10 Tech Center Launched by Shahid Beheshti University

Tehran’s Shahid Beheshti University has opened 10 innovation centers to strengthen ties between the academia and Iran’s startup ecosystem.
Vice President for Science and Technology Sorena Sattari inaugurated the tech centers in a ceremony on Tuesday, which was attended by the university’s chancellor, Sa’dollah Nassiri Qeidari, the head of the university’s tech park, Kourosh Parand, senior officials and professors, the vice presidential office’s website reported.
Established with the financial support of vice presidential office, the innovation centers are specialized in medical technologies, human sciences, computer engineering, psychology, geology, urban development, literature, theology, architecture and power engineering.
Tech teams in the centers have an opportunity to interact with the university’s scientific faculty and students, and to exchange experiences. They will be able to benefit from the startup accelerators and growth centers in the university’s tech park.
In his brief speech to the gathering, Sattari promised that the vice presidential office will offer financial aid to tech teams for developing and commercializing their innovative ideas.