YEREVAN, OCTOBER 16, NOYAN TAPAN. The "Nig-Aparan" Patriotic Benevolent Non-Governmental Organization has managed to become a solid and efficient structure within the five years of its existence. According to the information provided by Tigran Petrosiants, a member of the Council of the "Nig-Aparan" Patriotic Benevolent Non-Governmental Organization, at the third conference of the organization held on October 13, "Nig-Aparan" has always been prominent with its actions of national significance, in particular, such as the round dance organized in 2004 around the mountain Aragats and the tree planting of 2006. In the words of Tigran Petrosiants, the number of the members of the "Nig-Aparan" Patriotic Benevolent Non-Governmental Organization currently surpasses 93 thousand. There are figures from the spheres of art, culture, science, literature, and sports, as well as famous political figures among them. In the words of Tigran Petrosiants, due to the efforts of the leadership of "Nig-Aparan", the square of the city of Aparan has been named after Tigran Petrosian, a famous Armenian chess player, and the statue of the latter has been set up there. And in 2006 T. Petrosian scholarships were determined in the Yerevan Physics-Mathematics School, the Yerevan State and the Yerevan State Medical Universities due to the sponsorship of the organization. It was mentioned that 100 socially unprovided excellent students from the higher educational institutions of Armenia will receive scholarships making a sum equivalent to 100 U.S. dollars since 2007.

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