Scientific Award in Business and Technology
In 2021, The Scientific Award Competition was established by the initiative of Business and Technology University’s (BTU) Research Center to encourage researchers’ activity in science, technology and innovation, enhance motivation for career development in scientific fields and promote the development of BTU’s priority areas.
The BTU Scientific Award is given based on the evaluation of scientist’s research activities, publishing and other engagements throughout the academic year. Applications registered for the competition are assessed by the international group of experts representing various leading research centers and institutions worldwide. The evaluation criteria consider both – the scientific productivity and the researcher’s contribution to the popularization of the field.
The winner becomes the laureate of BTU’s scientific prize and receives a corresponding diploma and a monetary prize.
Participation in the competition is open to BTU-affiliated personnel, BTU non-affiliated and/or invited personnel who are not affiliated with any other higher educational institution in Georgia. The monetary prize established for the Scientific Award is 5000 GEL.
In 2021, the Scientific Award Competition was announced in two different categories:
- Scientific research in business; and
- Scientific research in technology.
Accordingly, two winners were selected. The Scientific Laureates for 2021 are:
Professor Vakhtang Charaia, BTU-affiliated – Author of international scientific papers, affiliated member of Harvard Business School’s Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness, member of the editorial board of the European Marketing and Management Association (B&H), member of the World Economics Association, member of the Advisory Board of Cambridge Scholars Publishing (UK), and member of the editorial board of “Central Asia and the Caucasus” journal.
Professor David Gondauri, BTU-affiliated – Author of international scientific publications and monographs, financial advisor to “Georgian Railway”, Elsevier’s reviewer, international expert for the Research Institute of International Trade and Investment (RIITI) and director of the Eurasian Logistics Research Center at EUMMAS.
In 2024, the Scientific Award was announced in only one category:
- Innovations and Digital Transformations
The only winner and BTU’ Scientific Laureate of 2024 is:
Professor Khatuna Burkadze, BTU-affiliated – World Bank Group consultant on Inclusive Education, editorial board member of the international journal “Law and the World,” director of the foreign policy department at “Geocase” analytical center and the winner of national Science Foundation’s award for “Outstanding Contribution to Science Development