This article describes India's development projects and humanitarian assistance in Armenia, training for Armenian officials and diplomats, and cooperation in health, technology, defence, the environment and other sectors. It draws only on the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) brief on India and Armenia of June 2026.
Information technology and digital projects
According to the MEA brief of June 2026, the India-Armenia Centre of Excellence in ICT, equipped with a PARAM super computer, was set up in Yerevan in March 2015. The brief states that the Centre has trained one third of the total IT workforce of Armenia. A telemedicine network was also created in Armenia in March 2015.
India has supported computer education in Armenian schools. Computer labs were established in 72 schools in the Tavush region in November 2013, and 50 schools in the Vayots Dzor region were computerised in April 2017.
On 17 December 2025, an India Corner and Digital Transformation Lab was jointly inaugurated by the Indian Ambassador and Director Mr. Karen Petrosyan at the Armenian State University of Economics Gyumri Branch (ASUE-GB). The brief describes the lab as fully equipped with all necessary digital tools.
Community projects and humanitarian assistance
An MoU on High Impact Community Development Projects (HICDP) in Armenia, with financial and technical assistance from India, was signed on 04 July 2022. As of the brief, a health project under HICDP is under consideration by the Indian side.
India has provided humanitarian assistance to Armenia, especially medicines, on several occasions, including during the Covid-19 pandemic. The Indian pharmaceutical company CIPLA has donated the thalassemia drug Kelfer 500 to the Hematology Center after Prof. R.H.Yeolyan in Yerevan in 2013, 2016, 2018, 2020, 2021, 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026. The 2024 consignment was handed over by the Indian Ambassador on 27 November 2024 in the presence of the Deputy Minister of Health, Mr. Armen Gasparyan.
ITEC training
Armenian officials train in India under the Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation (ITEC) programme. As of June 2026, 40 ITEC slots have been allocated to Armenia, and 402 Armenians have availed of ITEC courses so far. Recent courses recorded in the brief include:
- a Special ITEC Course on Digital Forensics at the National Forensic Sciences University (NFSU) in Gandhinagar, Gujarat, from 13-24 January 2025, for 18 officers of the Armenian State Revenue Committee;
- the ITEC Executive Course for Wildlife and Conservation Practitioners under the International Big Cat Alliance (IBCA) at Kaziranga National Park, Assam, from 10-16 February 2025, attended by Ms. Voskehat Grigoryan, Head of the Department of Specially Protected Areas and Biodiversity Policy of the Ministry of Environment;
- the ITEC Executive Course on Land Governance from 24-29 March 2025, attended by Mr. Hayk Hakobyan, Coordinating Advisor at the Geomatic Center of Cadastre Committee of Armenia;
- a specialised course on "Advanced Methods of Financial Crime Investigation and Digital Intelligence" at NFSU from 16-27 February 2026, for 15 Officers from the Armenian Investigative Committee and 10 Officers from the State Revenue Committee.
The annexure to the brief also lists a visit to India by the Chairman of the State Revenue Committee, Mr. Eduard Hakobyan, in December 2025.
Training for diplomats
The Sushma Swaraj Institute of Foreign Service (SSIFS), formerly the Foreign Service Institute, has conducted fully sponsored courses for diplomats from across the world since 1992. Till date, 40 diplomats from Armenia have undergone training programmes there.
These include 15 Armenian diplomats who attended the 1st Special Course for Armenian Diplomats at SSIFS from 18-27 October 2023. Ms. Anahit Karapetyan, described in the brief as currently the Head of the Asia-Pacific Department in the Armenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, attended the 70th Professional Course for Foreign Diplomats in March 2023. Mr. Ara Matevosyan, Third Secretary in the Middle-East and Africa Department, attended the 3rd edition of the Global South Young Diplomats' Forum at SSIFS from 08-19 September 2025.
