Plans are currently in progress to initiate a technology collaboration program between the University of Kelaniya and the National Engineering Research and Development Center (NERD), which operates under the purview of the Ministry of Science and Technology.
A preliminary event was recently held at the NERD Centre under the patronage of the Minister of Science and Technology, Dr. Chrishantha Abeysena with a view to achieving this objective. At this event, initial clarifications and views were exchanged between the representatives of both parties. In addition, the operation of the NERD Technology Incubation Centre, which is equipped with CAD/CAM design facilities and technological facilities with modern CNC machines, was also explained in detail.
Accordingly, the University of Kelaniya will be granted the opportunity to obtain the human resource support and technological facilities available at the NERD Centre in future when necessary for engineering research being conducted at the University of Kelaniya and for manufacturing processes being carried out by the university with the support of UBL (University Business Linkage).
It has been planned to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for this purpose in the future, after which the technical collaboration program will be implemented.
