In conjunction with the establishment of Avicenna Research Institute (ARI), the Information Technology Office was run with the aim of monitoring, expanding, and developing key knowledge and skills in the field of IT in line with the research objectives of the institute. The Office initially started its activity by creating the network infrastructure and using the payroll register, staff, leave and property registration system.
With the expansion of ARI’s activities, extensive developments took place in the Information Technology Office, among which training and increasing the skills of users, expanding the network and technical equipment, determining and reviewing the infrastructure-based regulations and rules, promoting electronic education, development of paperless system, establishment of remote meeting and conferences are quite a few outstanding activities of the Office.
Also, the use of information technology in administrative affairs and information systems provided the possibility of electronic transmission of data, documents, various correspondences through computers and telecommunication.