ARMINFO News Agency
September 20, 2005

15 BEST I.T. STUDENTS AWARDED PRESIDENTIAL AWARDS

YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 20. ARMINFO. The Synopsys Outreach Charitable
Foundation for Armenia and the President of Armenia Robert Kocharyan
held a reception today for the recipients of the President of the
Republic of Armenia Awards. The awards were given to the top 15
students and 3 pupils in the IT industry including two awards created
to honor the best female students in IT. The annual awards honor
students who demonstrate outstanding achievements in their study and
research projects in the Armeian IT sector, reports Synopsys.

The Armenian government and Synopsys are both interested in the
development of the national high tech industry, stated Lilit
Gevorgyan, assistant to President Kocharyan and member of the Armenia
Awarding Committee. We value Synopsys’ support of our specialized
high-tech education and realize that these efforts including
supporting the President of the Republic of Armenia Awards will
inspire new generations of students to cintinue the long-standing
Armenian tradition of engineering excellence.

The Synopsys Outreach Charitable Foundation for Armenia supports the
pursuit of the highest level of technology education for teachers and
students. By providing universities with the latest technology and
concepts in electronic design automation and semiconductor design,
teacher training and support. Synopsys helps enable the engineering
community to steadily increase the quality of its design work and
advance the high-tech industry. Furthering math and science education
around the world is a fundamental value at Synopsys.

Synopsys realizes that a thriving high0-tech industry within Armenia
requires support in the form of university and industry programs,
stated Rich Goldman, CEO of Synopsys Armenia. We are proud to be able
to he;lp recognize Armenia’s brightest students by funding the
President of the Republic of Armenia Awards through Armenia’s leading
technical universities.

The recipients of these awards represent the future of Armenia. These
awards stress the importance of education and honor those students
that have the potential to make significant contributions to the IT
economy in Armenia. Synopsys is proud to be associated with Armenia’s
best and brightest students. We look forward to seeing the continued
acheivements o these talented young engineers in Armenia, Goldman
said.