The General Assembly of the Academy met on October 14th. Prof. Reza Davari Ardakani chaired the meeting in which 18 members were present and 20 members attended virtually.
Prof. Davari Ardakani welcomed Prof. Salehi and thanked him for accepting the responsibility as Deputy President and Vice-President for Research of the Academy and hoped that the Academy would benefit from his knowledge and expertise. Prof. Salehi, in turn, expressed his gratitude to the president of the Academy and his pleasure to be among the eminent scholars of the country. He gave a brief report on the activities and programs and expressed his hope that he would benefit from the cooperation and advice of the members of the Academy and scientific departments.
Following the approval of the previous meeting's minutes, Prof. Seyed Mohammad Ghari Seyed Fatemi was elected by secret ballot as a fellow of the Academy.
Moreover, the associate memberships of Prof. Farshad Momeni, in the Department of Human Sciences, Prof. Behnam Keshavarzi, in the Department of Basic Sciences, Prof. Reza Maknoon, in the Department of Engineering Sciences, Prof. Jahangir Feghhi, Prof. Kourosh Vahdati, Prof. Seyed Saeed Mohtasebi and Prof. Rasool Torshizi in the Department of Agricultural Sciences of the Academy, were approved for a four-year term.
The meeting continued with the approval of the extension of the memberships of 51 associate fellows of the Academy for a further four-years.
At the concluding part of the meeting, after discussion and exchange of views, it was agreed to increase the number of fellows of the Academy by 12.