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The presentations of Industrial Training by final year engineering undergraduates of the universities of Moratuwa, Peradeniya and Ruhuna and the Open University of Sri Lanka for the Migara Rathnatunga Awards have been conducted and the results await ratification. The processes of many other memorial awards are being worked out to reach their final presentations either in October at the Annual Sessions or at the earlier event in August of the Induction and Graduation Ceremony.
The much awaited Engineering Excellence Award 2015 too has been announced and the Call for Nominations / Applications advertised in leading newspapers as well as through email flyers to individual email addresses of members. The Guidelines Book have been mailed through normal post to organizations in the public and private sector There has been slight changes this year in the awards format with a new category of Engineering Invention and Innovation Award being introduced to encourage those attributes among engineers. The earlier single category of Social Responsibility and Environment Award has been split in to two separate awards namely the Awards for Social Responsibility and the Environment Award in view of the increased importance they have acquired. Annual turnover bands of Large, Medium and Small has been introduced to Manufacturing, Construction and Engineering Services Sector within the category Engineering Excellence Awards For Organization. The lone award for Engineering Consultancy Services Sector has been retained as such. The total number of awards on offer under the Engineering Excellence Awards for Organizations for this year has risen to ten.
I am very happy to inform that a JIY 2014 Competition winner managed to win a Grand Award this year too at the Intel ISEF 2015 competition held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvanis , USA. The Intel ISEF is where the best of world’s best young scientists and inventors from over 60 countries come together each year to share their ideas, showcase their cutting edge science and engineering projects and win awards and scholarships. The JIY competition was pioneered by the IESL in 1985 to promote creativity and innovation among school children. Many JIY winning school children has gone on to participate in the Intel ISEF in the US and win prestigious prizes doing the country proud in the international arena. These together with preparations for annual flagship event, the Techno Sri Lanka Exhibition, are a cross section of the activities that are currently being done and will gain momentum in the days to come to be ready for either for the Induction and Graduation Ceremony in October or the Annual Sessions in October. Bye until I meet you again with the next President’s Corner.
Eng. (Dr.) S.B. Wijekoon
President of IESL
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