Yearly Archives: 2021

The President’s Awards for Scientific Research was held on 06th April 2021 at the Auditorium of Sri Lanka Institute of Architects. The awards were given out for the top-ranked research papers published in prestigious journals that had a substantial contribution from Sri Lankan scientists. The ceremony was held as an online event due to the […]

Evaluation of the immune response to chadox1 ncov-19 vaccine, in a cohort of participants in Colombo Researchers:Dr. T. M. R. R. Jinasena – Colombo South Teaching Hospital, KalubowilaDr. S. A. Gunawardena – National Hospital of Sri Lanka, Colombo 10Dr. Saman Peduruhewa – Colombo South Teaching Hospital, Kalubowila Introduction:In 2019, a novel Corona virus, known as […]

Introduction of a mobile phone-based app  ‘SWARAKSHA’ “ස්වාරක්ෂා (=>ස්ව + ආරක්ෂා )” for mitigation of COVID-19 pandemic Under a COVID19 pandemic prevention Research Grant of  National Research Council under the Ministry of Higher Education, Technology and Inovation, a team of researchers headed by Prof. Chandana Jayaratne of the Astronomy and Space Science Unit, Department of Physics, University of Colombo has developed […]

15 researchers from Sri Lanka have been included in a list of the top 2% of researchers in the world, which was compiled by Stanford University, USA. The full list was published in the journal PLOS Biology. The researchers from Sri Lanka include 5 past Council members of the NRC: Mendis, Shanthi Colombo North Teaching […]

The NRC has funded a Target Oriented Multidisciplinary research project for 2020/2021. The NRC has funded another Target Oriented Multidisciplinary Research project for 2020/2021 (value Rs. 50 million; research to be conducted over a five year period). This project was chosen after a rigorous review process from among 49 proposals that were submitted. “Development of […]