Biography

Noe Khozrevanidze – Born on March 13, 1957.

In 1979, he graduated with honors from the Georgian Agricultural Institute. In 1981, he defended his candidate’s thesis on the topic: “Issues of improving natural meadows of the subalpine zone of Adjara”; he was awarded the degree of Candidate of Agricultural Sciences, and in 1999, he defended his doctoral thesis on the topic: “Issues of managing natural resources of high-mountainous Adjara” and was awarded the degree of Doctor of Agricultural Sciences.

In 1975-2022, he was the director of 22 projects (including IFAD, GTZ and the World Bank).

In 1995-1999, he headed the issues of sustainable mountain development in the Agrarian Committee of the Parliament of Georgia;

In 1999-2001, he was the Chief State Advisor to the President of Georgia on issues of mountain regions;

In 2001-2008, he was the Director of the International Program on Sustainable Mountain Development (Georgia);

In 2008-2014, he was an international consultant in sustainable mountain development programs (Turkey, Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Macedonia, Kosovo);

From 2006 to the present, he has been the Head of the INGO-International Association of Mountain Regions of the Caucasus and the INGO-Regional Coordination International Program on Sustainable Mountain Development in the direction of sustainable development of the mountainous regions of the Caucasus;

In 2015, he founded the Training and Consulting Center for Sustainable Rural Development of the Technical University and is its Director;

In 2017, I established the Caucasus Mountain Institute of the Technical University and I am its director.

From 2019 to the present, I have been the coordinator of the preparation of educational programs of the Faculty of Sustainable Mountain Development of the Georgian Technical University;

From 2021 to the present, I have been the head and affiliated professor of the Faculty of Sustainable Mountain Development of the Georgian Technical University.

Education

1979-07-24 – Master’s/Master’s equivalent Educational institution: Georgian Agricultural Institute Qualification: Doctor of Agricultural Sciences.

Work experience

Since January 2025, member of the Commission for the Study of Mountain Problems of the National Academy.

2021-10-21 – Present Professor of the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Biosystems Engineering of the Georgian Technical University.

2021-01-12 – Present Dean of the Faculty of Mining Geology and Sustainable Mountain Development of the Georgian Technical University

2017-02-07 – Present Director of the Caucasus Mountain Institute of the Georgian Technical University

2015-01-06 – Present Director of the Extension Training and Consulting Center for Sustainable Rural Development of the Georgian Technical University

2008-02-10 – 2014-02-25 International consultant to the Ministry of Agriculture in sustainable mountain development programs (Turkey, Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Macedonia, Kosovo).

2006-01-15 – present Head of the International Association of Mountainous Regions of the Caucasus, INGO-International Association of Mountainous Regions.

Publications

Between 1983 and 2023, he has published about 100 scientific papers in both national and international foreign-language journals.