Prof. Dr. Saim Memon

PhD, CEng, FHEA, MSc, BEng(Hons), PGC-TQFE, GTCS, MIET, MIEEE, MInstP, MCMI, IBPSA, APCBEES, MPEC

Awards Honours Nominations Professional Recognition of Professor Dr Saim Memon

Awards, Honours, Nominations and Professional Recognition

Professor Dr. Saim Memon

85listed awards and recognitions
2000–2026years covered
60speaking, chair and committee roles listed
16countries represented

Highlights

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Selected awards

Major award highlights

  • Corporate LiveWire Global Awards 2025–2026, Leeds, UK Winner of Best Innovative Building Materials R&D Company of the Year Sanyou London, in recognition of the true invention of Vacuum Insulated Wallpaper (VIW), Vacuum Insulated Heatable Curtain (VIHC), and Vacuum Insulated Curtain (VIC).
  • UK Enterprise Award 2025 Winner, with Sanyou London named Most Innovative Vacuum Insulation Energy Technology Company.
Earlier awards, scholarships, posters, shields, and certificates remain fully listed in the chronology below.
Professional recognition

Professional standing

  • Chartered Engineer (CEng), Engineering Council UK via The IET Awarded professional registration, Dec 2018.
  • Registered Qualified Teacher Status, General Teaching Council for Scotland — Awarded full registration, Apr 2017.
  • Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA now Advance HE) Awarded via the self-structured experience route, Dec 2016.
International honours

Global invited esteem

International honours through invited speakership and external esteem are evidenced by 60 honoured speaking engagements between 2020 and 2026, delivered across 16 countries and virtual platforms, including the UK, Italy, Singapore, China, Spain, Finland, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Japan, Switzerland, Poland, Croatia, South Africa, Serbia, and Russia. Together, these distinguished, invited, keynote, plenary, and related formal speaking roles reflect sustained international recognition across energy, buildings, materials, vacuum insulation, renewable energy, EVs, and applied engineering research.

Nominations

Peer and institutional nominations

Repeated nominations and peer recognition include nomination in 2025 and 2026 for the Harry Leck Memorial Medal for distinguished contributions to British scientific research in Vacuum Science and Technology, together with university-wide nominations from staff and students for Rising Star, Outstanding Lecturer, Best Lecturer, Best Supervisor, and Research in Action awards between 2017 and 2020. Collectively, these nominations show sustained esteem for research, teaching, supervision, and wider academic contribution over time.

