University of Sri Jayewardenepura will sign the MoU with the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science (AIST) and Biomedical Research Institute (BMRI) of Japan and Department of Biotechnology (DBT) of Ministry of Science & Technology, India on Monday, 19th April at the University.

The MoU will be signed by Dr. Yoshihiro, OHMIYA, Director, Biomedical Research Institute (BMRI), Advanced Industrial Science (AIST) and Prof. Sampath Amarathunga, the Vice Chancellor of University of Sri Jayewardenepura. Dr. Sunil Kaul, Chief Senior Research Scientist, AIST, Prof. Ranil de Silva, Director, World Class University Project-2014 and Kenichi Suganuma, Japanese Ambassador/Official from the Japanese Embassy, will act as the witness.

The MoU signing ceremony will be followed by a half day symposium with the Japanese and Indian delegates, academics and local industrialists.

This initiative is the result of the long lasting academic collaborations of Prof. Ranil de Silva with Dr. Sunil Kaul, Chief Senior Research Scientist, AIST which had paved the way towards the advancement in Science and Technology between Japan, India and Sri Lanka.