Publish Date: 30 June 2015 - 09:50

TEHRAN, Jun. 30 (MNA) – Sponsoring Iran’s Khwarizmi International Award, COMSATS awarded three of toppers with its special prizes.

Foreign relations deputy of Iranian Research Organization for Science and Technology (IROST) reported that the Commission on Science and Technology for Sustainable Development in the South (COMSATS) as a partial sponsor of Khwarizmi International Award (KIA) granted its special prizes to three of KIA Laureates.

The program of Khwarizmi Awards was initiated by the IROST, which is a leading R&D enterprise of Iran and which also is a Centre of Excellence of COMSATS.

COMSATS as a regular sponsor of the first and second cash prizes of the KIA paid 1000 dollars to the first place of major contribution with safe financial revenues and 500 dollars to the second place of significant contribution with safe financial revenues.

A representative from Parto Turbine Blade Engineering & Manufacturing Company received the prize for the first place for company’s project in directional solidification (DS) of industrial gas turbine blades.

The second place was for Arman Behin Pardazesh (ABP) Company whose representative got the 500 dollar award for its project on machinery monitoring for rotating equipments.

A representative from Malek Ashtar University of Technology received the 500 dollar prize of the second place in the 27th edition of KIA for its project on Fabrication technique and implementation of soliton devices based on Josephson junction.

Iran’s Kharazmi Youth Festival wrapped up its 28th edition in March 2015 in Tehran.

At the closing ceremony of the festival the top young researchers were awarded. The competitions have taken place in three categories of basic sciences, invention and development, and arts. The top young researchers will be introduced to the National Elites Foundation and are provided with the necessary aid and funds for completing their research projects.

The award is named after ancient Iranian mathematician and astronomer Mohammad ibn Musa Khwarazmi (770-840 C.E).