Inaugural center of Armenian educational network TUMO in India is set to launch this fall
YEREVAN, August 25. /ARКА/. The first TUMO center, part of the Armenian innovative educational network, will be established in Mumbai this November, as reported by the Business Standard portal, citing TUMO Development Director Bekor Papazian.
Papazian stated that the Indian TUMO center will accommodate up to 1,500 students.
"A self-study program will be available in fields such as robotics, graphic design, and artificial intelligence," he remarked.
Enrollment at TUMO is free and accessible to all adolescents aged 12 to 18, irrespective of their socioeconomic background or residence. According to Papazian, the TUMO curriculum provides comprehensive technology education across various disciplines, including game development, motion graphics, robotics, web development, animation, 3D modeling, generative AI, and filmmaking.
The Mumbai center will serve as TUMO's entry point into South Asia.
"We are inaugurating our first center in Mumbai, and considering the city's size and population, we envision the possibility of establishing a dozen more centers in the future, extending to cities like Delhi, Bangalore, and others," he added.
Beyond Armenia, TUMO centers are operational in Europe, the United States, and Japan, including locations such as Paris, Marseille, and Lyon in France; Berlin, Mannheim, Hirscheid, and Lüdenscheid in Germany; Combra and Lisbon in Portugal; Buenos Aires in Argentina; and Gunma in Japan. An agreement has been reached to establish a center at the National Center for Artificial Intelligence in Astana, Kazakhstan.
Future plans include locations in Montevideo, Luanda, Takasaki, Los Angeles, Amsterdam, and several other cities in Germany.
About the TUMO Center
The TUMO Center for Creative Technologies was inaugurated in Armenia in 2011. Currently, approximately 25,000 Armenian teenagers aged 12-18 receive free training to prepare for careers in the IT sector, utilizing modern technologies such as programming, music, robotics, animation, 3D modeling, filmmaking, photography, game development, graphic design, and drawing.-0-