Drawing Instruments donation from the Tamil Engineers Foundation (Engineering Charity Fund Australia)

The Tamil Engineering Foundation is continuously helping the Faculty of Engineering by donating 25 Drawing Instruments to the Engineering Students Union (ESU). This event took place on 25th April 2017. Presently, ESU lend drawing instruments to the students when they need it for a small amount of rent. This rental plan was first proposed by the first batch and continues successfully for the second and third batch too. Many financially disadvantaged students benefitted by this instrument rental plan. As the ESU wanted to buy additional instruments to suffice the need of additional student intake, the donation was very timely and helpful with adding the capital. We wholeheartedly thank the donors Tamil Engineers Foundation for their invaluable assistance.

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Faculty staff attended the special meeting of the IESL power sector committee to discuss the Draft National Energy Policy

A special meeting of the IESL Power Sector Committee was organized on 25th April 2017 to discuss the Draft National Energy Policy and Strategies of Sri Lanka. This was published by the Sri Lanka Sustainable Energy Authority (SLSEA). SLSEA requests for public comments, inputs and observations to further improve the policy. It was asked to give professionals view for five minutes with prior written submission to this meeting. Professor A. Atputharajah, Professor in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, participated to this meeting and gave his overall view.

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