Armenian diplomats have also joined programmes run by the Observer Research Foundation (ORF). Mr. Sargis Shirkhanyan, Acting Head of the North-East Asia Division, and Mr. Mushegh Avetisyan, Acting Head of the South Asia Division of the Armenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, took part respectively in the 3rd and 4th editions of the Raisina Forum for Future of Diplomacy, held from 06-15 October 2023 and 13-22 October 2024. Ms. Anna Arzumanyan, Third Secretary in the South Asia Division, attended the Raisina Young Fellows Programme 2025 from 14-23 March 2025.
Health cooperation
The Armenian Association of Digital Health (AADH) and the Telemedicine Society of India (TSI) organised a webinar on "Telehealth in India and Armenia" on 12 September 2025. It was held under an MoU that AADH and TSI signed during Telemedicon 2024 in India in November 2024. The annexure to the brief lists a visit to India by the Armenian Minister of Health, Ms. Anahit Avanesyan, in August 2023.
Science, technology and high-tech industry
Dr. Vivek Kumar Singh, Senior Advisor (S&T) at NITI Aayog, visited Armenia to attend the International Conference on Scientometrics and Informatics organised by Yerevan State University from 23-28 June 2025. He called on the First Deputy Minister of High-Tech Industry, Mr. Gevorg Mantashyan, on 27 June, met Mr. Sargis Hayostan, Chairman of the Higher Education and Science Committee, and visited the Engineering city.
Mr. Mantashyan paid a working visit to New Delhi for the AI Impact Summit 2026 from 19-20 February and called on the Minister of Electronics and Information Technology, Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw. The annexure also lists visits to India by Mr. Mantashyan as Deputy Minister for Hi-Tech in June 2023, and by Deputy Minister of High-Tech Industry Mr. Gevorg Meliksetyan in October 2024.
Security and defence contacts
The Secretary of the Security Council of Armenia, Mr. Armen Grigoryan, visited India on 13 May 2025 and met the National Security Adviser, Shri Ajit Doval, and the two held a telephone conversation on 22 September 2025. The list of visits annexed to the brief records earlier visits by Mr. Grigoryan in November 2022 and August 2023.
The annexure also records visits to India by Defence Minister Mr. Suren Papikyan in October 2022 and, together with Deputy Defence Minister Mr. Karen Brutyan, in February 2025. Lieutenant General Edward Asryan, Chief of General Staff (CGS) of Armenia and First Deputy Minister of Defence of Armenia, visited in April 2026.
Solar energy, big cats and disaster resilience
Armenia became the 117th signatory of the International Solar Alliance (ISA) Framework Agreement on 16 November 2023. It ratified the agreement on 10 September 2024 and, after depositing its Instrument of Ratification with India, became the 104th Member of the ISA on 21 November 2024. Deputy Foreign Minister Safaryan took part in the 5th meeting of the ISA Regional Committee for Europe and Other Regions in Brussels from 11-13 June 2024.
Armenia has joined the International Big Cat Alliance (IBCA), which the brief describes as created in 2023 at the initiative of PM Narendra Modi to promote the protection of big cats. Armenia's Deputy Minister of Environment, Mr. Aram Meymaryan, signed the IBCA Framework Agreement on 30 June 2025. On 05 September 2025, the Armenian Parliament's 'Defence and Security Affairs Committee' endorsed the bill on ratifying the Charter of the Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI).
Environment and other sectors
The Minister of State for External Affairs, Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Shri Kirti Vardhan Singh, met Armenia's Deputy Minister for Environment, Mr. Ara Mkrtchyan, on the sidelines of COP 16 to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in Cali, Colombia, on 02 November 2024. The annexure lists a visit to India by Mr. Meymaryan in April 2023.
Other Armenian ministers who visited India, according to the annexure, include the Minister of Territorial Administration, Mr. Gnel Sanosyan, in October 2023 and the Minister of Labour and Social Affairs, Mr. Narek Mkrtchyan, in February 2024.