Stevens President Nariman Farvardin Named to NJBIZ 2025 Power 100 List
Farvardin was also named to the NJBIZ Education Power 50 in September
Stevens Institute of Technology President Nariman Farvardin has been named to the NJBIZ 2025Power 100 List, released today, which showcases New Jersey’s power players who are leading key organizations, creating change, impacting the community and engaging others to succeed. He was also named to the NJBIZ Education Power 50 in September.
President since 2011, Farvardin has been at the forefront of powering New Jersey’s innovation economy. Under his leadership, Stevens has tripled sponsored research in strategic areas of economic priority, from quantum technologies to biomedicine, robotics and sustainable energy, and coalesced more than 100 faculty to advance AI research and commercialization. He also oversaw the launch of NJ FAST, the New Jersey Fintech Accelerator at Stevens Institute of Technology, in partnership with NJ EDA, Prudential Financial and Plug and Play. The accelerator was recently named in Gov. Phil Murphy's 2025 State of the State address as an exemplar of New Jersey’s technology future.
Under Farvardin's leadership, Stevens has positioned itself at the frontier of developing solutions to increasingly diverse and complex global challenges. His approach has fostered an environment where students and researchers collaborate in cutting-edge laboratories and urgent, real-world settings, driving innovations across healthcare, energy, financial systems, defense and security, and STEM education. Through his vision, Stevens has cultivated graduates who have become dynamic leaders, game-changers and entrepreneurs in engineering and technology, on Wall Street, in the start-up world and beyond, where they continue to reimagine industry and enterprise. His guidance has amplified the Stevens community's impact throughout New Jersey and across the globe.
Student outcomes are also a reflection of Farvardin’s leadership. Stevens has produced the largest number of engineering master’s and doctoral degrees in New Jersey and provided a continuous and robust technology talent pool, with 96.8% of undergraduates in the Class of 2024 securing jobs or entering graduate school within six months of graduation, and 71% staying in New Jersey or New York.