Day 2 of the industrial training workshop organized by the Department of Chemistry, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, was held on December 18th, 2021. A session on good laboratory practices was conducted by Dr. Asitha Cooray. The evening session was conducted by Dr. Mahesh Karunarathe on laboratory safety and proper laboratory conduct. The workshop was concluded after the head of the department, Professor Nilwala Kottegoda, awarded certificates of completion to the participants
Prof. N M S Sirimuthu, Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Sri Jayewardenepura is appointed as the commissioner of Sri Lanka Inventors Commission. Professor Sirimuthu obtained his B.Sc degree in chemistry from the University of Sri Jayewardenepura and a PhD degree from the Queen’s University of Belfast, United Kingdom. Following that he completed multiple postdoctoral fellowships in Queen’s University, Belfast, UK, National University of Ireland, Galway, Republic of Ireland, University of Glasgow, UK, and the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK before he joined as a senior lecturer at the Department of Chemistry University of Sri Jayewardenepura. Professor Sirimutu is a highly cited researcher with a h-index of 17 with more than 40 peer-reviewed papers.
An Industrial Training Workshop organized by the Department of Chemistry, USJ was held on 4th December 2021 with the participation of 18 employees from the Hayleys group. The chief guest of the inauguration was Dr. Upul Ratnayake, General Manager, Technical Research and Development, Hayleys Group – Dipped Products PLC. A lecture on laboratory glassware, equipment, and handling techniques was conducted by Dr. Imalka Munaweera, followed by a lab session. Dr. Asitha Cooray conducted the evening session on analytical samples, measurements, and numbers.