Full List of Awards, Honours, Nominations and Professional Recognition

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2026
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Award UK
Winner of Corporate LiveWire Global Awards 2025-2026, Leeds, UK, for Best Innovative Building Materials R&D Company of the Year. In recognition of true invention of Vacuum Insulated Wallpaper (VIW), Vacuum Insulated Heatable Curtain (VIHC) and Vacuum Insulated Curtain (VIC).
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Nomination
Nominated for Harry Leck Memorial Medal for distinguished contributions to British scientific research in the field of Vacuum Science and Technology, 2026.
3
Honour Italy
Honoured Distinguished Speaker, 8th Edition of Advanced Materials Science World Congress, Rome, Italy, 30-31 Mar 2026,
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Honour Singapore
Honoured Invited Speaker, 7th Asia Conference on Renewable Energy and Environmental Engineering, AREEE 2026, Singapore, 28-30 Mar 2026.
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Honour China
Honoured Invited Speaker, 9th International Conference on Energy, Electrical and Power Engineering, CEEPE 2026, Nanjing, China, 17-19 Apr 2026.
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Honour Online
Honoured Keynote Speaker, EV Charging Infrastructure, XCHANGE 2026, Virtual, 26 May 2026.
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Honour Spain
Honoured Invited Speaker, 11th International Conference on Sustainable and Renewable Energy Engineering, ICSREE 2026, San Sebastian, Spain, 20-23 May 2026.
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Honour Singapore
Honoured Keynote Speaker and Conference Chair, 2nd International Conference on Advanced Mechatronics and Intelligent Energy Systems, AMIES 2026, Singapore, 26-28 Jun 2026.
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Honour China
Honoured Keynote Speaker and Publication Chair, 10th International Conference on Hydrodynamics, Energy and Electric Power System, HEEPS 2026, Shanghai, China, 26-28 Jun 2026.
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10
Honour Finland
Honoured Invited Speaker, 12th World Energy Congress, WEC 2026, Helsinki, Finland, 22-24 Jul 2026.
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Honour China
Honoured Keynote Speaker and Technical Program Committee, 11th International Conference on New Energy and Future Energy Systems, NEFES 2026, University of Macau, China, 7-10 Jul 2026.
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12
Honour France
Honoured Plenary Speaker, 3rd Edition Global Summit on Renewable & Non-Renewable Energy Sources, GSRNRES 2026, Paris, France, 24-25 Aug 2026.
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Honour Germany
Honoured Plenary Speaker, 2nd Global Meet and Expo on Renewable and Sustainable Energy, RSEMEET 2026, Munich, Germany, 27-29 Aug 2026.
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Honour Italy
Honoured Keynote Speaker and Scientific Committee, 5th International Conference on Oil, Gas and Petroleum Engineering, GOPE 2026, Rome, Italy, 17-19 Sep 2026.
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Honour Italy
Honoured Keynote Speaker, International Energy Future Conference, IEFC 2026, Rome, Italy, 17-19 Sep 2026.
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16
Honour Netherlands
Honoured Industry Lead Keynote Speaker, Global Industrial Thoughts, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 16-18 Nov 2026.
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Honour China
Honoured Invited Speaker and Program Committee, Empowerment of Optical Technology in the New-Type Power System: International Academic Conference on Cutting-Edge Technologies and Collaborative Optimization, EOTNS 2026, Xi’an, China, 18-20 Nov 2026.
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2025
18
Award UK
Winner of UK Enterprise Award 2025 as Sanyou London named Most Innovative Vacuum Insulation Energy Technology company
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Nomination
Shortlisted and Nominated for Corporate LiveWire Global Awards 2025/26.
20
Honour China
Awarded with Certificate of Appreciation as Invited Speaker at 2nd International Conference on Smart Grids and Power Systems (ICSGPS 2025), Wuhan, China, 17-20 Jan 2025.
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Honour UK
Honoured plenary speaker at ANE Global Meet and Expo in Industrial and Mechanical Engineering (IMEMEET2025), London, UK, Apr 07-08 2025.
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22
Honour Japan
Honoured keynote speaker at 2nd Global Summit on Power and Energy Engineering (GSPOWER2025), Osaka, Japan, 12-14 May 2025.
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23
Honour China
Honoured invited speaker at 8th International Forum of Super Insulating Materials (IFSIM), Taicang, Jiangsu, China, 15-17 May 2025
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24
Honour Japan
Honoured keynote speaker at 11th Annual World Congress of Advanced Materials (WCAM), Kobe, Japan, 12-14 May 2025.
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25
Honour Spain
Honoured invited speaker at 8th International Conference on Power and Smart Grid, ICPSG, Madrid, Spain, 23-25 June 2025.
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26
Honour Switzerland
Honoured keynote speaker at 2nd World Congress on Recycling, Environmental Science & Climate Change, , Zurich, Switzerland, Jun 09-10 2025.
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27
Honour Switzerland
Honoured keynote speaker at International Meet & Expo on Renewable and Sustainable Energy (RenewableMeet), Zurich, Switzerland, Jun 19-21 2025.
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28
Honour Poland
Honoured invited speaker at The 6th International Congress on Advanced Materials Sciences and Engineering (ASME-2025) (ISTCI), Krakow, Poland, Jul 29-31 2025
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29
Honour China
Honoured keynote speaker with certificate of appreciation at 8th Asia Conference on Energy and Electrical Engineering (ACEEE), Qingdao, China, Jul 25-27 2025
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30
Honour Online
Honoured Plenary Speaker and Honorary Committee with Certificate of Appreciation at the 4rd International Conference on Climate Change and Ocean Renewable Energy (CCORE 2025), ONLINE via MS Teams, Jul 30-31 2025.
