{"id":10,"date":"2015-11-07T11:45:02","date_gmt":"2015-11-07T11:45:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/slaas\/?page_id=10"},"modified":"2015-11-29T13:31:18","modified_gmt":"2015-11-29T13:31:18","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/slaas\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 class=\"widget-title\"><strong>About SLAAS<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Founded in 1944, the Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science (SLAAS) is the premier organization of scientists in Sri Lanka. At present, SLAAS has a membership that numbers over five thousand, representing all disciplines of science.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Section A\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Medical, Dental and Veterinary Sciences<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Section B\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Agriculture and Forestry<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Section C\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Engineering, Architecture and Surveying<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Section D\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Life and Earth Sciences<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Section E1\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Physical Sciences<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Section E2\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Chemical Sciences<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Section E3\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Computer Sciences<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Section F<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Social Sciences<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"widget-title\"><strong>About the 71<sup>st<\/sup> Annual Sessions of SLAAS<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The SLAAS Annual Sessions is the largest public showcase of science in Sri Lanka. Eminent scientists and industrialist will make presentations at this year\u2019s Theme Seminar. Members from all disciplines of science will present their findings at the Annual Sessions. A trade and science exhibition, apart from the Night Observation Camp, has been organized. Please join us for the public lectures, panel discussion as well as to encourage young school children who will participate at the School Inventors\u2019 Exhibition.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/slaas\/message-from-the-general-president\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-177 size-thumbnail aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/slaas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2015\/11\/president-slaas-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"president slaas\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/slaas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2015\/11\/president-slaas-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/slaas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2015\/11\/president-slaas-230x230.jpg 230w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/slaas\/message-from-the-general-president\/\" target=\"_blank\">Message from the General President<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/slaas\/message-from-the-vice-chancellor\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-184 size-thumbnail aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/slaas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2015\/11\/vc-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"vc\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/slaas\/message-from-the-vice-chancellor\/\" target=\"_blank\">Message from the Vice-Chancellor<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/slaas\/message-from-the-dean\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-183 size-thumbnail aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/slaas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2015\/11\/dean-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Prof. S. S. L. W. Liyanage Dean, Faculty of Applied Sciences\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/slaas\/message-from-the-dean\/\" target=\"_blank\">Message from the Dean<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About SLAAS Founded in 1944, the Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science (SLAAS) is the premier organization of scientists in Sri Lanka. At present, SLAAS has a membership that numbers over five thousand, representing all disciplines of science.&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_ti_tpc_template_sync":false,"_ti_tpc_template_id":"","footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/slaas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/slaas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/slaas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/slaas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/slaas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/slaas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":198,"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/slaas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10\/revisions\/198"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/slaas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}