CHAIR OF MICROECONOMICS
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The Chair of Microeconomics and Business Organization of the Armenian State University of Economics was established in 1975. Since the establishment of Yerevan Institute of National Economy, it was named ‘Organization and Planning of Industrial Production’. From April, 2021, the chair has been renamed to the Chair of Microeconomics.
Heads of the Chair
- Melkumyan Mikael Sergey, from 11.02.2010 onwards
- Arshakyan Albert Hayk, 1988-2009.
- Avanesyan Avag Bakhshi, 1975-1987
Specialties
Bachelor’s degree program
- Service
Master’s degree program
- Business organization and management of public services
- Organization and management of industrial business
Subjects taught
Compulsory courses in all bachelor’s degree specialties are:
- Microeconomics-1
- Enterprise economics
Master's degree:
- Microeconomics-3
More than two dozen subjects are taught in the specialization "Service", namely:
- Foundations of entrepreneurship-1,2
- Conflict resolution
- Investment policy
- Legal regulation of service activities
- Economics of transport and communication
10 subjects are taught in the master's degree program in "Business organization and management of public services", namely:
- Tariff policy
- Organization of tax and customs relations
- Strategic management in business.
Scientific research activities
Recently, the academic staff of the chair has published educational manuals in Armenian and Russian, as well as implemented scientific seminars on current issues related to the economy of the republic.
Head of the Chair, Professor M. Melkumyan (with Associate Professors F. Baharyan and N. Afyan) developed and submitted to the CIS Inter-Parliamentary Assembly a model law "Assessment of the potential impact of mining activities on the health of the population of affected communities" for its approval and was adopted in 2023 being unprecedented in the frames of RA law-making activities. In the competitions announced by the "Amberd" Research Center, employees of the chair regularly win grants on diverse topics.
Staff of the Chair
- Melkumyan Mikayel Sergeyi – Head of the Chair, Doctor of Economics, Professor
- Sargsyan Anna Suriki - Ph.D. in Economics, Associate Professor
- Kalantaryan Azat Vazgen - Ph.D. in Economics, Associate Professor
- Baharyan Frida Fridrikh - Ph.D. in Economics, Associate Professor
- Simonyan Anahit Sergey - Ph.D. in Economics, Associate Professor
- Tumasyan Zenfira Aramais - Ph.D. in Economics, Associate Professor
- Gabrielyan Hranush Seryozha - Ph.D. in Economics, Associate Professor
- Arakelyan Artur Zhirayr - Ph.D. in Economics, Associate Professor
- Melkumyan Zaruhi Mikael - Ph.D. in Economics, Associate Professor
- Parsyan Suren Hakob – Ph.D. in Economics, Associate Professor
- Matevosyan Elyanora Norayr - Ph.D. in Economics, Associate Professor
- Kostanyan Narek Yurik - Ph.D. in Economics, senior lecturer
- Barseghyan Taguhi Armen - Ph.D. in Economics, Senior Lecturer
- Igityan Tigran Babken - Ph.D. in Economics, Senior Lecturer
- Isayan Shake Robert - Lecturer
- Khalatyan Harutyun Avetik - Lecturer
- Ulikhanyan Ashot Lyova - Lecturer
- Sargsyan Kamo Khosrov - Lecturer
- Vardanyan Isabella Levon - Senior Lab Assistant