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. |