The third celebration of the Inventors’ day and Presidential awards presentation for 2018 Sahasak Nimawum Inventors will be held at BMICH on October 26, 2018.
President, Maithripala Sirisena, will be the Chief Guest at the event. Minister of Science, Technology, Research, Dr. Sarath Amunugama, Minister of Skill Development and Vocational Training and Kandyan Heritage, Lakshaman Senevirathne, State Minister of Science, Technology, Research, Skill Development and Vocational Training and Kandyan Heritage, Karunarathna Paranawithana, Deputy Minister of Science, Technology, Research, Skill Development and Vocational Training and Kandyan Heritage and officials from Inventors Commission will also attend the event.
“When a country marches forward from the middle income status to the higher income status, it is the responsibility of that country to provide all required facilities and the necessary encouragement for the new inventors to help them in the creation of their inventions and innovations. It’s to meet this objective that we are organizing the awards ceremony, said Dr. Mahesh Edirisnghe Commissioner of Inventors.
President, Maithripala Sirisena, has declared the October 26, , which falls on the birthday of Deshabandhu Dr. A.N.S. Kulasinghe, who is a father of Sri Lankan Engineering and the first Commissioner of the Sri Lanka Inventors’ Commission, as the ‘National Inventors’ Day’.
“This is with a view to awarding due recognition to the new inventors of Sri Lanka, providing encouragement for them and bringing them together. Definitely, this initiative will make better tomorrow for the inventors.”
He recalled that the first Inventors Day was celebrated on October 26, 2016 at Nelum Pokuna and the second celebrated at the BMICH on October 26, 2017.Over 335 of inventions by inventors were displayed at the Sahasak Nimavum event in 2018.
The Sri Lanka Inventors Commission has also initiated to issue a commemorative Postage Stamp on October 26, in appreciation of the extraordinary service of Deshabandhu Dr. A.N.S. Kulasinghe, the first Commissioner of the Sri Lanka Inventors Commission.
With a view to encouraging and recognizing Sri Lankan inventors, Sri Lanka Inventors Commission (SLIC) has decided to issue identity cards to successful inventors.
This is as per Cabinet decision No 16/1390/716/029 of 26.07.2016 where approval was granted for the concept. This is the first time in any country that the Government is issuing an ID card for recognizing their own inventors.
The Sri Lankan inventors with a patent(s) or who are on pending patent(s) status or those who have obtained IP protection as a PCT coverage under World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) are eligible to receive this unique ID card.
Sri Lankan inventors who win an award at “Sahasak Nimavum”, National Inventions and Innovations Exhibition organized by the Sri Lanka Inventors Commissionaire also eligible for the ID card.
Sri Lanka Inventors Commission launched the concept of incubation centers with two incubation centers in University of Jaffna and National Engineering Research and Development Centre by expanding its services all over the country at the celebration of second Inventors day.
As proposed in the Budget Speech 2016, the Ministry has also set up an Innovation Accelerator Funding Mechanism for Sri Lanka (IAFM-SL) which will be managed and implemented by the Sri Lankan Inventors Commission (SLIC) which was launched at the second celebration of the Inventors Day.
The primary objective of the project is to support Sri Lankan Inventors to bring their ideas into the market and supporting Sri Lankan researches to convert their research into rupees.
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