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31
Honour China
Honoured keynote speaker at the 3rd International Symposium on New Energy and Environmental Concerns (ISNEC 2025), Kunming, China, Jul 19-20 2025
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Honour Japan
Honoured keynote speaker at 10th International Conference on New Energy and Future Energy Systems (NEFES 2025), Matsue, Japan, 21-24 Jul 2025.
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33
Honour China
Honoured keynote speaker with certificate of appreciation at International Conference on Electrical Engineering and Smart Grid, EESG 2025, Chongqing, China, 19-21 Sep 2025.
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34
Honour UK
Honoured invited speaker at 12th International Conference on Power and Energy Systems Engineering, CPESE 2025, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan, 12-14 Sep 2025.
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35
Honour Spain
Honoured keynote speaker with certificate of appreciation at 4th International Conference on Oil, Gas and Petroleum Engineering, GOPE 2025, Valencia, Spain, 11-13 Sep 2025.
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36
Honour Germany
Honoured invited speaker, EV Charging Infrastructure Europe 2025, Frankfurt, Germany, 6-7 Oct 2025.
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37
Honour China
Honoured keynote speaker with certificate of appreciation at 8th International Conference on Power and Energy Applications, ICPEA 2025, Shanghai, China, 23-25 October 2025.
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38
Honour UK
Honoured with special Invitation to participate at Manufacturing Leaders’ Summit, Titanic Hotel, Liverpool, Nov 11-12 2025.
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39
Honour China
Honoured keynote speaker with certificate of appreciation at 2nd International Conference on Energy Technology and Electrical Power, ETEP 2025, Hengyang, China, 26-28 Dec 2025.
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40
Honour China
Honoured keynote speaker with certificate of appreciation at 4th International Conference on Advanced Electronics, Electrical and Green Energy, AEEGE 2025, Chengdu, China, 12-14 Dec 2025.
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2024
41
Honour UK
Honoured fully funded Stage talk / Invited speakership for Birmingham Innovation Fest 2024 by Birmingham City University, Birmingham, UK, May 21-23 2024
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42
Honour China
Awarded fully funded scientific talent speakership for the 2nd Haiyou Talent Festival, “AI-Empowerment-Overseas Talent Jinan Tour, Jinan, China, 22-23 June 2024.
43
Honour UK
Honoured fully funded participation for BMW Group Xchange The RAD°HUB, RE:UNITE FOR TOMORROW-How can we collectively envision a responsible future, The Conduit, London, UK, Jun 27-28 2024.
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Honour China
Awarded grant with Certificate of Appreciation as chair and keynote speakership for the 2nd International Symposium on New Energy and Environmental Concerns (ISNEC 2024), Kunming, China, Jul 19-20 2024
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45
Honour China
Honoured fully funded keynote speakership for 7th Asia Conference on Energy and Electrical Engineering (ACEEE), Chengdu, China, Jul 20-22 2024
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46
Honour Croatia
Honoured fully invited speakership, 5th International Congress on Advanced Materials Sciences and Engineering (AMSE), Opatija, Croatia, Jul 23-26 2024
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47
Honour China
Honoured invited speakership for 3rd International Conference on Power, Control and Electrical Engineering (PCEE 2024), School of Computer Science & Engineering, School of Artificial Intelligence of Wuhan Institute of Technology, Wuhan, China, Sept 20-22 2024
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Honour Italy
Honoured fully funded invited speakership and Scientific Committee role for 3rd International Conference on Oil, Gas and Petroleum Engineering, Rome, Italy, 19-21 Sep 2024, IOGP, Rome, Italy, 19-21 September 2024.
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Honour Online
Honoured funded keynote speakership and honour committee, The 3rd International Conference on Climate Change and Ocean Renewable Energy (CCORE 2024), ONLINE via MS Teams, Nov 2-3 2024.
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2023
50
Honour Germany
Awarded fully funded speakership for 11th International Conference on Thermal Management for EV/HEV, Munich, Germany, Feb 21-23 2023
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51
Honour South Africa
Awarded fully funded speakership for the First Africa Annual Electric Vehicles and Batteries Production Summit & Expo, Johannesburg, South Africa, May 8-9 2023.
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Honour China
Honoured funded chairman and keynote speakership for 5th International Conference on New Energy System and Electrical Engineering (NESEE 2023), Guangzhou, China, Dec 8-11 2023
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Honour Japan
Honoured funded keynote speakership with Certificate of Appreciation for 8th International Conference on New Energy and Future Energy Systems (NEFES 2023), Matsue, Japan, Nov 21-24 2023
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Honour Online
Honoured funded keynote speakership for the 2nd International Conference on Climate Change and Ocean Renewable Energy (CCORE 2023), ONLINE via MS Teams, Nov 6-7 2023.
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Honour China
Honoured chair for 3rd International Conference on Energy, Power and Advanced Thermodynamic Systems (EPATS 2023), AEIC Academic Exchange Information Centre, Kunming, China, Jul 14-16, 2023 http://www.epats.org/ ;
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Honour China
Honoured technical committee with Appreciations for 6th Asia Conference on Energy and Electrical Engineering (ACEEE), bosted by School of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering (UESTC, China), Chengdu, China, Jul 21-23 2023
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2022
57
Honour China
