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Call for Application for “TWAS YOUNG AFFILIATESHIP 2024”

Mar 13, 2024

The UNESCO-TWAS Central & South Asia Regional Partner(TWAS-CASAREP) invites applications from suitable candidates for the 2024 TWAS YOUNG AFFILIATES, coming under this Region. The Call for applications is uploaded in our website (http://www.jncasr.ac.in/twascasarep). The soft copy of the application is attached for immediate reference. TWASCASAREP encourages receiving applications from young scientists, particularly women scientists from LDCs and S&T Lagging countries. I would greatly appreciate if you

NASSL Nominee for Young Physician Leaders Programme’ and World Health Summit in Berlin, Germany – September 2023

Nov 20, 2023

My Experience from attending the YPL 2023 Dr Meranthi Fernando, Senior Lecturer & Honorary Consultant Paediatrician with special interest in Paediatric Hepatology and liver transplantation, Colombo North Centre For Liver Diseases, University of Kelaniya & Colombo North Teaching Hospital, Ragama, Sri Lanka It was a lifetime opportunity that I was selected to participate

Roundtable discussion on ‘the use of Artificial Intelligence in Policy Making’

Sep 25, 2023

A roundtable discussion was held on ‘the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Policy Making’  on 24th July in Kandy . This was an event conducted in partnership with the ‘AI4Covid’ project team https://covid.eng.pdn.ac.lk/  led by Prof. Janaka Ekanayake, Fellow, NASSL as part of an international conference. Minister Kanka Herath, Hon. State Minister of

Induction Ceremony of New Fellows – 2022/2023

Sep 8, 2023

The Annual Induction Ceremony of Fellows of the National Academy of Sciences of Sri Lanka This year’s Induction ceremony for eight new Fellows was held on 09th September 2023 at the Organisation of Professional Associations of Sri Lanka (OPASL). The ceremony began with the opening remarks of the President NASSL, Professor Nadira Karunaweera

Small scale Chemistry workshop summary 2023

Jul 19, 2023

REPORT Capacity building of teachers in chemistry hands-on small-scale experiments in high schools in Asia: Sri Lanka 19 to 20 July 2023, National Institute of Education, Maharagama, Sri Lanka The workshop on Small Scale Chemistry Training was held on 19 to 20 July 2023 in Colombo, Sri Lanka for Government secondary school teachers.

The Colombo Declaration – Institutionalising Science Advice to Governments (6-8 July 2023)

Jul 6, 2023

WE, the representatives of Science Academies meeting in Colombo, Sri Lanka from 6-8 July, 2023: RECOGNISING the encouragement and support of the Inter academy Partnership (IAP), the Association of Academies and Societies of Sciences in Asia (AASSA) and the International Network for Government Science Advice (INGSA) towards Institutionalising Science Advice to Governments, AFFIRMING

44th ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING ( 2023) AND ELECTION OF NEW FELLOWS

May 1, 2023

Guest speaker Prof. Janaka Ekanayake, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Peradeniya did the presentation on “Challenges in meeting national targets of integrating Renewable Energy in the Power Mix”          

Profiles of Nominees 2022-2023

May 1, 2023

Annexure I – Notice of the 44th Annual General Meeting of the National Academy of Sciences of Sri Lanka To: All Fellows of the National Academy of Sciences of Sri Lanka Agenda item – Election of New Fellows The Council, in terms of Rules 3.11 to 3.13, has recommended the following nominees as

Induction Ceremony of New Fellows – 2021/2022

Apr 11, 2023

The Induction Ceremony of new fellows to the NASSL was held held at the PGIS, University of Peradeniya on 21st January 2023, at 15:00 at Auditorium, Postgraduate Institute of Science University of Peradeniya. The following seven new fellows were inducted. D M P U K Ralapanawa, Professor in Medicine, University of Peradeniya Janendra