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SRI LANKA INSTITUTE OF NANOTECHNOLOGYSRI LANKA INSTITUTE OF NANOTECHNOLOGY

Sustainable nanotechnologySustainable nanotechnology

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Endorsements - from our visitors...

Hon. Minister Mr. Basil Rajapaksa, the Minister of Economic Development and Tourism, Saturday the 19th June 2010.

“ Well done ! ”

Hon. Minister Dr. Sarath Amunugama - the Deputy Minister of Finance and Planning, 08th July 2010.

“ One of the most interesting days spent by me. SLINTEC has a great future & will help us

bringing up a great future for our country. ”

Ashroff Omar - Chairman, Brandix Lanka, 19th June 2010.

“ I am proud to visit SLINTEC as a member of its Board. Well done!, The future looks bright.! ”

Dr. Ranjith Gammanpila - University of Melbourne, 05th July 2010.

“This is my second visit to SLINTEC. The progress I see during the short time has been excel-

lent. It is a pleasure to be in partnership as research in Nanotechnology with a such excellent

institute and excellent dedicated team. I can see SLINTEC & University of Melbourne will be

the beneficiary of the joint research program that is being initiated. ”

Chandra Embuldeniya - Vice Chancellor, UVA Wellassa University, 12th May 2010.

“I spent the better part of the day with you today. Since I started working on value addition

to the natural resources base, this is truely the first occassion that I came across any institu-

tion engaging totally immersed in same theme. Thus I believe we can work together for the

future benefit of the country by adding value to our resources. I wish SLINTEC & the team

great success. ”

Prof. Ray Fernando - California Polytechnic State University, 30th June 2010.

“ It was an absolute pleasure to visit SLINTEC again and see great progress made by the team

over the past year. I look forward to continue the relationship we have.”

Contents

SLINTEC EVENTS

Hon. Minister Basil Rajapaksa ‘svisit

Hon. Deputy MinisterDr . Sarath Amunugama’s visit

MOU signed up with Uva Wellassa University

University of Melbourne & SLINTEC Collaboration

TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT…through the internalization of the building blocks of reputation

Hon. Minister Basil Rajapaksa ‘s visit Page 2

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www.susnanotec.lkHon. Minister Mr. Basil Rajapaksa’s visit....

Hon. Basil Rajapaksa, the Minister of Economic Development & Tourism visited the facility on Saturday the 19th June 2010. Hon. Prof. Tissa Vitarana, the Minister of Technology & Research, Hon. Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena, Minister of Agriculture, Hon. Rishad Bathiyutheen Minister of Industry & Commerce, Local Provincial Council & members of Pradeshia Sabha, Ms. Dhara Wijayatil-ake, Secretary - Ministry of Technology & Research & Prof. Sirimali Fernando - Chairperson, National Science Foundation, Government & Ministry officials and SLINTEC Board members were also presented at this occasion.





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Hon. Dr. Sarath Amunugama, the Deputy

Minister of Finance and Planning visited

the facility on 08th July 2010. Hon . Prof.

Tissa Vitharana, the Minister of Technol-

ogy & Research, Hon. Lalith Dissanayake

Deputy Minister of Technology and

Research, Ms. Dhara Wijayatilake, Secre-

tary - Ministry of Technology & Research

& Prof. Sirimali Fernando - Chairperson,

National Science Foundation were also

presented at this occasion.

www.susnanotec.lkHon. Deputy Minister Dr. Sarath Amunugama’s visit...







Having to recognize the importance and the vitality of the Global Compact ten principles for the sustainable development of a business in this global arena, Sri Lanka Institute of Nanotechnology held the Official roll out of the Global Compact ten principles on 5th May 2010 for its all employees, seconded employees and industry embeds under the leadership of Mr. Ravi Fernando. Viewed as the building blocks of reputation, these ten principles are of utmost importance as a smart tool in achieving competitive advan-tage over the other Nano solution providers as it helps the organization to differentiate itself and to build a good rapport amongst the global players.

As commented by Mr. Fernando, “The commitment of the CEO or the Senior Leadership per se will hold no effect on the commitment of the Organization for the same, unless all employees across the Organization are educated on the significance of the ten principles and its relevance to business in this competitive landscape”. Speaking on the topic of “the Global Agenda towards Sustainable Business and the SLINTEC Positioning” Mr. Fernando emphasized the global challenges in today’s’ World and the challenges and the

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responsibilities that Business community have towards the societies, in which it operates. Further, the link between the Corporate Business Strategy of Sri Lanka Institute of Nanotech-nology, which differentiates itself as the Nano hub for Sustainable Nanotechnology, and the ten Universal Principles were explained with reference to the triple bottom line.

The comprehensive presentation on UNGC and Sustainable Business was presented to the audience with business relevance as an Organization aspiring to be the leading Research and Innovation platform for Sustainable Nanotechnology in Asia. This was followed by the speeches by Science Team Leaders, Prof. Ajith de Alwis and Prof. Veranja Karunaratne on “Making SLINTEC more Sustainable…key Initiatives” and “Benefits to SLINTEC from Science point of view” respectively.

Post awareness session, all employees handed over their Letters of Commitment to the CEO with explicit commitment to embrace and uphold the ten UN Global Compact Principles, which are evolved around a set of core values in the areas of human rights, labour standards, the environment and anti-corruption within their sphere of influence.

TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT…through the internalization of the building blocks of reputation

5th May 2010.....

Three valuable books on Nanotech-nology had been donated by Univer-sity of Melbourne.

Dr Ranjith Gammampila, University of Melbourne handed over

UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE - MOU FOR RESEARCH COLLABORATION - JUNE 2010

books to CEO, Ravi Fernando. Science Team Leaders Prof. Veranja Karunaratna & Prof. Ajith de Alwis were also presented at this occasion.

MOU SIGNED WITH UVA WELLASSA UNIVERSITYOn 05th July 2010, the Sri Lanka Institute of Nanotech-

nology (SLINTEC) signed an agreement for collabora-

tive research with the University of Uva Wellassa. Mr.

Chandra Embuldeniya - Vice Chancellor, UVA Wellassa

University & Mr. Ravi Fernando- CEO, SLINTEC were

exchanging documents. Prof. Veranja Karunaratna -

Science Team Learder, SLINTEC was also presented.

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