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MEGACITIES: Lessons and Challenges for Sri Lanka

The scale and pace of urbanization in the Third World Countries today is known to be unprecedented in human history. The Global Network of Science Academies recently placed population growth coupled with unplanned urbanization among the ten most serious global concerns. That important apex body of worldwide scientific institutions identified the necessity to develop and […]

Report on Women in Science and Technology in Asia

The AASSA Regional Workshops on “Women in Science and Engineering” were held for three times: the 1st was in Baku, Azerbaijan in 2012; the 2nd was in New Delhi India in 2013, and the 3rd was in Izmir, Turkey in 2014. The outcomes of these workshops are: first, the establishment of the “Special Committee for […]

The Sixteenth Conference of the Science Council of Asia

Download Brochure Front & Back Early Notification The Sixteenth Conference of the Science Council of Asia will be held at  Galadari Hotel, Colombo, Sri Lanka during May 30th – June 1st, 2016. The theme of the Conference is: Science for the People: Mobilizing New Technologies for the Sustainable Development in Asia Sub-Themes: Opportunities in mobilizing Information technology, […]

NASSL Statement on the Banning of Glyphosate

The National Academy of Sciences Sri Lanka (NASSL) is the premier academic body of senior scientists in Sri Lanka incorporated by Act of Parliament No. 66 of 1988. The Academy acts as an independent consultative body on applications of science and technology in national development, and promotes the utilization of worldwide scientific achievements for the […]

Science Education Program

Prof. Vijaya Kumar, General President, NASSL hands over the DVDs on Science Education to Dr. AM Mubarak, General President of the Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science for distribution among school children through that organization.

General Assembly of Association of Academies and Societies of Sciences of Asia (AASSA) and the Third Summit of South Asian Science Academies

The General Assembly of the Association of Academies and Societies of Sciences in Asia (AASSA) was organized by theIndian Academy of Sciences (INSA) from 13th to 17th October 2014 in at the Indian Science Academy, New Delhi, India. The third summit of South Asian Academies was held in conjunction on October 17, 2014. The AASSA […]