Dear SCA Members, Greetings from the Secretariat of the Science Council of Asia (SCA). We are pleased to share with you the updated version of the First Circular for the upcoming 24th SCA Conference, which will be hosted by the Pakistan Academy of Sciences (PAS) in Islamabad. Please find the revised circular attachedRead More
IAP Conference Registration The Registration Portal for the IAP 2025 Conference and General Assembly is expected to open by the end of August. The Conference (8-10 December 2025) and General Assembly (11 December) are being held in Cairo, hosted by Egypt’s Academy of Scientific Research and Technology. Both events will be hybrid. HorizonRead More
Inaugurating the Parliament in November 2024, HE the President stated that Science and Technology is a thrust area of the Government to rebuild the economy and improve the well-being of the people. The National Academy of Sciences of Sri Lanka (NASSL) and the Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Sciences (SLAAS), premierRead More
Dear Member Academies of AASSA, The AASSA-PAS Hybrid Symposium on “Radiation Techniques in Health and Environment” will be held from 18–20 August 2025 in Islamabad, Pakistan. Participants interested in presenting original work during the Plenary and Scientific Sessions are invited to submit abstracts by 15 July 2025. Instructions for preparing and submitting manuscriptsRead More
Dear Sir/Madam, Attached is a letter concerning the 2026 L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science International Awards. Researchers from all over the world are encouraged to put forward nominations for the L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science International Awards. To be eligible for consideration, nominees must be recommended in writing by a distinguished scientist. Self-nominationsRead More
Call for Proposals – Ophthalmology Research in LMICs Velux Stiftung is pleased to announce the 2025 Call for Proposals within its Ophthalmology Program, with a dedicated focus on addressing challenges in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). A key priority of the programme is strengthening institutional research capacity in LMICs. Velux Stiftung seeks to support the developmentRead More
This year’s post- AGM guest lecture was delivered by Prof. Devaka Weerakoon, Senior Professor and Head of the Department of Zoology and Environment Sciences of the Faculty of Colombo, University of Colombo. The topic of this timely lecture was “Human-elephant Conflict: causes, consequences and the way forward”. Prof. Devaka Weerakoon has been aRead More
The 46th Annual General Meeting (AGM) and Election of New Fellows of the National Academy of Sciences of Sri Lanka (NASSL) for the year 2025 was successfully held on March 22, 2025, at Elevate, Access Towers II, Colombo 2. The meeting commenced with the Assistant Secretary, Prof. Shalini Sri Ranganathan, reading the noticeRead More
