ARMENIAN-INDIAN IT TRAINING CENTER TO BE OPENED IN ARMENIA IN 2009

ArmInfo
2009-02-23 12:48:00

ArmInfo. Armenian-Indian Training Center of information technologies
will be opened in Armenia in 2009. The government of India will
invest $2 mln in this Center, Director of the "Enterprises Incubator
Foundation" (EIF) Bagrat Yengibaryan told ArmInfo.

To recall, representatives of the Indian Ministry of Information
Technologies, who developed a concept of opening of a Training Center
jointly with the Economy Ministry of Armenia and EIF, visited Armenia
in 2007. As B. Yengibaryan said, the project is currently at the final
stage of consideration by the interested agencies. It is expected to
sign the relevant intergovernmental agreement in 2009. ‘The primary
target of the programme is training of the personnel in IT-sphere,
as well as retraining of the Armenian programmers and HEE teachers
in India. Computer literacy advanced training is also envisaged
for representatives of the state agencies. The training will be
carried out by the Indian specialists with their own programmes’,
B. Yengibaryan said.

He added that after opening of the Center, a possibility of investments
by the private companies in Armenia will be discussed. Several
hundred people will be annually involved in the training courses,
several dozens of people more will be retrained in India. Moreover,
EIF director said, the issue of transferring of Armenian specialists
to work in the Indian companies was not discussed. The Armenian party
will provide an area for the Center, an Internet-communication and
will assure staying of the Indian specialists in Armenia. Equipment
will be provided by the Indian party. The programme in Armenia will be
managed by the ‘Enterprises Incubator Foundation’. The programme has
been designed for three years with possibility of further extension.