Armenian National Academy of Sciences explained

40.1917°N 44.5086°W

National Academy of Sciences of Armenia
Established:10 November 1943
President:Ashot Saghyan
Staff:3,700 (63 academicians, 61 corresponding members, 335 doctors of sciences, 1,080 candidates of sciences)
Former Name:Armenian Academy of Sciences
Address:24 Baghramyan Avenue, Yerevan, Armenia

The National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia (NAS RA) (Armenian: Հայաստանի Հանրապետության գիտությունների ազգային ակադեմիա, ՀՀ ԳԱԱ, Hayastani Hanrapetut’yan gitut’yunneri azgayin akademia) is the Armenian national academy, functioning as the primary body that conducts research and coordinates activities in the fields of science and social sciences in Armenia. It is a member of the International Science Council.

History

The Academy of Sciences of the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic was founded on 10 November 1943, on the basis of the Armenian Branch of the Soviet Academy of Sciences, which was established almost 10 years earlier, in 1935. Among its founders were Joseph Orbeli, Stepan Malkhasyants, Ivan Gevorkian and Victor Ambartsumian; Orbeli became the first president of the academy.

Presidents

Structure

Division of Mathematical and Technical Sciences
Division of Physics and Astrophysics
Division of Natural Sciences
Division of Chemistry and Earth Sciences
Division of Armenology and Social Sciences

See also

External links