Alireza Rastegar

Alireza Rastegar
Alireza Rastegar speaking at SVIIF 2019
Born (1978-05-17) May 17, 1978 (age 46)
Tabriz, Iran
NationalityIranian
CitizenshipIranian
EducationDoctor of Business Administration,
Master of Business Administration,
Graduate of Product Technology
Alma materUniversity of Tehran,
College of Alameda, California
Occupations
Years active2000–present
Known forPresident, IFIA
Awards
Websitealirezarastegar.com

Alireza Rastegar (Persian: علیرضا راستگار, born May 17, 1978) is an Iranian inventor, author, and recipient of numerous national and international awards. He is the president of the International Federation of Inventors' Associations, a non-profit organization founded in 1968, and founder of the Silicon Valley International Invention Festival. Alireza has authored six books on the innovation field. He is a member of the Forbes Business Council.[1] In 2022, HKTDC (Hong Kong Trade Development Council) selected him as an honorary advisor of BIPASIA (Business of IP Asia Forum).[2]

Early life

Alireza Rastegar was born on May 17, 1978, in Tabriz, and grew up in Tehran city, Iran. His father, Ahad Rastegar, has worked as a chairman at Mellat Bank. Alireza is the second child and has two brothers and two sisters. He attended primary and secondary education in Tehran. Rastegar graduated from the University of Tehran in 2004 and received a master's degree in business management from the College of Alameda, California. He also holds two Doctorates of Business Administration.[3]

Career

Alireza started out his career as a head of Young Genius at Youth Organization, where he remained from 2000 to 2004. He was elected the executive committee member of the International Federation of Inventors' Associations in 2006. He was elected as IFIA president in November 2014 for a four-year term and re-elected in 2018 for an additional four-year term.[4] and re-elected in 2023 for an additional four-year term.[5] Rastegar has also led seminars at other international innovation events in nations including Turkey, Croatia, China, Germany, Switzerland, Malaysia, Thailand, Kuwait, South Korea, Hong Kong, and India.

He is the founder of the Silicon Valley International Invention Festival(SVIIF), where he has been chairman since 2017.

He currently serves on the board of international inventions events in many countries. He has helped to establish many national inventor's associations in countries like Turkey, Azerbaijan, Canada, Australia, Afghanistan, Nigeria, Sudan, Morocco, and Vietnam.[6][7]

He serves as the chairman of the IFIA jury board for the select winner of the WIPO Medal for Best Patent in the framework of the IAP.

Rastegar has been a committee member of the World Women Inventors and Entrepreneur's Association since 2008 and has been editor of the International Journal of Scientific Research in Inventions for four years.[3]

Books and publications

  • Challenging and opportunities for innovation management in today's world[8]
  • Individual and technical skills' development in the field of innovation[9]
  • Disaster Management[10]
  • What you need to know to patent[11]
  • Training Innovative Culture to Citizens[12]
  • Citizens and Creative Recycling[13]
  • A speed and accuracy comparative study of metallic collector-up InP[14]
  • Impact of using innovation on businesses during the covid-19 pandemic[15]

Awards

References

  1. ^ "Alireza Rastegar | President - International Federation of Inventors' Associations-IFIA". Forbes Councils. Retrieved 2023-06-21.
  2. ^ "Honorary Advisors". HKTDC. Retrieved 2023-06-21.
  3. ^ a b c d e f "Iranian inventor Rastegar re-elected as IFIA president". Tehran Times. 26 September 2018.
  4. ^ "Rastegar elected as IFIA president". Islamic Republic News Agency. 25 September 2018.
  5. ^ CH, IFIA (2023-05-01). "Report on the 37th General Assembly of the IFIA". IFIA | International Federation of Inventors' Associations. Retrieved 2023-06-21.
  6. ^ "Global meet of inventors gets underway in Vizag". The Hindu. 9 September 2017.
  7. ^ Sarma, B Prabhakara (9 September 2017). "Innovation essential for economic growth: IFIA President Alireza Rastegar". Telangana Today.
  8. ^ "چالشها و فرصت‌های مدیریت نوآوری در دنیای امروز".
  9. ^ "توسعه مهارت‌های فردی و فنی در حوزه نوآوری". Archived from the original on 2021-06-30. Retrieved 2022-07-01.
  10. ^ "لغت‌نامه مدیریت بحران و پدافند غیر عامل".
  11. ^ "آنچه جهت ثبت اختراع باید بدانید!".
  12. ^ "آموزش فرهنگ شهروندی".
  13. ^ "شهروند و بازیافت".
  14. ^ "Google Scholar".
  15. ^ Takhtameshlou, Soheila Roshani; Abbasalizadeh, Alireza Rastegar; Ashtiani, Hossein Vaezi; Shafaghi, Shadi; Ghorbani, Fariba; Ansari, Niusha; Ghasemalipour, Mehdi; Shafaghi, Masoud (2021). "Impact of Using Innovation on Businesses During the Covid-19 Pandemic". Business Excellence and Management. 11 (5): 158–167. doi:10.24818/beman/2021.S.I.2-12. S2CID 247006008.
  16. ^ "2nd Khwarizmi Festival (2000)". Khwarizmi International Award.
  17. ^ "3rd Khwarizmi Festival (2001)". Khwarizmi International Award.
  18. ^ "فهرست برگزیدگان پنجمین جشنواره جوان خوارزمی بخش دانشجويي- آزد". Khwarizmi International Award. Archived from the original on 2020-08-06. Retrieved 2020-07-20.
  19. ^ "ISESCO Science and Technology Prize" (PDF). ISESCO.