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| Saturday, 17 July 2004 |
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Prof. Vijaya Kumar, new Chairman of ITI Senior Professor of Chemistry and Dean of the Faculty of Science at the University of Peradeniya Prof. Vijaya Kumar, was appointed as Chairman of the Governing Board of the Industrial Technology Institute (ITI) by the Minister of Science and Technology. Prof. Kumar was educated at the University of Ceylon and at Magdalen College, University of Oxford, where he worked for his PhD. He is a Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences, Sri Lanka and a recipient of Presidential Awards for Scientific Achievement. He is a member of the Task Force on Science, Technology and Innovation of the United Nations Millennium Project commissioned by the United Nations Secretary General. Prof. Kumar is also the Sri Lankan representative on the UN Commission on Science and Technology for Development (UNCSTD) and was Chairperson of the Commission during 2001-2003 and Vice-Chairperson during 2003-2004. He is a member of the Board of Management of the Postgraduate Institute of Science and formerly of the National Science Foundation, the Council for Information Technology, and Chairman of its Committee on Computer Education. |
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