Chaired by Prof. Davari Ardakani, the 525th meeting of the Scientific Council of the Academy was held on Sunday, March 12th, in which the secretary, vice president for research, deputy president and the chairmen of the scientific departments were present.
At first, the proposals of the Department of Agricultural Sciences and the Department of Basic Sciences for the collaboration of two invited scholars for a two-year term were set forth and approved.
The Council meeting continued with the approval of the extension of the collaboration of six invited scholars of the Department of Agricultural Sciences and four invited scholars of the Department of Engineering Sciences of the Academy for a further two-year term.
Then, Prof. Ali Akbar Salehi reviewed the history and the establishment of the seven Think Tanks of the Academy. Prof. Saeed Semnanian also presented a comprehensive report on the activity of the Think Tanks in the past few months. Then, opinions were discussed about how to form Think Tanks, composition of members and their management.