Sri Lankan inventors win GOLD at Geneva
View(s):All five Sri Lankan inventors who took parin the recently concluded 43rd International Inventors Exhibition and Competition in Geneva won GOLD awards for their inventions.
Four of them were fully sponsored by Sri Lanka Inventors Commission (SLIC) having been selected from among the Presidential Award Winners and Sahasak Nimavum Award winners while the other inventor had joined the Sri Lankan contingent on his own.
This is the third successive year where Sri Lankan inventors got recognized at Geneva but the first time to have secured GOLD awards by all the participants. On their return to the island they were welcomed by SLIC Director CEO Dinesh Satrukulasinghe and the Assistant Director Deepika Kahatapitiya at the VIP lounge of the KIA, according to a SLIC media release.
Picture shows - K.G.D. Divon Layantha (Co-partner), Anura Sooriyaarachchi, Dr. R. M. H. M. A. I. Herath, Dr. K. T. D. Kahaduwa, M. A. Firouze and W.S. R. Thamel (inventor) with the awards.