Nerses Kagramanov was the first director of Armenian Television.

From the day of creation of Armenian Television, October, 1956 Nerses Kagramanov gathered people who were to create the history of the first days of Armenian Television. They were people who were ready to work day and night in order to establish and develop a culture that was new in Armenia.

Coming to the television from theatre and realizing the importance and the role of culture, Kagramanov viewed television as a means of communication with cultural values. He truly realized the great impact that the television could have on the society. From 1957 Armenian Television started to broadcast a series of cultural programs, such as "Hrachya Nersisyan is on the stage", "Pushkin’s poetry", "The theatre of one actor" and many others.

It was during his period when the "Weekly news" informational program was created. Though the program was not broadcast regularly, it anyway played an important role in the establishment of Armenian Television.

He was born on March 23, 1910 in Baku.

In 1939 he graduated from Moscow Theatrical Institute.

In 1950, January 20 he was the head inspector of Armenian Radio provision department.

In 1954, March till November he occupied the post of the head of information department of Armenian Radio.

In 1954–1956 he was the director of Yerevan Russian theatre.

From 1956 till 1957 he was the director of Armenian Television

In 1959-1966 he was the deputy head of the state committee of TV and radio programs.

In 1966 he worked at the Institute of Arts of the National Academy of Sciences.

Nerses Kagramanov is a well-known specialist of theatrical art and an honorable figure of art of. He is the author of "On the stages of regional theatres", "Five portraits", "Ostrovsky’s dramaturgy on the Armenian stage" and other books.