During the visit of the growth center of a university in Birjand, the vice president for science and technology affairs considered economy based on knowledge-based thinking as the most rational and cost-effective way to remove economic problems and barriers to the domestic production. The innovation center of Birjand University of Technology was opened during the trip.

According to the public relations and information center of the Vice-Presidency for science and technology affairs, opening the innovation center of Birjand University of Technology was one of the main parts of the one-day travel of Sorena Sattari to South Khorasan. The center welcomes 15 knowledge-based companies and startups in the first phase. The vice president also visited the growth and innovation centers of Islamic Azad University, and the universities of Medical Sciences and Technology.

University growth centers in South Khorasan are active in various fields such as environment, health, robotics, electronics, cultural goods, tourism, waste management and welcome native startups in the province.
the growth center of Islamic Azad University, Birjand branch, was established in 2018 in an area of 500 m² with the aim of helping the province's economy, and currently has eight active technology units located in this center. Fertilization of clouds, biotechnology, nano-concrete additives, biomechanics and strategic products are the fields of activity of the units present in this center.

The growth center and knowledge-based companies of Birjand University of Medical Sciences was the next destination of Sattari, where the authorities and deputies of the university provided necessary explanations about the scientific and research activities of the university.

The growth center of Birjand University of Medical Sciences was opened in 2013 and has provided place for knowledge-based companies active in areas of preparation of diagnostic kits, determination of fetal gender, saffron tablets and anti-allergy and antioxidants.

Visiting the companies based in the science and technology park, opening a research and technology fund, Ferdows and Tabas innovation centers via a conference call and participating in the knowledge-based economy and production leap meeting are other parts of this trip.

During the visit, Sattari met with the technology activists and provincial authorities and pointed out the increase of knowledge-based companies to more than 5000. In this regard, he added: South Khorasan economically depends on local and endogenous capabilities, which have a significant capacity to host knowledge-based ecosystem components in the country.

The High Local Potential of South Khorasan

He mentioned: the province has a significant entrepreneurial capacity and is in good shape in terms of indicators such as the number of educated and university population and the turnover of local businesses. During the visit, knowledge-based companies of the province exhibited their valuable prototypes and products, which showed the high potential of the province. The trip is planned to promote the province's knowledge-based economy and develop cooperation with provincial officials.

In addition to pointing out the key role of provincial universities, Sattari marked: the priority of the university in South Khorasan should be to solve the problems of the province. In terms o corona outbreak, what helped us to contain the damage of this crisis was the entry of knowledge-based companies from the same universities.

Knowledge-based economy is the most sensible and cost-effective way out of some economic barriers and barriers to production. The province is currently facing some problems in the field of infrastructure, and the creation of a fundamental change in the development of infrastructure can lead to a significant leap in the production and growth of knowledge-based products and technology in the province.

He also affirmed: of course, in these few years, this province has grown significantly. The province's science and technology park is not comparable to a few years ago. The knowledge-based companies of the province have had proper qualitative and quantitative growth. However, we still have not reached the goals set by the Vice-Presidency and their achievement requires an integrated roadmap.