The Dean of the Faculty of Management, Science and Technology of Amirkabir University of Technology considered strategic partnerships to be one of the characteristics of innovative and entrepreneurial universities and announced that with the interactions and cooperation carried out in the past between Amirkabir University of Technology and Saderat Bank, they have now started two sets of strategic and long-term partnerships that can bring beneficial consequences in the future for the technology and innovation ecosystem.
According to the public relations report of Amirkabir University of Technology, Dr. Mehdi Majidpour, at the signing ceremony of the long-term agreement between Amirkabir University of Technology and Saderat Bank, emphasized that Amirkabir University of Technology has a very high potential to play a more serious role in the challenges and issues of the country and even the region, and added: Mission-oriented and targeted investment is one of the characteristics of this agreement, and a wide range of bilateral cooperation, including the provision of human resources, investment in the infrastructure of new technologies, especially artificial intelligence and super algorithms, and the development of the Smart Banking Academy, are among these cooperations. He did not consider this model of cooperation between the university and Saderat Bank to be He considered it not an endowment but a strategic partnership and noted: This type of long-term cooperation and contract between them has innovative features from a technical, structural and institutional perspective that is implemented in the country’s academic community. Also, referring to the cooperation development program of the Bank of Exports of Iran to support universities and the Ministry of Science and Higher Education Centers of the country, the CEO of the Bank of Exports of Iran said: Universities, including Amirkabir University of Technology, are centers for the production of valuable knowledge and human capital, and banks are also a powerful arm for financing and business growth in society, and the Bank of Exports of Iran is determined to support the production of knowledge and scientific capital with targeted financing. Mohsen Seifi added: This memorandum of understanding is a link between theoretical knowledge and the real needs of society and the country, and it will be effective and useful when it can promote knowledge in the field of implementation. It can support applied research, commercialization of ideas and theories, and empowerment of human resources.
It is worth noting: This agreement aims to invest in the necessary infrastructure to create an innovation center in the field of smart banking, develop technology in artificial intelligence, and make maximum use of the university’s scientific capabilities and human resources.