State Secretaries
Vukašin Grozdić
Vukašin Grozdić, born in Belgrade, began his professional career in the public sector in 2016 in the Cabinet of the Minister of State Administration and Local Self-Government, where he worked on the implementation of numerous projects important for the reform of public administration with the aim of transforming the state administration into a service for citizens. From 2017 to 2022, he worked as an advisor to the Prime Minister of the Republic of Serbia, where he excelled in managing complex projects, especially in the areas of digitalization, education, science and training programs for the labor market needs. He made a special contribution during the coronavirus pandemic, working in the team on crisis response tasks. Since 2022, he has been appointed State Secretary at the Ministry of Science, Technological Development and Innovation, during which period he has actively worked on improving the education programs for doctoral students, digitizing scientific and research results and administrative procedures, as well as reforming the salary system for scientists and researchers that has contributed to a better socio-economic status of the scientific community.
In his position as State Secretary, Grozdić is committed to improving scientific achievements and their application. With his experience, he contributes to strengthening cooperation between the academic community, the private and public sector, as well as promoting technological progress and innovation in the Republic of Serbia. His work is focused on the development and implementation of strategic initiatives, which support digital transformation, scientific excellence and the development of young scientists in the country.
He attended the Ninth Gymnasium “Mihailo Petrović Alas” in Belgrade, and continued his academic education at the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade, where he received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees. He is currently researching the topic of adult digital literacy in his doctoral studies at the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade. During his studies, he was a holder of the scholarships of the Ministry of Education and the Fund for Young Talents “Dositeja”.
Wanting to contribute to the readiness of the State of Serbia to various security challenges, in 2015 he attended the training program for reserve officers of the Serbian Armed Forces at the Military Academy for the infantry branch. Upon completion of the program, he earned the rank of reserve second lieutenant as the first in his class.
Miroslav Trajanović
Dr. Miroslav Trajanović, a retired professor at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Niš, has over 40 years of experience in implementation of information technology in engineering and medicine. His experience includes problem modeling, programming for solving various engineering problems, and educating students in the fields of ICT and biomedical engineering. He is an expert in computer programming, CAD, finite element method, additive technologies, reverse engineering and biomedical engineering. Mr. Trajanović served as the Head of the Department for Production Information Technologies and Management at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Niš from 2007 to 2013.
He is the author of more than 300 scientific papers which have been published in journals or presented at scientific conferences. He serves on editorial boards and as a reviewer for multiple journals in the fields of mechanical engineering and ICT. He has published several books and edited numerous books and conference proceedings, including two monographs published by Springer.
He has been involved in 15 national scientific projects implementation with the support of the Serbian Government and Industry. He has led projects or work packages for 10 national projects as well, mainly in the IT and mechanical engineering fields, as well as two FP6, six FP7, four Horizon 2020 and two Horizon Europe projects.
For more than 20 years, professor Trajanović has been actively engaged in the work of various bodies of the ministries responsible for science. Among other roles, he held the positions as follows:
- President of the Expert Commission for Mechanical Engineering and Industrial Software at the Ministry of Science and Environmental Protection of the Republic of Serbia from 2004 to 2007
- President of the Expert Commission for Industrial Software and Informatics at the Ministry for Science and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia from 2007 to 2010
- President of the Main Scientific Committee for Electronics, Telecommunications and IT at the Ministry for Science and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia from 2010 to 2017, and during this period, he was a member of the working group that has drafted the Strategy of Scientific and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia for the period 2016-2020 - Research for Innovation.
- Representative of Serbia in the FP7 PEOPLE Program Committee from 2008 to 2013
- Representative of Serbia in the Steering Group for Human Resources and Mobility at the European Commission from 2008 to 2017.
- Founder and coordinator of the EURAXESS Network Serbia from 2008 to 2020
- Representative of Serbia in the European Commission's Horizon 2020 program for ERC-FET-MSCA from 2014 to 2020
He was the member of the Serbian team in the pre-accession negotiations for Serbia's entry into the European Union in 2014 for Chapter 25 - Science and Research.