Lanka to apply NANO technology

COLOMBO: President Mahinda Rajapaksa totally agreed to establish a NANO Technology Centre in Sri Lanka and apply NANO Technology in our industries for which he will take steps to provide financial allocations. This was following a recent discussion with eminent Sri Lankan academics including Science and Technology Minister Professor Tissa Vitharana.

Professor Vitharana, addressing the participants explained that the NANO Technology which is a minute energy source is the most suitable technology for Sri Lanka to improve its industrial productivity with minimum cost and in the future this technology can be extended to various other fields including medicine. Without introducing NANO technology we will not be able to successfully meet the future challenges in a competitive world, he said.

London Advanced Technology Institute's Head, Professor Ravi Silva said countries like Cuba has achieved tremendous success in the field of NANO technology in the modern world and that in the future it can be applied to improve our medical field.

The academics who took part in the discussion urged the President to take the lead to expand NANO technology in Sri Lanka.

Professor Gihan Amaratunga, Professor Sirimalie Fernando, Dr. Nobel Jayasooriya, Professor Gamini Rajapaksa and Ministry Secretary S. Ranugge were the other academics who took part in the discussion.