First Arthur C. Clarke memorial lecture

The first commemorative lecture on Sri Lankabhimanya Sir Arthur C. Clarke will be held on March 19 at the BMICH. The lecture will be delivered by the eminent Indian space scientist Dr. Krishnaswamy Kasturirangan, a press release from the Arthur C. Clarke Institute for Modern Technologies said.

Dr. Kasturirangan had headed a number of universities and research institutes and headed India's space program for several years and was responsible for bringing India into the international space exploration and research sectors achieving great victories for his motherland, the release said.

The commemoration lecture covering the application of space science as predicted by the late Sir Arthur C. Clarke who made Sri Lanka his home will be at 5.00 p.m. Minister of Science and Technology Prof Tissa Vitharana will be presiding over the event.