Minister of Technology and Innovations Mr. Thilanga Sumathipala graced the closing ceremony of the highly successful Appropriate Technology Development Project between the Sri Lanka and the Republic of Korea as the Chief Guest with the special participation of the ambassador of Korea to Sri Lanka, Mr. Lee Heuong at the Waters Edge Hotel, Battaramulla on 10.12.2019.
Specialists knowledge will be used to transform Sri Lanka into a technologically advanced country” - Minister Thilanga Sumathipala.“Specialists knowledge will be used to transform Sri Lanka into a technologically advanced country” - Minister Thilanga Sumathipala.
The Presidential Awards for Scientific Publications organized by the National Research Council (NRC) under the Ministry of Science, Technology and Research was held at the Taj Samudra Hotel, Colombo on 26.08.2019 under the patronage of His Excellency the President Mr. Maithripala Sirisena and with the participation of Hon. Minister of Science, Technology and Research, Mr. Sujeewa Senasinghe.
The National Quality Awards for Excellence 2017 and 2018 organized by the Sri Lanka Standards Institution (SLSI) under the Ministry of Science, Technology and Research, was held with the participation of H. E. the President Mr. Maithreepala Sirisena and Hon. Minister of Science, Technology and Research, Mr. Sujeewa Senasinghe at the Nelum Pokuna National Theater.
As a result of research conducted at the Arthur C Clark Center for Modern Technologies, a group of Sri Lankan scientists have found a new extra-solar planetary system (Exoplanets) for the first time in the nation’s history.