Awarded fully funded speakership and chair and honoured with certificate at 3rd International Symposium on Water, Ecology and Environment (ISWEE 2022 online), organised by Beijing Jiaotong University, Dec 2-4 2022,
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Honour Japan
Awarded fully funded keynote speakership and honoured with certificate at 5th International Symposium on Hydrogen Energy and Energy Technologies, (HEET 2022), Osaka, Japan, November 18-19 2022,
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Honour China
Awarded fully funded speakership and honoured with certificate at PCEE 2022, International Conference on Power, Control and Energy Engineering, November 25-27 2022, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, China.
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Honour Japan
Awarded fully funded speakership and honoured with certificate at 9th International Conference on Power and Energy Systems Engineering (CPESE 2022), Panel Session - Microgrids: Modelling, Stability and Control Kyoto, Japan, September 9-11 2022
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Honour Serbia
Awarded fully funded keynote speakership and honoured with certificate at International Conference “The Circular Economy: the number one priority for European green Deal”, co-funded by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union, 19-21 September 2022, Sremka Kamenica, Republic of Serbia.
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Honour China
Awarded fully funded speakership at 6th IEEE International Conference on Sensing, Diagnostics, Prognostics, and Control (SDPC), Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Chongqing, China, August 5-7, 2022.
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2021
63
Honour China
Awarded fully funded keynote speakership and honoured with certificate at 6th International Conference on New Energy and Future Energy Systems (NEFES 2021), Xi’an China, Nov 1-4 2021
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Honour Russia
Awarded fully funded speakership and honoured with certificate at XVIII International Scientific & Technical Conference, Renewable and Small Energy – 2021. Energy Efficiency. Autonomous Energy Supply Systems of Stationary & Mobile Consumers, Russia, Oct 21-22, 2021
65
Honour China
Awarded fully funded speakership and chair and honoured with certificate at 2nd International Symposium on Water, Ecology and Environment (ISWEE 2021 online), organised by Beijing Jiaotong University, Oct 15-18 2021
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2020
66
Honour UK
Awarded fully funded speakership and chairing the session at Newton Fund and British Council Researchers Links UK-China (9-11 Dec 2020) International Workshop on Renewable Energy and Latent Heat Storage Integration for Buildings, University of Birmingham and Southwest Jiaotong University, China.
67
Honour Russia
Awarded fully funded keynote speakership at Conference of Economic aspects of Energy Efficiency of the EU (ECENEF) of Erasmus+program, 29th Oct 2020, Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University, Russia.
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Honour Russia
Awarded fully funded speakership at XVII International Conference on Renewable & Small-Scale Energy-2020. Energy efficiency. Autonomous energy supply systems of stationary and mobile consumers (ViME 2020), Moscow Power Engineering Institute (MPEI), Moscow, Russia, 2020. [ONLINE].
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Award UK
Awarded Best Oral Presentation at 7th International conference on Power and Energy Systems Engineering CPESE 2020, Fukuoka, Japan.
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Nomination UK
Nominated for the Rising Star Award by Staff and Students, Staff Awards Conference, London South Bank University, Dec 2020.
2019
71
Nomination UK
Nominated for the Best Supervisor, Lecturer and Research in Action Awards by Staff and Students, Staff Awards Conference, London South Bank University, June 2019.
72
Nomination UK
Nominated for the Rising Star and Outstanding Lecturer by Staff and Students at Staff Awards Ceremony, London South Bank University, for the consecutive three years May 2017, June 2018 and June 2019.
2018
73
Professional recognition UK
Awarded Chartered Engineer ECUK professional registration through The IET, Dec 2018.
74
Nomination UK
Nominated for the Best Lecturer from the Students Feedback, Staff Awards Conference, London South Bank University, June 2018.
2017
75
Professional recognition
Awarded Full Registration for a Qualified Teacher Status from General Teaching Council Scotland, April 2017.
76
Award
Awarded a travel bursary of £300 by the Institute of Physics, Vacuum Group, as a contribution towards the cost of attending CISBAT 2017 conference, Aug 2017.
2016
77
Professional recognition
Awarded Fellow of the Higher Education Academy via self-structured experiences route, Dec 2016.
2013
78
Award UK
Awarded the 3rd Best Conference Poster at the International Low Carbon Energy Development Network (LCEDN), 24-25 June 2013, London, UK.
79
Honour UK
Awarded shield for the Postgraduate Association Committee member of the year 2012-2013 at the Loughborough University Students Union, Loughborough, UK.
2012
80
Award UK
Awarded Best Conference Poster at the PhD Student Research Conference at the School of Electronic, Electrical & Systems Engineering, Loughborough University, 9th May 2012, Loughborough, UK.
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Award USA
Awarded two travel bursaries, one from MEGS (Midlands Energy Graduate School) and second from the school of Electronic, Electrical & Systems Engineering for presenting a conference paper in USA, Mar 2012.
2010
82
Award UK
Awarded Fully Funded EPSRC UK Scholarship [worth of ≈ £65000 in 2010] for studying PhD at Loughborough University, England, UK. Oct 2010.
83
Award UK
Awarded Certificate of Appreciation as a Member of Staffordshire University Union Council and Executive officer. Jul 2010.
2008
84
Award Pakistan
Awarded Shield of Academic Excellence, achieved 5th position in the class of 98 students, at the ceremony of Mehran University Teachers Association (MUTA), in 2008.
2000
85
Award
Awarded Certificate of Appreciation for the best performance in two acts (Poet-Singer and Comedy scene) of Tableaux Vivants (Living Pictures) on the Annual School Function, 2000.
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