Date of birth
20 July 1943, Gyumri, Armenia
Working activity
1965-1967 the Armenian language and literature teacher at Secondary school in Masis
1971-1989 Senior lecturer, Institute of Language after R. Acharyan of The Armenian National Academy of Sciences (IL NAS RA)
1989-1995, 2014 up to present Senior Researcher in the Institute of Language after R. Acharyan of Armenian National Academy of Sciences (IL NAS RA)
1989- First senior lecturer then Professor at the Armenian Language Department at Yerevan State Medical University (YSMU)
1995 up to present -Head of the Armenian Language Department, also a linguist- editor of Scientific-informational journal ‘Medicine, Science and Education’, published by YSMU
Project coordinator of regulation of medical language and terminology project
Professional activity
The scope of scientific interests: Indo-European studies, history of Armenian linguistics, coordination of medical language and terminology
1984- received PhD degree (Candidate of philological sciences)
1990 Scientific Rank of Professor in Linguistics by the decision of YSMU’s Scientific Council awarded by Supreme Attestation Commission of the Republic of Armenia
Presentations at the International Conferences on Linguists organized by Institute of Language after R. Acharyan
Author of two monographs, medical educational manuals, and about 60 scientific articles
Honors and awards
“Golden Medal” of YSMU dedicated to the 70th anniversary of YSMU, 2000
Certificate at International Conference on the 1600th Anniversary of the Invention of the Armenian Language’, awarded by YSMU, 2005.
“Golden Medal”of YSMU dedicated to the 90th anniversary of YSMU, 2010
Certificate for active participation and presentation in the 20th Teaching and Methodological conference, YSMU, 2014 named “The Present and the Future of Higher Medical Education”
Acknowledgement letter by the Ministry of Diaspora of the Republic of Armenia for the best participation in events in Oshakan, dedicated to International Mother Tongue Day
Certificate by Ministry of Education and Science of RA for participating in lecturers’ training project, 2015
Professional activity
1991 took part in developing RA Law project on Language
For 20 years was the author and the reporter of ‘Our language, our speech’programme broadcast at the Public Television company of Armenia
2001 to present leads a scientific and cultural center “Vernatun”
A member of Academic-Methodological central council of YSMU, and the president of Academic-Methodological council of Social disciplines
Personal information
Married