The budget should discourage environmental pollution/ degradation/ unsustainable lifestyles and encourage environmentally sound development/lifestyles/practices said Prof Hemanthi Ranasinghe, Professor in Forestry and Environmental Science, University of Sri Jayewardnepura. This could be done through imposing taxes, providing tax holidays/reliefs etc. As much as for the new developments, funds need to be allocated for maintenance of infrastructure in all the fields. Media briefing was organised by CAFFE Prof. Hemanthi Ranasinghe expressed her views at a media briefing organised by...Read More
Webometrics ranked scientists in Sri Lankan Institutions according to their Google Scholar Citations profiles. This edition was built with data collected during the second week of September 2015 from the public profiles of researchers working in Sri Lankan institutions. According to webometrics site it is a BETA Ranking of the scientists according to their declared (voluntarily) presence in the Google Scholar Citations database. Scientists who are interested in appearing...Read More
The University of Western Australia, together with the University of Sri Jayewardenepura, University of Moratuwa and the University of Jaffna with collaboration of the organization Waste for Life, aim to develop a unique capacity building educational program that supports development of novel community-based composite waste recycling and manufacturing businesses, positively contributing to local economies and environmental health – specifically clean air, water and sanitation. The project Manager; Prof. Caroline Baillie...Read More
A memorandum of understanding was signed between the University and the International Institute of Knowledge Management (pvt) Ltd. (TIIKM), on 29th October 2015 in view of BioTech 2016 conference to be held on 12 – 14 January 2016. BioTech 2016 is the first international conference on Bio-science and Biotechnology. With the MOU, the ‘Vidyodaya Journal of Science’ will be the journal partner for this international conference. USJP will contribute a...Read More
University of Sri Jayewardenepura (USJP) and the University of Western Ontario (UWO) of Canada signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the 26th of October 27, 2015. The objective of the MOU is to establish long-term research collaboration in fields which are compatible with the orientation of both universities. This will especially allow graduate students from the University of Sri Jayewardenepura to travel to Canada for a pre-determined period of...Read More
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