Sahasak Nimavum to showcase 300 inventions

The National Invention Exhibition, Sahasak Nimavum, organized by the Sri Lanka Inventors' Commission (SLIC) will be held on September 22, 23 and 24 at the Sri Lanka Exhibition and Convention Centre in Colombo.

It will be opened by Minister of Science, Technology and Research Susil Premajayantha on September 22 at 2 pm.

The exhibition is organized to foster a favourable environment within the country for inventions and providing an opportunity to socialize inventions with commercial potential.

Around 300 inventions in 14 different areas such as information and communication technology, traditional knowledge, electronics, import substitutes and nanotechnology will be on display at the exhibition.

The exhibition also consists of four categories School, University, Open and Commercial.

The Sri Lanka Inventors Commission (SLIC) is a statutory body which came into operation on August 1,1987 by virtue of the powers vested in the Sri Lanka Inventors Incentives Act No 53 of 1979.

The inventions, innovations presented at the exhibition were provincially evaluated by a panel appointed by the SLIC. The exhibition will be open to the public from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.