Personal Data:

First Name: Tigran

Last Name: Chitchyan

Birth Date: 21.01.1955

Nationality: Armenian

Marital Status: Married, two children

Address: st.Tigran Metz 31, apt. 193
Yerevan, Armenia 375018

Phone: +374 10 543236 (home)
+374 10 232017 (office)
+374 10 232441 fax

E-mail: t_chitch(at)yahoo.com

Education and Training:

1972-1977: Yerevan Livestock and Veterinary Institute, zootechnology,
Diploma with honors

1977-1980: Post-graduate study, Moscow Timiryazev Academy of Agriculture,
PhD in Dairy Cattle-breeding (1983)
Dissertation topic: "Holstein-friezen Acclimatization in Armenia"

1998, Oct-Nov: "Leadership in Agriculture Extention", USDA- Marketing Assistance Project, Yerevan, Certificated

1999, Feb-March: "Dairy husbandry and Management", Israel, Certificated

1999, Oct-Nov: Participation in the Agricultural scientific research and extention delegation conducted by Uta State -Colorado State - California Polytechnic State Universities, Davis, USA, Certificated

Work experiences

1977-1978: Zootechnician in Noubarashen Poultry Factory , Yerevan

1978-1989: Scientist-worker for Animal Research Institute, Yerevan

1989-present: Lecturer-Docent (PHD), Livestock Department, Armenian Agricultural Academy

1998-2002: Deputy director of Science Centre, Armenian Agricultural Academy

2001-present: Scientific Secretary of the Council for Doctoral Research in Zootechnology, Armenian Agricultural Academy

2002-2004: Senior Expert, Department for Consultansy, Agricultural Support Republican Center, Yerevan, Armenia

Area of Specialization: Improvement of the quality of milk-production, feeding and
reproduction, organic farm, animal welfare, livestock and environment

Publications

24 scientific-research articles and publications in different magazines

Conferences

1982: EAAP-33 conference, Leningrad

2000: IICAR 32 nol Congress, Bled, Slovenia

2001: 2001 Regional Training Workshop on Animal Genetic Resources, Debrecen, Hungary

2002: ICAR 33 nol Congress, Interlaken, Switzerland

2003: Regional Training Workshop in LEAD. Isi-kul, Kirgizia

2003: Workshop in Animal Genetic Res., Sigulda., Latvija

2004: Regional Training Workshop in Animal Genetic Res.,Tekirdag,Turkey

Other

Languages: Armenian (native), Russian (fluent), English (good)

Computer: Windows, MS Office

Membership in NGOs

2004- present: "Green Lane", Armenia