Lanka to sign MoU with Japan, India for collaboration in science, technology

The MoU will be signed by Dr Yoshihiro, OHMIYA, Director, BMRI, AIST and Prof Sampath Amarathunga, the VC of University of Sri Jayewardenepura

A Sri Lankan university will sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Japan and India tomorrow on trilateral collaboration in science and technology.

Sri Lanka's University of Sri Jayewardenepura will sign the MoU with the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science (AIST) and Biomedical Research Institute (BMRI) of Japan and Department of Biotechnology (DBT) of Ministry of Science and Technology, India, reports Lanka Page.

The MoU will be signed by Dr Yoshihiro, OHMIYA, Director, Biomedical Research Institute (BMRI), Advanced Industrial Science (AIST) and Prof. Sampath Amarathunga, the Vice-Chancellor of University of Sri Jayewardenepura.

The MoU signing ceremony will be followed by a half day symposium with the Japanese and Indian delegates, academics and local industrialists.

This initiative is the result of the long lasting academic collaborations of Prof. Ranil de Silva with Dr. Sunil Kaul, Chief Senior Research Scientist, AIST, which had paved the way towards the advancement in science and technology between Japan, India and Sri Lanka.