ISET is deeply saddened to announce that class of 2015 alumnus Artak Voskanyan lost his life in a car accident in his native Armenia on July 4th. The ISET community was devastated to learn of Artak's death. He is remembered as friendly, motivated and keen to be involved in as many activities as possible. He founded the USA2Yerevan initiative and was an active, enthusiastic member of the university.
After graduating, Artak became a teaching fellow at ISET, and also taught at the American University of Armenia. He would often tell friends and faculty that he planned to become a millionaire, and pledged to donate a significant amount of his future wealth to his school.
Tamta Maridashvili is an intern at the Education and Social Policy Research Center at the ISET Policy Institute. She is currently taking part in a project of the Asian Development Bank, “Good Jobs for Inclusive Growth in Central and West Asia”. She is actively engaged in the process of gathering information, writing, and assisting the team in other project-related tasks.
Tamta earned her bachelor’s degree in Economics from Tbilisi State University and then continued her studies at Lund University, Sweden. In August 2016 she will acquire a Master’s degree in Economic Growth, Innovation and Spatial Dynamics from Lund University. Her internship at ISET will be her first experience in the field of research, and she has aspirations to continue her career in that direction. Doing the internship at ISET is a step forward in her academic career, and the ISET team is also glad to have her as an intern, since students that are studying at other universities are the source of new ideas and perspectives.