Yerevan/Mediamax/. Today at VivaCell-MTS Headquarters a Memorandum of Understanding was signed between the Company, represented by its General Manager Ralph Yirikian and four educational institutions: Junior Achievements of Armenia (JAA), International Accountancy Training Center (IATC), Gyumri State Pedagogical Institute after M. Nalbandyan, IAB Center.
For over three years, the VivaCell-MTS General Manager has been a guest lecturer in universities in Armenia. Ralph Yirikian has extended his visits to meet with students, graduates and faculty members in the regions of Armenia and Yerevan, with the purpose to share the Company’s success as a leader in Corporate Responsibility, management culture, successful strategy of business development, technical development of network, marketing strategy, etc.
However, the support of VivaCell-MTS to higher educational institutions in Armenia is not limited to one-time lectures. In order to create continuous connection between business and higher education, VivaCell-MTS developed the Career Development Program initiative.
“The realization of the importance of passing the accumulated experience to the younger generation became for us a motivation to create the Career Development Program. In the frames of this program we cooperate not only with Yerevan-based higher educational institutions and educational centers but with regional ones as well. We have already hosted a lot of interns at different departments of our Company and our staff is lecturing at the universities. This will help meet the needs of the job market and help the Armenian youth stay and work in Armenia. The Memorandum of Understanding that we are signing today with another four educational institutions will support more students with upgrading their capacity in the respective spheres based on the demands of the job market”, mentioned VivaCell-MTS General Manager Ralph Yirikian.
The major directions of mutual cooperation outlined in the Memorandum, are the following: organization of master’s thesis internship for graduate students in VivaCell-MTS, organization of practical lectures for students delivered by the respective specialists of the Company, implementation of joint scientific research, master’s thesis research and curriculum development projects jointly with the faculty, involvement of the Company’s specialists as Master’s thesis supervisors, etc.
