YEREVAN, February 15. ARKA/. Student Michael Malkhasyan who won “On a national scale and in the interest of every student” competition and received a personal scholarship from Areximbank-Gazprombank Group has published his first book – “Oshakan”, the bank’s press service reported.

“I’m very grateful to Areximbank for appreciating my scientific work. It was thanks to you that I could pay expenses of my first book release. I hope the bank will continue helping young scientists and contributing to the development of Armenian science”, reads Malkhasyan’s letter of gratitude to the bank.

Under its social program, Areximbank-Gazprombank Group grants lump-sum personal scholarships to students and postgraduates studying in different higher schools of Armenia. The aim of the project is to help young specialists with excellent academic and scientific performance build up a career.
A specially arranged group of experts of the bank is considering the applications received. Then applicants are invited for a final interview held by both the group of experts and scholars of the previous years.

Under the same program, the bank has implemented similar social support projects particularly for children from poor families, diseased children, veterans of the Great Patriotic and Karabakh wars, and etc.

Areximbank-Gazprombank Group closed joint-stock company was founded in 1998 to support entrepreneurs and to handle financial flows between Russia and Armenia. The bank is fully owned by Russian Gazprombank.

In 2010, AB Certification (France) Audit Company granted ISO 9001:2008 international certificate of compliance to the bank. In 2012, the bank received ISO 27001: 2005 certificate of compliance from Certification International United Kingdom. The bank has 16 branches throughout the country.  –0–