Following it, he defended his thesis on "The RA Social Security Key Issues in Poverty Reduction" and got his Academic Degree of Doctor in Economics.

Following graduation, he received training at Harvard University (USA), the World Bank Institute, as well as in a group of educational institutions in Sweden, Poland, Austria, Israel, Bulgaria and Ukraine.

Asatryan also heads the Management Board of Pension Reforms in Armenia where he specializes in various strategies, concepts, laws, government draft solutions and other documents providing pension system reform implementation as well as the introduction of social security cards and personified registration system that have been developed under his supervision.

[1] He received Prime Minister's Memorial Medal, numerous awards and certificates for effective management.

On June 16, 2012, Artem Asatryan was appointed the RA Minister of Labor and Social Affairs.