The Rector

Shalva Tchkadua

Date of Birth: 28.09.1980

Marital Status: Married, three children.

Education:

2011 - 2012 Beneficiary of Erasmus Mundus ECW Post-Doctoral Program. (University of Sapienza, Rome, Italy)

2009 - 2010 Beneficiary of Erasmus Mundus ECW PhD Program. (University of Macedonia, ATEI, Thessaloniki,Greece)

2007 - 2010 - awarded the Academic Degree of Doctor of History, Iakob Gogebashvili Telavi State University (Research topic: Georgian-Greek Relations at the end of the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st century). 2006 - Master Studies, Iakob Gogebashvili Telavi State University (International Relations and History of Diplomacy).

2004 - Bachelor Studies, Iakob Gogebashvili Telavi State University (International Relations and History of Diplomacy).

Working Experience:

December 2022 - till now – Rector of Iakob Gogebashvili Telavi State University.

2014 - till now - Associate Professor in Political Sciences, Faculty of Social sciences, Business and Law, Iakob Gogebashvili Telavi State University.

2013- 2022 Head of Quality Assurance Service of Iakob Gogebashvili Telavi State University

2012 - 2014 - visiting lecturer of History, Faculty of Humanities, Iakob Gogebashvili Telavi State University.

2011-2012 - Specialist at the Faculty of Social sciences, Business and Law at Iakob Gogebashvili Telavi State University.

2006– 2011 - Embassy of Greece in Georgia, Defence Attaché Office

2005-2006 - Assistant of administrator at National Education Center of Telavi

2005-2006 - Teacher of the History of Neighbour Countries at Erekle II Gymnasium of Telavi

2004 – 2007 - Teacher of the Greek Language at Greek Society “ELLADA” of Kakheti Region.

Conferences:

2020 International conference “Scientific enquiry in the contemporary world: theoretical basics and innovative approach”, San-Francisco, California, USA (paper: “ Civic self-awareness and peculiarities of the Georgian political process”).

2020 International conference“Scientific enquiry in the contemporary world: theoretical basics and innovative approach”, San-Francisco, California, USA (paper: “The Role of Georgian Media in Turning the Political Process“). 2020 International conference “Scientific enquiry in the contemporary world: theoretical basics and innovative approach”, San-Francisco, California, USA (paper: “The results of the study of the Georgian population living in and near the Pankisi Gorge”).

2018 (September 28-29) 2nd International Scientific conference “Education, Research, Practice”, (presenter), Telavi, Georgia.

2018 (October 5-7) 10th International conference “Health and Ecology”, (presenter), Telavi, Georgia.

2017 (May 1-2) 2nd International conference “Higher Education – New Technologies and Innovations”

(presenter), Kutaisi, Georgia.

2016 (July 1-2) 1st International Scientific conference “Education, Research, Practice” (presenter), Telavi, Georgia. 2014 - III International symposium “World War I and the Caucasia” (presenter), Iakob Gogebashvili Telavi State University (paper: Georgia and the western countries - “political processes and parallels”).

2009 - International Conference “Religions and Politics in Europe’s Orients” Presentation Topic “Georgians on the bounds of two Empires: Question of Meskhetians”, Thesaloniki, Greece 2009.2009 - International Conference “Europe, Nations and Borders” presentation topic “Formation of the Political Map of Georgia”, Sofia, Bulgaria. Publications/Scientific Works/Readers:

2022 - Book "Ethnic and cultural Diversity in Kakheti_Leks (Khundzakhs/Avars)", TeSaU.

2020 - Book “Pankisi Gorge – Facts, Events, Analysis” (in Georgian) Georgia,National Science Academy of Georgia, Tbilisi, Georgia (coauthor: Zaur Gumashvili).

2020 - “Civic self-awareness and peculiarities of the Georgian political process”, Proceedings of International Conference “Scientific enquiry in the contemporary world: theoretical basics and innovative approach”, San- Francisco, California, USA.

2020 - “The Role of Georgian Media in Turning the Political Process“, Proceedings of International Conference “Scientific enquiry in the contemporary world: theoretical basics and innovative approach San-Francisco, California, USA

Participation in scientific grants:

2023 researcher- scientific-research project_ Ethnic and cultural Diversity in Kakheti – Udies, TeSaU.

2022 researcher- scientific-research project "Ethnic and cultural Diversity in Kakheti_Leks (Khundzakhs/Avars)",TeSaU.

Language Skills: Georgian (native), English, Greek, Italian.

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