank (with consent)
• G. Harutyunyan – Director of the National Information Center for Academic Recognition and Mobility (with consent)
• A. Sargsyan – Acting Director of Public Television of Armenia (with consent)
• V. Yakubyan – President of the Armenian General Benevolent Union (with consent)
• G. Muradyan – Founder of “Metrika” LLC (with consent)
• N. Kostandyan – Director of the Komitas Museum Institute (with consent)
• H. Arshamyan – Director of the All-Armenian Fund (with consent)
• H. Navasaradyan – Director of A. Shahinyan Secondary Specialized School of Physics and Mathematics in Yerevan (with consent)
• A. Hakobyan – Professor at the Department of Telecommunications and Signal Processing, YSU, Corresponding Member of the National Academy of Sciences
• A. Chubaryan – Professor at the Department of Discrete Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science, YSU, Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences
• S. Kelyan – Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Geography and Geology, YSU, Candidate of Technical Sciences
• N. Khachatryan – Head of the Department of Psychology, YSU, Candidate of Psychological Sciences, Associate Professor
• K. Khachatryan – Head of the Department of Management and Business, YSU, Candidate of Economic Sciences
• V. Voskanyan – Head of the Department of Iranian Studies, YSU, Candidate of Philological Sciences, Associate Professor
• M. Soghomonyan – Associate Professor at YSU Department of Political Institutions and Processes, Candidate of Historical Sciences
• M. Malxasyan – Associate Professor at YSU Department of Armenian History, Candidate of Historical Sciences
• A. Soghomonyan – Postgraduate Student of the Faculty of European Languages and Communication, YSU
• A. Avtandilyan – Master’s Student of the Faculty of Theology, YSU
• D. Apoyan – Undergraduate Student of the Faculty of Law, YSU
• B. Hovhannisyan – Postgraduate Student of the Faculty of Radiophysics, YSU
• K. Abajyan – Master’s Student of the Faculty of International Relations, YSU
• S. Hakobyan – Master’s Student of the Faculty of Economics and Management, YSU
• A. Poghosyan – Master’s Student of the Faculty of Armenian Philology, YSU
• H. Vardumyan – Master’s Student of the Faculty of Biology, YSU