TEHRAN – Some 5,000 elites will be recruited in state-run organizations by the end of the next [Iranian calendar] year (March 2024), Vice President for Science and Technology has announced.

According to the future conditions, there is an opportunity to recruit about 40,000 to 50,000 elites in governmental organizations, IRNA quoted Rouhollah Dehghani as saying on Saturday.

“We should attract more elites for more appropriate governance,” he emphasized.

Next year, 5,000 elites will be recruited in state-run organizations, he said, adding, the Ministry of Energy plans to attract a thousand elites in the fields of electrical, water, and energy engineering next year.

Iranian elites return

Iran has implemented a plan to return elites from the top 100 universities in the world. Through a national model, the facilities are provided for their return by creating technology parks, innovation centers, and factories.

The plan was able to bring back 2,510 Iranian specialists and graduates from 720 prestigious and top universities in the world.

About 500 Iranian researchers have returned home over the past four years to transfer their knowledge and expertise to the country's universities, according to the vice presidency for science and technology.

With the support of the National Elites Foundation and Science and Technology Vice Presidency, universities, knowledge enterprises, technology parks, and incubators launched a plan titled ‘cooperation with Iranian expatriate entrepreneurs and elites’ in 2015.

The plan aims to attract Iranians abroad to share knowledge in different forms including postdoctoral research, research opportunity, and visiting fellows, in addition to being faculty members.

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