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Category: Research institutes in Sri Lanka. ... Sri Lanka Institute of Nanotechnology; U. University of Colombo, Centre for Instrument Development; V. Verité Research
The Department of Agriculture (DOA) functions under the Ministry of Agriculture of Government of Sri Lanka is one of the largest government departments with a high profile community of agricultural scientists and a network of institutions covering different agro ecological regions island wide. DOA focuses on maintaining and increasing ...
Thorianite is a rare thorium oxide mineral, ThO 2. [5] It was originally described by Ananda Coomaraswamy in 1904 as uraninite, [ 6 ] but recognized as a new species by Wyndham R. Dunstan . [ 7 ] It was so named by Dunstan on account of its high percentage of thorium ; it also contains the oxides of uranium , lanthanum , cerium , praseodymium ...
The apex body in Sri Lanka for government research funding is the National Science Foundation of Sri Lanka. [2] The Accelerating Higher Education Expansion and Development (AHEAD), a joint program between the Sri Lankan government and the World Bank, provides research grants to Sri Lanka's higher education institutes.
It is one of the main sources of foreign exchange for Sri Lanka and accounts for 2% of GDP, generating roughly $700 million annually to the economy of Sri Lanka. It employs, directly or indirectly over 1 million people, and in 1995 directly employed 215,338 on tea plantations and estates. Sri Lanka is the world's fourth largest producer of tea.
Journal of Food and Agriculture — Faculty of Agriculture and Plantation Management and Faculty of Livestock Fisheries and Nutrition; Sri Lankan Journal of Banking and Finance — Department of Banking and Finance; Wayamba Journal of Animal Science - Department of Livestock and Avian Sciences
Ekanite is an uncommon silicate mineral with chemical formula Ca 2 ThSi 8 O 20 or (Ca,Fe,Pb) 2 (Th,U)Si 8 O 20. It is a member of the steacyite group. It is among the few gemstones that are naturally radioactive. Most ekanite is mined in Sri Lanka, although deposits also occur in Russia and North America.
The institute was founded under the name International Irrigation Management Institute (IIMI) in 1985 by the Ford Foundation and the Government of Sri Lanka, supported by the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research and the World Bank.