ITI/CISIR celebrates golden jubilee

The Industrial Technology Institute (ITI) successor to the Ceylon Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research (CISIR) completed 50 years of service on April 12, 2005. The Institute held a series of activities to mark this event.

The Ceylon Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research (CISIR) was one of the twin Institutes recommended by a World Bank mission of 1952 to promote industrial development in the country.

The CISIR came into existence as an autonomous corporate institution under a special Parliamentary Act on 12th April 1955. The CISIR was succeeded by the Industrial Technology Institute (ITI) that came into existence on April 01, 1998 by virtue of the Science and Technology Development Act No. 11 of 1994.

The ITI is a wholly owned organisation of the Sri Lankan Government and functions within the purview of the Ministry of Science and Technology.

The facilities of the ITI include a comprehensive complex of well-equipped physical, chemical, microbiological and metrology laboratories, which provide clients with specialised capabilities through a complement of multi-disciplinary scientists. The institute also has a pilot plant, engineering workshop and a technical information centre.

The Institute's wide range of clients and external stakeholders include both the public and private sector in industrial, scientific and commercial sectors. The Institute offers a package of services that include Research and Development, Consultancy, Development of New Technology and its transfer, Training of Technical Personnel and Testing, Measurement, Calibration and Repair activities.

The ITI is the country's largest scientific R and D and service organisation and plays the role of being the leading inter-disciplinary research institute in Sri Lanka. It stands committed to serve the nation to meet the challenges of the ever-increasing competitive environment in a globalized world.