Ministry of Science and Technology (Sri Lanka)
Encyclopedia
The Ministry of Science and Technology (also known as the Science and Technology Ministry) is a ministry
of the Government of Sri Lanka that directs the formulation and implementation of policies related to implementation, regulation and growth of Science and Technology in Sri Lanka.
The ministry is not responsible for tertiary education
which comes under the Ministry of Higher Education; however, an institute of higher education does come under the ministry.
Ministry (government department)
A ministry is a specialised organisation responsible for a sector of government public administration, sometimes led by a minister or a senior public servant, that can have responsibility for one or more departments, agencies, bureaus, commissions or other smaller executive, advisory, managerial or...
of the Government of Sri Lanka that directs the formulation and implementation of policies related to implementation, regulation and growth of Science and Technology in Sri Lanka.
The ministry is not responsible for tertiary education
Tertiary education
Tertiary education, also referred to as third stage, third level, and post-secondary education, is the educational level following the completion of a school providing a secondary education, such as a high school, secondary school, university-preparatory school...
which comes under the Ministry of Higher Education; however, an institute of higher education does come under the ministry.
Senior officials
- Minister for Science & Technology — Hon. Prof. Tissa Vitarana, MPParliament of Sri LankaThe Parliament of Sri Lanka is the 225-member unicameral legislature of Sri Lanka. The members of Parliament are elected by proportional representation for six-year terms, with universal suffrage. Parliament reserves the power to make all laws...
- Deputy Minister — Hon. Faizal Cassim, MPParliament of Sri LankaThe Parliament of Sri Lanka is the 225-member unicameral legislature of Sri Lanka. The members of Parliament are elected by proportional representation for six-year terms, with universal suffrage. Parliament reserves the power to make all laws...
- Permanent SecretaryPermanent SecretaryThe Permanent secretary, in most departments officially titled the permanent under-secretary of state , is the most senior civil servant of a British Government ministry, charged with running the department on a day-to-day basis...
— Dr. A.N.R. Amarathunga, SLASSri Lanka Administrative ServiceThe Sri Lanka Administrative Service is the key administrative service of the Government of Sri Lanka, with civil servants working for both in the Central Government as well as in the provincial councils. It was formed as the Ceylon Administrative Service in 1963 as the successor to the Ceylon...
Institutions
- Sri Lanka Institute of Information TechnologySri Lanka Institute of Information TechnologySri Lanka Institute of Information Technology , is a public technological university in Sri Lanka mainly focused on information technology established by the Government of Sri Lanka.The main campus is located in Malabe, 16 km from Colombo. It also has a metropolitan campus in Colombo, the...
(SLIIT) - National Science Foundation of Sri LankaNational Science Foundation of Sri LankaThe National Science Foundation of Sri Lanka was established in 1998 as the successor to the Natural Resources Energy & Science Authority of Sri Lanka established in 1981 and the National Science Council set up in 1968.-About:The National Science Foundation of Sri Lanka was established in 1998 ...
(NSF) - Arthur C. Clarke Centre for Modern Technologies (ACCCMT)
- Atomic Energy Authority (AEA)
- Industrial Technology Institute (ITI)
- National Science & Technology Commission
- National Engineering, Research and Development Centre (NERDC)
- Sri Lanka Planetarium