Saeed Sohrabpour ( fa, سعيد سهراب پور ), (born in 1943 in Tehran), full professor Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at

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, has been the vice president and chief adviser of Islamic Republic of Iran’s National Elites Foundation since 2011. He has also been elected a
Iranian Science and Culture Hall
of Fame and was the chancellor of Sharif University of Technology from 1997 to 2010. He is a member of the board of trustees o
Iran’s National Library and Archives of I.R.
Furthermore, during his professional life, Sohrabpour has published prolific number of scientific papers on variety of high ranked journals. Prof Sohrabpour is the president o
Research Institute for Science, Technology and Industry Policy Making at Sharif University of Technology
the chairman of the board for Iran Most Admired Knowledge Enterprise Award (MAKE)
Center for Knowledge-based Management
and the chairman of the board fo
Iran EFQM Representative
as well. Beside a variety of honors and awards, he has been the fellow o
Academy of Sciences of Islamic Republic of Iran

Early life

Saeed Sohrabpour was born in Tehran, Iran in 1943. In 1965, having completed his bachelor in mechanical engineering with the top-grade in Tehran University, College of engineering, he was awarded a scholarship of Iran’s government at that time, and continued his education in M.S. and Ph.D. level in mechanical engineering at

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Career

After returning to Iran in 1971, he started teaching at the University of Shiraz, faculty of mechanical engineering as an assistant professor. To spend his first sabbatical, he was admitted to the

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in 1976. He was the vice chancellor for student affairs and later took over the position of vice chancellor for development at University of Shiraz in 1978-1981. Sohrabpour became the vice president of

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while he was transferring as the associate professor and faculty member to the

in 1989. Having completed his second sabbatical in 1990 at the

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, he was appointed to the development vice chancellor of th
Ministry of Health and Medical Education
and a member of th
Academy of Sciences
In 1994 he was appointed as the construction vice chancellor for th
Ministry of Culture and Higher Education
Sohrabpour was elected as the president of

in 1995. In 1997 he was appointed as the vice president fo
the ministry of Culture and Higher Education
In 1998, the minister of Culture and Higher Education, appointed Sohrabpour as the president of

, recommended by the faculty members of the university and stayed in the position from 1997 to 2010 until his resignation. He is the only president of a public university in Iran to keep the position for several years in more than one governmental presidency of the country and terminate his official role upon his own decision. This demonstrate his positive contribution in the advancement of the university and his high position among all parties and communities in Iran. Many experts believe that during his university presidency, the University had high stability and upward trend that paved the way for the university to develop in terms of scientific, cultural, educational and physical features and turned it as the country’s highest education index. Sohrabpour was the head of mechanical engineering group in the Academy of Sciences in 1998. He is also the chairman of the board for Iran Most Admired Knowledge Enterprise Award (MAKE)
Center for Knowledge-based Management
since 2011 an
Iran EFQM Representative
since 2016 that are helping and guiding more than 500 Iranian companies. Sohrabpour is also the president o
Research Institute for Science, Technology and Industry Policy Making at Sharif University of Technology
He is a member of the board of trustees o
Iran’s National Library and Archives of I.R.
Sohrabpour has published a large number of scientific papers. In February 2019, Sohrabpour was elected a foreign associate of the US

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"for establishing Sharif University as an academic Center of Excellence and advancing engineering and science education in Iran."

References

External links

Official University Home Page
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