Varuzhan Avanesyan
Trainer

Varuzhan Avanesyan

Founder and CEO · Lecturer · Trainer · Expert in education and arts management

Educator, trainer and education expert. Founder and CEO of InfoSkills. He has 34 years of experience in academic and teaching work since 1992, including 14 years at the Yerevan State Institute of Theatre and Cinema, and since 2025 he has also taught on the Arts Management master’s programme at the Komitas State Conservatory of Yerevan. He specialises in arts management, rhetoric, business communication, media literacy and adult education.

34years of teaching experience (since 1992)
14years in higher education (YSITC)
34academic and teaching-methodology publications
7manuals and programmes endorsed by the Ministry
  • “Best Lecturer of YSITC”, 2018
  • Certificate of Honour from the Mayor of Yerevan, 2015
  • Co-founder and President of the Armenian Lifelong Learning League NGO
  • Member of the Board of the History Museum of Armenia; member of ICOM
  • “InfoSkills – Effective Communication” registered trademark (2021)

Professional experience

  1. 2025 – present
    LecturerKomitas State Conservatory of Yerevan, Arts Management master’s programme
  2. 2012 – present
    LecturerYSITC, Department of Arts Management and Cultural Policy
  3. 2018 – present
    Founder and CEOInfoSkills
  4. 2020 – 2024
    Head of the Quality Assurance CentreYSITC
  5. 2023 – 2025
    TrainerTraining Centre of the State Revenue Committee of the Republic of Armenia
  6. 2021 – 2025
    Senior Adviser, EU4Culture programmeUrban Foundation for Sustainable Development
  7. 2021 – 2024
    Soft skills expertFund for Armenian Relief, AWDA programme
  8. 2014 – 2019
    Project ManagerUSAID/MICE Media Literacy Programme, Eurasia Partnership Foundation (EPF)

We have worked with

Armeconombank
Ameriabank
Converse Bank
Araratbank
ACBA Bank
Amundi-ACBA
Fund for Armenian Relief (FAR)
Urban Foundation for Sustainable Development
Viva
Elcore
Element
Zenith Academy
Republican Union of Employers of Armenia
Armenian Caritas
GIZ
SRC Training Center
Soldier's Home

Courses

Soft Skills: From Personal Growth to Leadership

Resilience

3 days, 24 hours · In person / online / hybrid

Empathy

3 days, 24 hours · In person / online / hybrid

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