About the Center
The law of “supporting knowledge-based institutions and companies and commercialization of innovations and inventions” defined by the Vice-Presidency for science and technology affairs and approved by the Islamic consultative assembly in 2010, has been the beginning of the biggest program of the government to support knowledge-based companies and institutions in recent years. Various important subjects, including forming innovation funds and providing tax and customs exemptions to knowledge-based companies, have been approved by this law.
Following the issuance of the executive regulations of the law and pursuant to Article 3 of the regulation, “the working group of evaluation and verification of knowledge-based companies and institutions and supervision of implementation” was established in December 11th, 2019 by the order of the president and head of the Supreme Council for Science, Research and Technology (ATF). In addition, the vice president for science and technology affairs was appointed as the head of the working group.
However, the prerequisite for support of knowledge-based companies is the recognition of this type of enterprises. As such, the Vice-Presidency formed the working group of “evaluation and verification of knowledge-based companies and institutions and supervision of implementation”, the first mission of which was identifying knowledge-based institutions and companies and dedicating efforts to the implementation and activation of maximum capacities of the mentioned law.
Therefore, the executive procedures of the working group can be divided into two sections of “recognizing and evaluating companies” and “empowering and supporting the companies”.
The production line of sealed-tube CO2 lasers is opened; Iran is the third owner of this technology
The vice president for science and technology affairs was welcomed by the governor of East Azerbaijan. This trip has had great achievements for the country. The mass production line of sealed-tube CO2 lasers will be inaugurated during this trip to register the name of Iran as the third country with the production technology of this product.
Unveiling the Largest Iranian-made Water Pump; Sattari: Tabriz Is Turning into a Technological City.
In the first part of his trip to East Azerbaijan, the vice president for science and technology affairs unveiled an Iranian-made product made by a knowledge-based in Tabriz to boost the innovation and technology ecosystem.
Sattari: Evolution in the Knowledge-based Economy with A New Thinking Style
During the meeting of knowledge-based economy and production leap of East Azerbaijan Province, Sattari mentioned that culture plays an important role in development, adding: efforts should be made to direct academic and research centers’ thinking toward the importance of humans. An empowered human being who is the source of effect with the power of his thinking. This transformation in the knowledge-based economy has been created with new thinking.
The first production line of sealed-tube 500-W CO2 lasers was opened
During the trip of Sattari to East Azerbaijan, he visited the advanced technologies industrial town and opened the first production line of sealed-tube 500-W CO2 lasers.
President: Knowledge-based companies have grown 100-fold
Congratulating the professors and students throughout the country on the beginning of their academic activities, the President emphasised that the university has an important role in creating hope and building trust in the society, and we must work together to strengthen national trust and hope for the future.
Sattari: The Innovative City Is Established to Create Added Value from Needs
Azadi Innovation Factory hosted Sorena Sattari, the vice president for science and technology affairs, Anoushiravan Mohseni-Bandpei, governor, and Pirooz Hanachi, the mayor of Tehran, to hold the first technology and innovation forum of Tehran.