33rd Issue of the Gaveshana Magazine Starting from Scratch We are certain that, throughout the course of 2018, there was been successful progress in the achievement of aims set at the commencement of the year by the Institute for Research & Development and the Gaveshana magazine. Taking center stage is the phenomenal progress of the…
School Twin Gathering For the first time in Sri Lanka, a school hosted twin gathering was held on 1st February 2019 at Defense Service School, Colombo 02 with the participation of approximately 40 student twin pairs. This event was one of the series of events organized by Institute for Research & Development in order to…
Workshop: Ethics, Governance & Responsibility in Global Health Research Collaborations A one day workshop was held on the 5th of January 2019 at the Medical Research Institute, Colombo, Sri Lanka. This workshop is being organised as a part of capacity building component of the Medical Research Council, UK (MRC) funded South Asian Early Development and…
Workshop on Fundamentals of Research Ethics A one day workshop was held on the 4th of January 2019 at the National Institute for Mental Health, Mulleriyawa, Sri Lanka. This workshop is being organised as a part of capacity building component of the Medical Research Council, UK (MRC) funded South Asian Early Development and Research Capacity…
National Awards for Science & Technology Achievements (NASTA) “The National awards for Science and Technology Achievements” was held on the 19th of December 2018, at the Presidential Secretariat, Colombo, Sri Lanka. President Maithripala Sirisena was the chief guest of the event. Prof. Athula Sumathipala received the award for “Individual outstanding leadership in promoting and developing science and technology”. The Institute for Research & Development in Health & Social Care received the award for “Excellence in international collaboration for advancement of science and technology”.
Launch: SEARCH Project, Keele University, UK The South Asian Early-development and Research Capacity-building (SEARCH) project was launched in the United Kingdom, on 1st June 2018, at Keele University. Co-investigators from Kings’ College London (UK), and University of Bristol (UK) also attended to this event.