Esfandiar Imanzadeh

Esfandiar Imanzadeh (born February 10, 1966, Salmas) is a sculptor, a member of the Ferdowsi Foundation’s Board of Trustees and a member of the Iranian think tank.

Biography

Esfandiar Imanzadeh was born in Salmas, a border town of West Azerbaijan, into a family of twelve and was the second child, and of course the eldest son of the male family. He grew up in a fairly traditional family and at a relatively low level. His father was a laborer, and the relocated family, and the children had to help the father with his living. Esfandiar Imanzadeh, the eldest son of the family, felt more responsible for the family as he worked independently with his father during the summer school year.

Achievements

Selected as the Top National Entrepreneur in the National Top Entrepreneurs Festival of the country and received a Golden Certificate of Appreciation
Selected as Top Entrepreneur at Sheikh Baha’i Festival by Ministry of Science, Research and Technology
Selected as the Top Entrepreneur at the Amir Kabir Entrepreneurial Festival by the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs and receive a Certificate of Appreciation
Exemplary Entrepreneur at the National Iranian Heroes Industry Festival
Honorary Diploma from Elite Academy of Iran
Receiving a badge of honor from the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
Receiving consent from the Harvard Researchers Association
Selected as a handmade artisan by Tehran Agricultural Jihad Organization in year 3
Acknowledgment from UNESCO National Secretariat
Honorary membership in Iranian thinkers association and member of cultural commission
Introduced in the book Salmas Celebrities
Introduced in the Yearbook of Cultural Figures
Receiving various letters of appreciation from governmental institutions and scientific and cultural centers of the country
Letter of Appreciation from French Embassy in Honor of Hakim Omar Khayyam

Activities

Cooperation with Iranian universities in the field of entrepreneurship training workshops
Cooperation with UNESCO National Secretariat
Working with Mr Majidi, Permanent Representative of Iran to UNESCO, to establish a permanent exhibition of statues of Iranian celebrities and myths in the UNESCO main building in Paris
Collaboration with Ferdowsi Foundation for the construction of the statue of Wise Ferdowsi for Friedrichshafen, Germany
Presenter of the project for the creation of a garden of Iranian manuscripts in Niavaran cultural complex