Sorena Sattari emphasized the importance of innovation centres of universities.

“Innovation centres are the birthplace of knowledge-based firms, in how fast they develop depends on their own efforts,” he said while visiting the innovations centres of a prestigious university in the capital, Tehran.

“Any time I visit these centres, I see new systems, companies and products,” he added.

Sattari praised universities’ initiative to establish innovation centres and knowledge-based companies which have considerable sales, and said the move can be a source of income for universities.

He said such initiatives will build the culture of domestic production and bring universities and society closer together, IFP reported.

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